On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:23 AM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 22:30:36 -0800 > wes <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
