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[–] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

if I may ask, what kinds of things are you storing? my computer has only 500gb, my phone has 128gb, and I pay a small fee for 100gb of cloud storage for photos. sometimes I feel like I'm running out of space but it's never a real problem for me. so I'm just curious because I'm having trouble imagining what I'd even fill up 5tb with.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Movies at good quality are like 15GB each. Games frequently blow past 100.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm the person in the thread before the person who asked, but I'm in the same boat. In my case: videos, radio shows and comics.

A 4-season TV series in 1080p can easily take up 50-100 gb.

[–] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION 3 points 2 months ago

ah that makes sense. thanks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

My iCloud Photos is 1.2TB

Admittedly I should prune junk out, but RAW photos from real cameras are big and I'm not giving them up. Same with videos from my DJI.