ardi60@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agoWestern Digital runs out of HDD capacity: CEO says massive AI deals secured, price surges aheadwww.tweaktown.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down12
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minus-squareStiggyman@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 hours agoIssue is that the production is for server gear not consumer. So it’s U2 and other connectors rather than SATA. Same goes for RAM it’s ECC and won’t work in normal consumer PCs (AMD has like unofficial support)
minus-squareturboSnail@piefed.europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 hours agoI guess I’ll have to buy one of those racks when the bubble pops. Just add an LED strip on the outside and a gaming GPU on the inside. Surely they support PCIe?
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoSo that’s why consumer drives and ram are not affected by the price rise! /s
Issue is that the production is for server gear not consumer. So it’s U2 and other connectors rather than SATA.
Same goes for RAM it’s ECC and won’t work in normal consumer PCs (AMD has like unofficial support)
I guess I’ll have to buy one of those racks when the bubble pops. Just add an LED strip on the outside and a gaming GPU on the inside. Surely they support PCIe?
So that’s why consumer drives and ram are not affected by the price rise! /s