Anyone else build their own computers?...
I built my desktop computer from components in 2011. Now ten years later, one of the hard drives in my RAID 1 setup has failed.
I bought two 2TB hard drives on Amazon to rebuild the RAID only to find out that the seller is sending out old drives from 2012-2013 that are marked "new." Needless to say I returned them for a refund. Be careful buying such items online. Immediately check your items to ensure warranty coverage is valid.
Anyway, after hours of teardown, reconfiguration, reboots, and file transfers, all is working fine again. Instead of trashing a whole computer, only two smashed hard drives (to protect personal info) will be discarded.
Recycle, renew, wear out!