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Planning a growth drive.
4 months ago
Hey hey people. I don't post journals very often but felt this is a situation that would require it.
So, for about 3 years now I have had this computer that is serving me well enough, but as with all things it has begun to fail and I fear it would corrupt the files at some point. In tandem, it can't run anything modern in terms of games or art software, and I simply can't upgrade things because parts are more expensive than a whole computer nowadays. So I'm planning to make a growth drive to raise money for it. I have never done this before so, if you have any pointers or tips, please do post them below.
Following is a link to a survey I am making to see which character you'd like to see and what theme the drive could include or should follow. Based on that I'll work things out. I'm planning on raising up to 500USD, worth a lot more in Brazilian real, and I hope things shape out well. Thank you for your time.
https://forms.gle/UmdejhtzWf5AU1J68
So, for about 3 years now I have had this computer that is serving me well enough, but as with all things it has begun to fail and I fear it would corrupt the files at some point. In tandem, it can't run anything modern in terms of games or art software, and I simply can't upgrade things because parts are more expensive than a whole computer nowadays. So I'm planning to make a growth drive to raise money for it. I have never done this before so, if you have any pointers or tips, please do post them below.
Following is a link to a survey I am making to see which character you'd like to see and what theme the drive could include or should follow. Based on that I'll work things out. I'm planning on raising up to 500USD, worth a lot more in Brazilian real, and I hope things shape out well. Thank you for your time.
https://forms.gle/UmdejhtzWf5AU1J68
would still recomend to research on your own.
1) An AM5 would run me down 1270 brazil reals minimum.
2) A single 1TB m2 ssD would run be 300-400 brl. That costs more than my drawing tablet, and almost as much as my rent.
3) I have an AMD GPU, but it's a ryzen 3. A Ryzen 7 would run me down another 1K.
4) The only power supply I have is this 500W one and that is already kicking my energy bills top over 200brl a month.
Couple all of that with the fact that I don't know how to fiddle with anything electronic, and that the two times I tried to install a simple goddamn GPU in this PC (Nvidia gpu + adm motherboard =) my HDD corrupted and I lost years of work, it is simply cheaper to raise 500USd and buy a whole PC than buy the parts individually. With my luck I would break the motherboard in half trying to change anything, and no, I can't afford to pay anyone to do it, nor do I know anyone with the knowhow to do it :(
But if you're more comfortable with pre-built then just consider the parts you want included.