I bought two old server grade SSDs, not sure what I will use them for but at least they're both at 100% health (apart from 7 bad sectors on the Samsung).

Meant to update. For some strange reason those SSDs will only format under Linux. I think the drive's enclosure misbehaves because the firmware expects a lot older operating system.

So those G-Drive SSDs I ordered came in. Apparently they're Sandisk X600s manufactured in 2017. No wonder Western Digital wanted to offload them, lmao.

I still need to get the ATC case for it. Call me weird, but having redundancy in connectors for an external drive (SATA + USB-C + USB-A (using SATA III connector) is always nice. It's also why I build my own external drives rather than buying prefabricated ones.

One of my more bothersome traits is that when I shop for stuff, I often look at points of failure and terms of recovery. I purchased some external SSDs that have both SATA and USB interfaces, though SATA is reserved for the dock and enclosure (which I might purchase, just have to avoid Thunderbolt 2 version because I don't own a Mac lol).

Going through my archives and finding gold.

Final Boss + Credits = Spoilers