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Can I use either 2.5 or 3.5 form factor hard drives, or can I only use one, and how do I know which one to use?
 
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most cases have places for 3.5 hard drives, and 2.5 ssd's, you could put a 2.5 hard drive in the ssd area, but 3.5 are much cheaper , so just go with 3.5 regular hard drives, and if you go ssd get 2.5, cause they dont make 3.5 ssd's
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most cases have places for 3.5 hard drives, and 2.5 ssd's, you could put a 2.5 hard drive in the ssd area, but 3.5 are much cheaper , so just go with 3.5 regular hard drives, and if you go ssd get 2.5, cause they dont make 3.5 ssd's
 
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Generally, a 3.5" drive is faster, and can be larger, and are usually more expensive per GB.
2.5" drives are sized to fit in laptops. But will work in a desktop if you want.
 
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The specifications for your case will tell you how many internal drive bays it has as well as what size they are. However, even if the case specs only list a number of 3.5" drive bays, there are 3.5" to 2.5" drive bay adapters readily available on the market.

-Wolf sends
 
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