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I need a new temp harddrive

was going to pick up one of these for cheap

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Ad says "ideal for NAS"

I guess that means server HDDs???
I hope it doesnt matter but idk thats why I'm asking

Would one of these work for a regular desktop?
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"Ideal for NAS" is because there are multiple drives. With a NAS you would typically run in a RAID configuration for redundancy or speed.

The drives are SATA2 not SATA3 which means the transfer speed will be slower but they should be ok.

What do you need a 'temp' hard drive for? Why not just buy a new one?
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-Deano wrote "Ideal for NAS" is because there are multiple drives. With a NAS you would typically run in a RAID configuration for redundancy or speed.

The drives are SATA2 not SATA3 which means the transfer speed will be slower but they should be ok.

What do you need a 'temp' hard drive for? Why not just buy a new one?


Only need the computer until the end of summer, don't want to buy a new drive unless i have to
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Those drives will work fine as temporary drives just don't expect great performance

You can use them in a regular PC

It just says ideal for NAS because people don't understand what NAS drives are required to do.
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Alright guys thanks.

Toka actually found a refurb on newegg for $20

Got that one instead of the ones from craigslist.
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