It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/LilSassy69 on 2025-03-25 05:04:42.

I have a Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 that I want to put an 8TB into as it's second slot. I already have a 1TB Samsung 990 Pro for the OS and a 4TB 990 Pro as Storage.

Everything I've read so far has been entirely speculative and no anecdotes on someone who tried to use a 8tb double sided in a laptop and it had problems or any kind of recorded temps so I was hoping someone here may have had a good/bad experience with an 8TB in a 16". The majority of questions about this are really if they will even fit physically and I already know that mine will even if it's double sided.

While I assume temperatures should stay close to the 4tb assuming I'm not writing huge files constantly I've read otherwise so any input would be appreciated.

Edit: Video Editing and 3D Modeling/Animation. Currently looking at the WD_BLACK 8TB SN850X