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I'm looking to get a new internal hard drive for a specific use case:

it's for a desktop, meaning I can fit either
i need 2TB, no more and no less, also meaning I can get either
it's for my media collection, mostly movies
it's not gonna be read-only, but I wouldn't write too often (I would torrent, but all the program's metadata would be on another drive)
most likely gonna be formatted with btrfs (subject to change, open to suggestion)

Should I get the 2.5 inch or the 3.5 one?

Thanks in advance.

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[-] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'd say 3.5, easier to find a CMR disk which you want for a NAS especially if you seed. I suggest you buy two if you can for a backup. But keep in mind HDD optimal temperature is between 12 and 45, it took me 2x140mm fans running at 1500 rpm to keep at 40%

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