[PLUG] Another Seagate drive died

wes plug at the-wes.com
Wed Jan 31 19:28:37 UTC 2018


On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:23 AM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 22:30:36 -0800
> wes <plug at the-wes.com> dijo:
>
> >> I'm tired of drives with moving parts. Does anyone have any faves in
> >> the SSD world?
>
> >Kingston!
>
> I started my shopping on Newegg and haven't gotten much further. But I
> note that none of the drives are 3.5" form factor. I can get a ~1TB SSD
> in 2.5", mSATA, M2, or PCIe. I assume there exist hardware adapters to
> mount one of these in a 3.5" bay, but what about the connectors? Will
> the SATA2 cables and power connectors in my current desktop fit one one
> of these drives?
>
>
I've never seen a 3.5" SSD. I use brackets as you surmise to mount in
desktops (or just let them flop around since there's no real danger in this
case).

The connectors are the same for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives (SSD or no).

-wes



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