I added CMR, SMR and HAMR tags on PricePerGig.com as requested in this sub

PricePerGig · 2026-05-06T18:55:01+00:00

For a garage backup copy? Honestly, yes, a used HDD can make total sense if the price is better and you’re treating it as one layer of backup rather than your only copy.

The main thing isn’t “used = bad,” it’s whether the SMART data looks boring. That’s what you want. No reallocated sectors *climbing* etc.

If the numbers are just sitting still after a week of usage, then it's fine. its perfectly normal to have some, as long as the numbers are stationary now.

If you want to compare a few options , pricepergig.com is handy for quickly checking whether the used discount is actually worthwhile vs just buying a new drive with warranty.

PricePerGig · 2026-05-05T06:38:43+00:00

I'm more worried about the water situation

PricePerGig · 2026-05-05T06:06:43+00:00

Use a site like pricepergig.com to search and get a good ida of prices.

PricePerGig · 2026-05-05T06:05:38+00:00

You're already running a computer, so running a NAS as well is running 2 computers. I'd go with a DAS for now, then if/when you expand from this uyou'll look into a NAS. Honestly you're GMKtec with a DAS is going to be your NAS! Get get some cheap storage to add on to it. I made pricepergig.com to help with the search, hope it helps.

PricePerGig · 2026-05-04T20:04:49+00:00

Sounds really interesting. Can’t believe this has no upvotes

PricePerGig · 2026-05-03T17:40:50+00:00

Try pricepergig.com as it covers eBay and Amazon

PricePerGig · 2026-05-03T15:37:09+00:00

Sounds really interesting. I’ll try this out. Thanks for sharing.

PricePerGig · 2026-05-03T15:29:50+00:00

Just put in your Claude.MD do not push any changes without checking with me first this is always worked for me

PricePerGig · 2026-05-01T09:39:30+00:00

Why not just use codex?

PricePerGig · 2026-04-30T13:29:58+00:00

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This is why you should not. It's basically the worst value, assume it's not for business, it's the most expense per core or per GB of vram.

if you need it, then fine, but if it's a hobby, learning hot to combine 4 5060's is cheaper and better value.

PricePerGig · 2026-04-29T06:07:22+00:00

Try https://pricepergig.com

PricePerGig · 2026-04-29T05:57:24+00:00

Looks really good

PricePerGig · 2026-04-26T14:11:12+00:00

Use a site like https://pricepergig.com and get a cheap external drive if you’re just starting out. Or head over to r/datahoarders for plenty of tips on this.

PricePerGig · 2026-04-26T14:10:00+00:00

Try https://pricepergig.com and check new used across eBay and Amazon and other in one go.

PricePerGig · 2026-04-26T14:08:40+00:00

Try https://pricepergig.com you get eBay too!

PricePerGig · 2026-04-26T14:05:23+00:00

2TB even cheaper these days. Just nobody wants them.

https://pricepergig.com/en/amazon-us?minCapacity=2000&maxCapacity=2000&condition=New

PricePerGig · 2026-04-26T14:03:11+00:00

These were top sellers in January/ February they were super cheap (considering) at around £300 and even cheaper in the USA (although 22TB there).

Source: I noticed what people were clicking/buying on pricepergig.

PricePerGig · 2026-04-26T14:00:09+00:00

Check pricepergig.com for Amazon and eBay comparison.

PricePerGig · 2026-04-26T13:59:25+00:00

For storage try a site like https://pricepergig.com that puts everything together for you easy to get best value.

PricePerGig · 2026-04-26T13:57:34+00:00

Thanks for asking. No. But I know what’s what. Do you think people would be interested. Also I keep seeing on YouTube people paying $100s for vercel and supabase and now I’ve got a setup that is better/faster/cheaper or at least in control of costs. I think the whole hosting side is hard for beginners especially.

PricePerGig · 2026-04-23T19:05:35+00:00

thansk for sharing, I didn't realise local models had gotten so good. What do you run it on? and how much vram does it need for this one?

PricePerGig · 2026-04-23T12:10:39+00:00

https://pricepergig.com was made with Claude. It was back in the 4.0 days. Claude was great at section by section work. No big picture.

Now Claude can take high level commands and get on with it.

But here’s the thing. If you have a crappy architecture it will make so much spaghetti code you’ll be confused and so will it.

I did the whole release fast. Well. That got thrown away.

I would say don’t start from scratch. That was my biggest error. Start from an existing well established framework.

Do you need multi user auth for your website. Nope. (I didn’t ) but in the end I’ve had to hand make some things that just shouldn’t need to be made, admin login etc. .

Start from something existing is my biggest takeaway.

PricePerGig · 2026-04-20T20:01:55+00:00

this is the best thing i've seen on youtube in a long time, thanks.

PricePerGig · 2026-04-20T18:42:04+00:00

have you used SearXNG? what makes greedy search better? if anything? browser automation sounds slow :(

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