laz Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 The last computer I built uses a 5 drive array of 1 TB 7200 WD Caviar drives for a total capacity of 2.? TB. I was at Costco recently and saw I could buy a 10TB backup that fits in my pocket for $150. The drive array cage cost more than that. Started looking for an upgrade last January to a reasonably equivalent system. In the meantime borrowed a decent gamer rig from a friend. In roughly 22 months, the $5000 system I originally priced has become $2000. Cpu & video prices have dropped so much. RTX 3080 just joined the chat. Go price that baby out. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Yeah. That's a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Anyway NVMe is where is at. Screw SATA. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 RTX 3080 just joined the chat. Go price that baby out. pause for viewing the nvidia announcement video - so $3000 to run SLI? the last card I bought was a geforce 760 Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Nerds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 pause for viewing the nvidia announcement video - so $3000 to run SLI? the last card I bought was a geforce 760 You don’t need SLI anymore. One card is enough. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 So in January that card will be under $1000? Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJuan Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Nerds. 2nd My wife's balls are delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 So in January that card will be under $1000? Maybe. But you don’t need a 3080. 2080 is where is at. Just buy a second hand one. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Nerds. 2nd watching "revenge of the" @the moment Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) For home use? How do you fill 10TB? Obviously we're doing something wrong Go back 30 years and the same question was raised about 10GB. Edited November 26, 2020 by ehsnils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammcinnis Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) go back 30 years and the same question was raised about 10gb.btdt. Edited November 26, 2020 by ammcinnis "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." ~ The Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Go back 30 years and the same question was raised about 10GB. I kept the 10MB drive my dad bought for our cp/m computer network in the early 80's for many years. It took several years to fill it up with 3-7 computers active at any one time using it for shared space. It was the size of a decent gamer rig today. tech moves so fast /nerd Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 My first Tandy didn't even have a hd. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infosecdad Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 First "computer" was the Commodore 64 Added a 1541 5 1/4" floppy drive. First PC was an Epson 8088 with a 9.4mhz "turbo" with two 5.25" floppy drives (still no HD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 My first Tandy didn't even have a hd. Lol sinclair? wire wrapped altair? Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Sinclair ZX80 was the first for me. Tape storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickDastardly00 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 ♪Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds.♫ -Bob Marley, Redemption Song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Tandy 1000ex. 5 1/4" drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasejase Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Sinclair ZX80 was the first for me. Tape storage. Those weren't even DOS based... Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) First "computer" was the Commodore 64 Added a 1541 5 1/4" floppy drive. First PC was an Epson 8088 with a 9.4mhz "turbo" with two 5.25" floppy drives (still no HD) Little non fact the “turbo” button actually slowed down the PC? The processors were too fast for the games of that time and would make them run at twice the speed. So the turbo slowed it down Edited November 26, 2020 by laz --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infosecdad Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Sis I know the “turbo” button actually slowed down the PC? The processors were too fast for the games of that time and would make them run at twice the speed. So the turbo slowed it down Yep, non-turbo was 4.7 MHz I had an old sub game that would make a cha-chunk sound for a deck gun at 4.7, “chunk” for 9.4, and on a 386 16 a year later it was as too fast to hear the sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Those weren't even DOS based... Right? No capacity for DOS or CP/M. Only 1 or 2k of RAM and a membrane keyboard, Z80 processor. That was before DOS even became a mainstream thing in the computer world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 And fugging... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/26/fugging-hell-tired-of-mockery-austrian-village-changes-name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Total chaos the last weeks and the coming too... Moving about 380km eastwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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