Comment on The upgrade argument for desktops doesn't stand up anymore
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
I think the real thing you have learned is that PC upgrades are largely unnecessary. They are only selling new hardware that is better on paper and they need to create compatibility traps to make you upgrade a bunch of other shit to get that incremental upgrade.
Even still, there are a lot of components that are not cheap that you can reuse regardless of CPU socket and memory compatibility changes. I’ve used the same PSU and case and drives and network card for a decade. That’s all shit I would have had to pay for over and over again with a different type of system.
worhui@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
How many full backups do you have of the data on a decade old drive?
Storage is one of the most relevant things to be continually replacing. I have decade old drives as well but they live in tandem with their replacements as mirrors. Until recently storage was so insanely cheap there was little reason not to replace it.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
12 4tb drives in mirrored pairs in a zfs pool on a headless server supporting our local media server and various other data storage needs. The only stuff on the desktop is game installs and software.
Most of us who survived desktop gaming in the early 2000 learned not to keep anything important locally cause your gonna have to wipe your os every now and then.