Review on Renewed Seagate BarraCuda 5TB SATA 6Gb/s Internal Hard Drive - 2.5-Inch, 15mm (ST5000LM000) with 128MB Cache by Wiktor Iwanski ᠌

Has some pros: 1. Capacity. Today it is the most capacious 2.5" HDD on the market. 2. Low noise and vibration. Especially given its size and speed (5526 rpm). 3. Temperature. Even on an open stand, with natural convection, without forced airflow, the screw is always 1-2°C colder than the other 2.5" brothers. And this is despite its speed and the number of plates. Cons: 1. Size. The attached photos show how (! ) it is thicker than a "normal" laptop screw. Accordingly, it will not fit everywhere. 2. Mediocre read/write speeds. But since the disk is used to distribute torrents, even these speeds are in excess. 3. SMR. And this is a potential problem.