New to mining: Seagate 8TB archive HDD and plot optimization question
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@thomeefl69 said in New to mining: Seagate 8TB archive HDD and plot optimization question:
@BeholdMiNuggets ... I usually buy externals and pull the drive out and use them internally.
Yeah, the pricing for the external drives is odd. I'll have to look up how much faster SATA is than USB-3 (& mining /scanning times). Thou have run out of internal ports, so will need a PCIe adaptor card if staying internal. Plus, I guess you don't care about the external-drive Warrantee!
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@BeholdMiNuggets imho, most externals fail because of heat (could be dead wrong, but that is how I feel) , so when I put them in the case they are well ventilated . External's price is a lot less then internals , so yeah...I just use them and if they break, I'll change them, so far no problems ;-)
