2.5" storage options

233 · 20 May 2020 at 19:58

anyone recommend some bulk storage in 2.5" form factor.

new build only accepts 2.5" drives and i have room for a pair of them,

main drive is a sabrent rocket so fine and dandy for gaming and i might through in another 1tb nvme just for games in future but this is a requirement for media storage only (machines also a plex server)

ideally need a combined 4/6 gigs between 2 drives but happy to look at all sort of options

Alex h · 20 May 2020 at 20:14

Wd do blue storage in 2.5 form mate

233 · 20 May 2020 at 20:34

the barracuda 4tb drives seem a decent price but only 5400 rpm

is there anyone still making 7200rpm 2.5" drives in a decent capacity

Minstadave · 20 May 2020 at 22:38

I'd go for a couple of 2TB SSDs and be done with it.

Alex h · 20 May 2020 at 23:37

Minstadave said:
I'd go for a couple of 2TB SSDs and be done with it.

Or a 4tb one

Armageus · 20 May 2020 at 23:55

233 said:
the barracuda 4tb drives seem a decent price but only 5400 rpm

is there anyone still making 7200rpm 2.5" drives in a decent capacity

2tb is still the general maximum capacity for 2.5" HDD. 4tb is 15mm high drive which may or may not fit your use case, but obviously less popular in general as don't fit in laptops.

hlennie · 27 May 2020 at 14:57

Seagate do a 5tb can be brought for £110 if u buy it as an exsternal and exstract the drive

Armageus · 27 May 2020 at 15:06

hlennie said:
Seagate do a 5tb can be brought for £110 if u buy it as an exsternal and exstract the drive

which again is a 15mm high drive

https://www.seagate.com/www-content...a-new/files/barracuda-2-5-ds1907-1-1609us.pdf