Questions about Seagate BarraCuda

It's done. They are SMR plates. https://www.seagate.com/de/de/internal-hard-drives/cmr-smr-list/

To install a 3.5" hard disk in your HP PC, you generally need to use a hard disk support or cage. These brackets are often built into the PC case and are used to secure the hard drive in place. Make sure that your PC has a bracket suitable for 3.5" hard drives. If it doesn't, you may need an adapter or an additional bracket.

That should fit. The computer is not that old and nothing has really changed with SATA since then. A SATA hard disk only needs two connections. The narrow one for data and the wide one for power (page 23). https://static.digitecgalaxus.ch/Files/2/8/3/5/3/2/4/4/100805918l.pdf The socket with 4 pins is not needed.

Hello MorrisGu88, yes this 3.5 inch hard drive with SATA III connector is for mounting.

No, not as far as I know. With laptop or external hard drives, there are sometimes sensors that measure whether the device is in free fall and deactivate the hard drive to prevent damage, but this would probably be of little help with a desktop. All in all, SSDs are used today everywhere where shocks or other impacts are expected, because they are insensitive to physical impact. In general, desktop HDDs are cut back wherever possible, so you can usually expect little except acceptable reliability. But in return you get an astronomical number of GB/Fr. NAS hard disks, on the other hand, are optimised to protect against vibrations from surrounding disks (in a server with hundreds of running disks, this cannot be underestimated), i.e. these are probably the best protected against all kinds of things. When switched off, ordinary hard disks are not overly sensitive anyway, i.e. when it comes to relocating desktops, you don't have to worry too much now. However, if the devices are transported over longer distances on the road, the hard disks should be removed and placed safely in the passenger's lap.

No. 3.5 inch drives don't fit in laptops. Old laptops had 2.5 inch hard disks. New ones have 2.5 inch SSDs or M.2 SSDs

Without, only the plate comes

Mac Pro 5.1 are equipped with 4 3.5" slides, according to Apple 4x2TB SATA II are supported. However, users report that larger hard drives work without any problems. So it should be no problem to install them in the Seagate BarraCuda. https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/faq/mac-pro-how-to-upgrade-hard-drives-what-type-supported.html

Of course. The WD Black spins at 7200rpm. The Seagate "only" spins at 5400 - but it's quieter.

Hello, according to the data sheet max 190MB/s.

Yes, that is possible.

yes, you could use it but it would only work with the slowed down performance because your mainboard has sata2 and this disk is sata3! https://www.gigabyte.com/de/Motherboard/GA-MA790XT-UD4P-rev-10#sp You can see the difference here: https://kb-de.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8639/~/difference-between-sata-i%2C-sata-ii-and-sata-iii

guggst du hier: https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/3-5-barracuda-3tbDS1900-10-1710DE-de_DE.pdf