Using a NAS hard drive in desktop PC?
Can I use a hard drive designed for NAS such as WD Red or Red Plus as an internal main hard disc in my desktop PC?
Alternatively, can I put it into an external hard drive enclosure and use it that way?
Can I use a hard drive designed for NAS such as WD Red or Red Plus as an internal main hard disc in my desktop PC?
Alternatively, can I put it into an external hard drive enclosure and use it that way?
BigE
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You should be able to, but they are slow drives. I think they are 5400 RPM drives which is slower than your normal 7200 RPM drives.
frombrum
yes
hope that helps
Spock (rhp)
you solve the 'slow' problem by getting an SSD. minimum useful size, imho, is 512 Gb -- that's comfortably hold Win 10 and the swap file space it needs. As to NAS drives, yes, your modern mobo can read them -- older ones may require a driver to be installed -- ask mobo maker via their support pages