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Not sure what OP's specific use case is, but for me, the one big downside of spinning drives is noise. And even if the drive itself may be fairly quiet, you hav
by vladvasiliu 4y ago
Not sure what OP's specific use case is, but for me, the one big downside of spinning drives is noise. And even if the drive itself may be fairly quiet, you have to make sure its vibrations don't propagate to furniture where they can get amplified.
- outworlder 4y ago2.5 inch drives spinning at 5400 RPM are nearly silent (and that can be improved further if you tell the drive you want it to be silent).
- vladvasiliu 4y agoI suppose it depends on the drive. I have a cheap external WD "passport" drive I use for backups. I sometimes sit it on a wooden end-table at my parents' house, and you can absolutely hear the vibrations.
- fomine3 4y agoGood point for especially storing music files. I'd like to use SSD every time for < 2TB data. Unfortunately, I'm a data hoarder so still spinning rusts.