It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Skyyblaze on 2025-01-21 14:10:27.

Hey everyone! I moved to the mATX form-factor for my new PC and want to replace my 3.5" WD Blue with a shucked WD Elements 5TB 2.5" drive.

I heard it performs great shucked and like that I can have everything neatly inside the PC.

I already have the drive here and there are plenty of tutorials on how to open the case but will it harm the drive long-term if I mount it vertically? Unfortunately with the space-constraints in my case I wouldn't have a way to mount it horizontally unless I duct-tape it somewhere.