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It seems to be more than that. Jerking the cable a little, even while it's still tight in the port, can trigger it. And unplugging and then pushing fully back into the port doesn't always do he job.

I've decided to get a couple Ironwolf Pros, because for just a few dollars more, I can get a 5-year warranty and slightly sturdier parts. Are the 12 and 14 TB ones as stable as the smaller ones? Disregarding "putting your eggs in one basket." For Black Friday, I can get a 14TB from BH for...

I see, thank you. So to install on my Meshify C, would I have to remove the front fan?? What about if I just used a 280mm cooler, would that be easier to install in my case?

Huh, interesting, okay. Will it be able to be mounted to the front of my case as my PC is in that photo? In the end, which cooler from the AMD-approved list should I get, then? Something that's reliable? The Be Quiets, as I said, aren't on the list, and I want to be careful... AMD warranty and all.

Thanks for your response. Yeah, I kind of figured it barely makes a difference. I heard good things about the Be Quiets, but they aren't on the AMD recommended list. The Cooler Master is on sale for $139 at the moment, I might just get that. It has some mixed reviews on Amazon, though...

Hi, I have never been an overclocker or anything, so I've always been content with air-cooling in my video editing and gaming PC. However, I plan to purchase the upcoming Ryzen 3950X, and AMD recommends water cooling: https://www.amd.com/en/processors/3950x-thermal-solutions What's a good...

Hi, Once in a while, often when there is even a gentle touch to the monitor or even desk, my monitor loses signal and requires a lot of wiggling at the DP input to get it back on. After it finally comes back and remains on, my windows are often resized and GSync shows that it has been...

What's a good, affordable drive that's like on which I can create local backups? To hook up to the PC only when backing up, then storing elsewhere at home? I imagine an internal HDD would be safer and more space/cost efficient vs an external HDD. Right now I have about 11TB of data and growing...

Right - and I use Backblaze to automatically backup all of my files from the drives I have listed, including the external enclosure drives. Having 1 local copy and 1 cloud copy seems right for me - I don't have situations where I can't afford a day of downtown, and multiple local backup drives...

Thank you, and sorry I didn't make that clear from the start. I guess I didn't know exactly what a NAS was. Okay, I understand, thanks again for the information. So, it seems the Seagate Ironwolf doesn't seem to cost that much more than the WD Black? I might as well go for the Ironwolf...

Thank you, I'll check out their prices on Black Friday. Disregarding any special prices, do you recommend the Ironwolf OR Ironwolf Pro for my needs? A reminder, I don't have a NAS... just an OWC brand USB-C external enclosure. I work out of my apartment and have no need for networking capabilities.

You're right... since it will be 80% storage, the rest re-accessing old projects (or even just parts of them), I might just buy two more traditional HDDs. Even SSHDs seem to be too expensive for my needs. Do you have suggestions for a ~6TB drive that would last a long time? Do the WD Reds, like...

Hi, I am a freelance corporate videographer trying to be efficient with storage for my projects. I primarily work on Adobe Premiere, I have an Asus Crosshair VII Hero board, and my internal storage situation is as follows: Main drive (Samsung 860 EVO 1TB): -System files -All programs -Sync...

Hey all, So I recently rebuilt my PC to the following: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX (from a Coolermaster N200 mATX) Crosshair VII Hero (from an ASRock H97 Pro4) Ryzen 2700X (from an i7 4970k) 32GB (2x16) TridentZ DDR4 3200MHz C14 RAM (from 32GB 4x8 G.Skill DDR3) EVGA Supernova G3 650W PSU EVGA...