Not a mechanic but check battery and terminals

eBay

Fine, u don’t mind power consumption, how about noise levels?

I said it’s good to play with but don’t bother using it for a serious lab long term.

Seagate for internal drives, WD for external.

When we were dating many years ago, my wife asked about some network concepts. I took it upon myself to draw out a network infrastructure on the white paper sheet covering the table. It was big with details. WTF was I thinking. She was a Dev so I wanted to flex. I think it worked 🤣