For storage I'd get something like this. Maybe not this exact product but one like it newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820301349 <https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820301349> Be careful because at this low price point there is a LOT of low-spec'd junk out there
Notice the specs where it say MTBF = 1,500,000 hours. That is something like 170 years of 24x7 use. These types of glass based drives are designed to be drop in replacements for hard drives and have the same connectors and treaded mounting holes. For new computers there are better SSD designs that eliminate the SATA cables and connect directly to much faster PCIe but you'd need a more modern OS to use these On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 4:38 PM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18 October 2017 at 18:03, Martin Dobbins <tu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Drive > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721106 > > I have found these more than adequate for a CNC machine. G-code files are > small: > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Industrial-Disk-on-Module- > Kingspec-SATA-SLC-DOM-7Pins-8GB-SLC-1CH-/262850750707 > Plug directly into the SATA socket. (though they also need 5V from > somwhere else on the motherboard) > > > Case > > http://www.mini-box.com/M350-universal-mini-itx-enclosure > > And I typically don't bother with a case, just put the MB in with all > the other electronics. > > > Power Supply > > http://www.mini-box.com/picoPSU-90 > > Alternatively some motherboards run from 12V directly. (And there are > some that run on 24V happily too) > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
