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From: Hund <lists_gentoo@linuxkompis.se>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] routine maintenance.
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 09:20:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <B512B8A9-2845-422F-B826-81CA5D9E4B22@linuxkompis.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14373b3e-e971-bed4-c70c-6de111dd63fe@verizon.net>

>My waterblock is clogged again, down to a trickle of flow, not bad
>enough to be dangerous at idle but I've had to order some fresh O-rings
>from Germany and will need to rebuild the damn thing again.

Unless you're a hardcore overclocker, there's really no reason to bother with it, especially not today with modern hardware that's running cool with pretty weak cooling to begin with. :)

>Any thoughts about running a drive this old, and what I should be
>looking at as a replacement?

No matter how old or new your disk is, keep your backups current and in working shape.

If it's old, I would just keep an extra eye on the S.M.A.R.T. status and replace it when it's getting close to dying. If you're lucky it will last you for a long time and if you're unlucky it could die any day, which is also to true for any disk.

>Root is a 256gb SATA Samsung SSD, no concerns about lifespan on that
>drive. I hadn't heard of M.2 yet when I bought it...

A SSD is just fine. You're not gaining any performance with a M.2 disk anyway.

--
Hund


  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-18  8:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <14373b3e-e971-bed4-c70c-6de111dd63fe.ref@verizon.net>
2021-02-18  6:54 ` [gentoo-user] routine maintenance Alan Grimes
2021-02-18  8:20   ` Hund [this message]
2021-02-18  9:38     ` antlists
2021-02-18 11:10     ` Peter Humphrey
2021-02-18 11:12       ` J. Roeleveld
2021-02-18 20:14         ` Peter Humphrey
2021-02-18 20:42           ` Frank Steinmetzger
2021-02-18 22:13           ` Alan Grimes
2021-02-18 13:12   ` Michael
2021-02-18 15:07     ` John Covici

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