It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Far_Marsupial6303 on 2024-05-19 20:53:01.

Posting for visibility as an addendum to this thread. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1cu2301/finally_after_seven_years_a_6tb_25inch_external/

I was looking at the WD site and noticed they have other models beyond the WD Black external and there are spec sheets for them. They are not listed

To those who wonder why the height is important, max 15mm height for 2.5" drives has been the standard for may years and is the largest height allowed in 2.5" enclosures.

The 5TB MyPassport case is 19.2mm and the drive is 15mm. The 6TB is 20.6mm so the drive is probably 16 or 16.5mm to accommodate the additional platter. I suspect this may allow them to fit snuggly in some 15mm cases. For reference, the lowest height 3.5" drive is 19.5mm.

https://documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library/en_us/assets/public/wd/product/external-storage/my_passport/my-passport-phdd-usb-c/data-sheet-my-passport-phdd-usb-c.pdf

https://documents.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library/en_us/assets/public/wd/product/external-storage/wd-black-p10-game-drive-for-xbox-usb-3-2-hdd/data-sheet-wd-black-p10-game-drive-for-xbox-usb-3-2-hdd.pdf

Pricewise, the "bargain" ;-p, is the Elements SE at 169.99MSRP, vs $129.99 for the 5TB.