Can the notebook hard drive be installed on the desktop?

Can a portable hard drive fit on a desktop? What's the difference between a desktop hard disk and a laptop hard drive? Admittedly, this is a lot of computer users like to ask a topic, the following computer Pepsi Net Small series of easy to understand the explanation.

　　Q: Can the portable hard disk be installed on the desktop?

A: The notebook hard disk is a 2.5-inch small hard drive, and desktop computer is generally a 3.5-inch standard size hard disk, because the desktop computer chassis equipped with a rich hard disk location, not only support the standard 3.5-inch normal keyboard, but also compatible with 2.5-inch notebook hard disk.

In addition, on the desktop, you can also mix desktop and notebook hard disks, or desktop hard drives + solid-state drives for dual use.

In fact, the problem is very simple, because the current solid-state drive for both laptop and desktop computers, the size is 2.5 inches, from here also can be seen, 2.5-inch hard disk is compatible with desktops. Based on this, even if you do not understand the hard disk, but Lenovo to the solid state drive, whether you can understand this problem.

Although the desktop can use a notebook hard disk, in turn, the notebook is not able to use the 3.5-inch standard desktop hard disk, because the internal space of the notebook is limited, the hard disk size is designed for 2.5-inch small hard disk, ordinary desktop hard disk size is too large to install, that is, incompatible.

　　Q: The difference between a notebook hard disk and a desktop hard disk

A: The difference between a notebook and a desktop hard disk is mainly in two dimensions and performance, as follows.

1. Different sizes

As we mentioned earlier, the standard laptop hard drive is 2.5 inches and the standard desktop hard disk is 3.5 inches, and the desktop hard disk is larger than the laptop hard drive.

2, different performance

When it comes to hard drives, the key to determining this performance is the number of drives, cache size, and capacity.

Desktop hard disk

At present, most of the notebook hard drive is 5400 rpm, while the desktop hard disk is basically 7200 rpm, the higher the number of RPM, the general hard drive read faster. In addition, the size of the hard disk cache, desktop hard disk is generally larger than the laptop hard disk.

Notebook Hard Drive

As a result, desktop hard disks are generally significantly better at reading speeds than notebook hard drives. In addition, in capacity, large size desktop machine hard drives also occupy the advantage.

Above here we say the notebook and the desktop hard disk, mainly refers to the mechanical hard disk. Today's solid-state drives are 2.5 inches, while supporting laptops and desktops with no dimensions or performance, so solid-state drives are indistinguishable in desktops and notebooks.