Lowseling

Based on what you say I think my HDD is a perfect candidate for this. The SMART reading reports that the disk is OK, no particular errors reported. The disk is also a 3.5'', this makes the enclosure a little more expensive but not too much compared to a new external HDD. I'll search for an enclosure with the phisical switch (I already found some) but I don't know if I'll need it, I have an UPS to manage power grid issues like random blackouts and I think I'll simply unplug it from the outlet when I see that the weather is bad. Thank you very much!

Hi everyone, I have a 2TB Seagate HDD 7200RPM 64MB of cache that came in my computer, now I switched to an SSD so I have had it sitting inside my system doing nothing. My original plan was to use it for backups and archive, but I want to have my backup/archive drive outside of my PC so that, in case of serious issues, my data is safe. Since I'm using linux the idea was to have two partitions, one for system backups (which are not so big in size) and one for archive (I'm explaining what's my use case so that maybe you can give me advices based on that). Since I already have this HDD my original thought was to buy an external enclosure and save some money, but is it really a good idea or is it better to buy an external HDD? The only con I see in using an external enclosure is that it doesn't come with backup software, but since I was already planning to use other solutions as I use linux it's not really an issue, but I don't know if there is something else I should consider. Keep in mind that I want to keep this drive close to the PC so portability is not my main concern here. Thank you for your help, Giuseppe

Hello everyone, I have a question about dual booting. Recently I bought an NVME SSD in which I installed archlinux. The HDD that came with my computer contains Windows instead. During the installation procedure of Arch I removed my HDD, just to prevent "accidents", my Windows HDD had all my files in it and I decided to recover the files later (like I already did). I've still not formatted my HDD, and now I need to boot into windows to update my motherboard's firmware (my computer is an HP Omen and, for some reason, they only provide .exe files to update the firmware). In order to do it I thought: "I can just re-enable safe-boot so Windows is happy and, in the boot device menu, just select the HDD instead of the SSD", but I can't, Windows won't boot, my computer just gives me a black screen, reboot and boot from the SSD automatically. I tried to enable/disable safe boot, I tried to change the boot device order, nothing works, it'll only boot from my NVME SSD. Now, to solve the issue I can simply remove my SSD, but I was wondering if there is another way to solve this issue and use both OSs for now (just the time of some windows-only HP updates), I'm not really an expert of BIOS/UEFI configurations. Can you help me? Have a nice day, Giuseppe P.S. - After I use windows for this updates I want to remove it from my PC and use the HDD as archive storage, so I don't really want to update my systemd-boot configuration, if there is no other solutions I would prefer to simply unplug my SSD

This is something I've thought about and I think that I'll do it in the near future, but I'm thinking about buying a good backup solution instead of simply converting an internal HDD into an external one. Thank you for the tip

@Dujith @Master Disaster thank you very much

Hi everyone, Recently I bought a 500GB NVME SSD for my computer and, while I'm waiting for it to arrive, I'm planning how to use my actual storage. I currently have a 2TB SATA3 HDD, my plan is to install the OS (in this case a linux distro) on the SSD and use the HDD for archive, but I have a question about it. Since I'll use the HDD to store OS backups and save files like photos etc. I'm thinking whether is a good idea to keep the HDD inside the computer or consider buying an external enclosure to use it as an external HDD. The advantage of having the HDD inside my machine is that I can run automatic backups for my OS (like daily backups in case I break something) but I don't want it to bottleneck my SSD even when I'm not using it, I don't know if I explained myself well here. In my plan I'll not store any OS partition on the HDD, I'll simply mount it, so it will be used only when needed, but I don't want it to impact on my SSD startup times/general performance too much. My worry is that with the HDD permanently mounted the performance of my SSD would drop significantly. Can you give me any tips on what's the best way to proceed or if my solution would not really impact the performance too much? Thank you, Giuseppe

It's tiny (which is good for my desk) and the fact that he have no OS gives me the opportunity to install my actual OS (ArchLinux) withouth throwing away a windows license I'm sure this little guy can be really good for Web Development!

Ok thanks They have 10'' monitor, but I have to check if I can remove the monitor base to put the monitor horizontally in my desk

Thanks for your reply, but I have not found any monitor with touch enabled and a 11'' size, do have you any idea?

Hi everyone, First of all sorry for my bad english, I'm italian. I'm a music composer and I started using a composition software called "StageLight" by Open Labs. For convenience I have to buy a touch screen monitor to use this software and use it as secondary monitor. Can you recommend a monitor (size 10/11'')? And if I buy this monitor, how can I connect it to my computer and use it as secondary monitor? Thanks in advance

Ok I updated the build and I changed also the monitor (for the HDMI port), thank you

The store where I'll buy all the components haven't this PSU, but the quality of the PSU is not a real big problem for 2 reasons: 1) The corsair's PSU are good quality 2) I have a small power point UPS Thank you anyway for the advice

Uhmm... Ok, you've convinced me, I will buy a samsung 840 ultraslim series

Because I will install few programs, I think that 64GB are perfect for me. Initially I had considered this option, but I preferred 1 disk for the OS and 1 disk for the storage. Thank you all for your replies

Hello, First of all sorry for my english, I'm italian. I made a configuration for my self, but I want a review from you. Is this build good? I will use this computer for Web Design and occasionally gaming (Minecraft, KSP) and I will install Linux Mint 15 "Olivia". Here is the build: - Componenti MOBO: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 Socket AM3+ AMD 970 DDR3 SATA3 USB3 ATX - €69.80 CPU: AMD FX-4300 4-Core 3.8GHz Socket AM3+ 8MB 95W Boxed - €98.00 GPU: XFX Ati Amd Radeon HD 7770 DoubleD Core 1000MHz Memory GDDR5 1GB DVI HDMI MiniDP - €88.50 RAM: DDR3 Corsair Value 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz PC3.12800 CL11 - €57.30 HDD: Seagate 500GB 3.5" 7200rpm 16MB SATA3 - €44.70 SSD: Samsung 840 UltraSlim Series 120GB Read 530MB/s Write 130MB/s SATA3 - €84.00 Networking: Pci-e Wireless TP-Link TL-WN781ND 150MBs Wireless N - €14.10 PSU: Modulare Corsair CX500M 500W 80+ Bronze ATX - €58.40 Case: Midi Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact PC Gaming ATX Nero - €59.60 Monitor: Led 21.5" AOC E2262VWH FullHD 250cd/mq 2ms VGA HDMI - €110.00 Keyboard and Mouse: USB Logitech Desktop MK120 - €20.00 Total: €704.40 My max budget is €700, but I prefeer if I don't went over €680. Thank you in advance