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Repurpose old drives for external storage amid AI-driven price hikes

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With external SSD prices soaring due to AI-driven demand, a new article from Tom's Hardware explores repurposing older internal drives as external storage. The test involves using SATA SSDs, NVMe drives, and even traditional hard drives in enclosures with speeds up to 80 Gbps. While not matching the performance of dedicated external drives, these DIY solutions can offer a cost-effective alternative for basic backup and file transfer needs, though demanding tasks like 4K video editing or running local LLMs would still require faster, newer hardware. AI

IMPACT Suggests a cost-saving strategy for AI practitioners needing local storage by leveraging older hardware.

RANK_REASON Article discusses repurposing existing hardware for a specific use case, not a new product release or core AI research.

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Repurpose old drives for external storage amid AI-driven price hikes

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Matt Safford ·

    Testing old drives as external storage to avoid price hikes — hard drive, SATA SSD, and NVMe in enclosures up to 80 Gbps, tested

    For as little as $10 (or less on sale), you can use an old drive as external storage, but will that dusty drive deliver the speed you need?

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Testing old drives as external storage to avoid price hikes — hard drive, SATA SSD, and NVMe in enclosures up to 80 Gbps, tested For as little as $10 (or less o

    Testing old drives as external storage to avoid price hikes — hard drive, SATA SSD, and NVMe in enclosures up to 80 Gbps, tested For as little as $10 (or less on sale), you can use an old drive as external storage, but will that dusty drive deliver the speed you need? https://www…

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