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Mathf18
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I just purchase some part for a new pc build and by mistake i oder a 2,5 HDD 1TB WD , so i dont have a adapter for 3,5 too 2,5 for HDD but in my build i use a M.2 Ssd so i will not use the two rear SSD slot of my case. My first question is , if i put my HDD in the ssd slot i need to but the electronic on that back touching the metal , is that a probleme. 

 

Second question, i dont want to retourne it just because of that , long wait ect... and i was wondering that speed of a 3,5 vs a 2,5 HDD since thw 2,5 as 32mb of cache vs 64 for the 3,5. I will only put my movie and game on it so if the difference isnt noticible i would like too know.

 

thank you ! 

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2.5" drives usually have 5400RPM and most 3.5" drives have 7200RPM.

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7 minutes ago, Mathf18 said:

I just purchase some part for a new pc build and by mistake i oder a 2,5 HDD 1TB WD , so i dont have a adapter for 3,5 too 2,5 for HDD but in my build i use a M.2 Ssd so i will not use the two rear SSD slot of my case. My first question is , if i put my HDD in the ssd slot i need to but the electronic on that back touching the metal , is that a probleme. 

It's fine. If you really want peace of mind, just apply tape or something on the mounting point where you'll put the HDD.

7 minutes ago, Mathf18 said:

 

Second question, i dont want to retourne it just because of that , long wait ect... and i was wondering that speed of a 3,5 vs a 2,5 HDD since thw 2,5 as 32mb of cache vs 64 for the 3,5. I will only put my movie and game on it so if the difference isnt noticible i would like too know.

 

thank you ! 

Movies don't need fast storage. Game performance also generally is not affected by storage performance except for loading times. But even then, it's not going to be godawful.

 

2 minutes ago, Minibois said:

2.5" drives usually have 5400RPM and most 3.5" drives have 7200RPM.

That's not really a problem when 2.5" drives usually have higher data density and the head doesn't have to travel as far.

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