Can this drive be used in a tower?
860498
adapters cost about $5 and simply provide a means to place the 2.5 inch drive into a standard 3.5 inch drive bay. some towers have provisions for these drives, but the adapter makes it a universal fit. if you're really in a hurry, tape it in place--fun, but uncivilized.
1218850
Yes. I use several models of G-drives on PCs. I prefer the full-sized drives that have eSATA ports for PCs, just for max speed. Overall, the answer is YES.
1718107
Yes, these drives can be used in a desktop computer. I bought 15 of them to put into computers I was building for the office.
693571
i believe the tower has two disk drives maybe try saving in a different hard drive. 1tb is a on of space.
1688459
No, it can work in as standard desktop drive. Being designed for NAS though means it will tolerate being in close proximity to a lot of other disks, for both heat dispersion and resistance to vibrations caused by the other drives. You may be able to get a drive that has better overall performance and a larger cache in a non-NAS version for the same or lower price.
704915
Yes it can. These drives are designed for longer run times. But will work fine in desktop
1770072
Sure you can, you just have to buy an enclosure for it. But why not just buy an external HD directly? I think it's a bit of waste to use this drive as external storage.
739123
this is plug n play. as long as it plugs into your tower it should work just fine
1567771
I'm not sure. Perhaps you can just attach both drives and use windows to copy the files.
1013603
Maybe. The form factor is ok, but I don't know, if this system can use the drive.
1575146
Yes it can. It just has some extra capabilities that you won't be using, which won't impact anything. Wow, I just looked and saw why you're looking to buy this one - it's the cheapest 4TB drive available. Wow. I'd say go ahead and get it.
967149
They will. Or at least it is said on the box that they will. I have only used desktop drives and it works great. I have a lot of old drives with good stuff on them that now I can use and modify without having to physically install the drive into my tower. You plug them in like Atari Cartridges and it works like a external hard drive. totally worth the money.
1455059
The drive is tall, height may be a problem. You will need a little more than 15mm of vertical space.
777647
Yes you can use it, as long as you have stop on motherboard to plug it in. this will work on any tower
430598
Yes, but honestly I wouldn't recommend it. Having a drive fail on that setup would kill you and the interface that your presented with on this device really limits the usability of anything over 2tb
1064573
Basic rule of thumb is that this will take up 2 slots. Exactly two. If you only have one Drive slot available, then no.
2045903
you most certainly can. I have this in my regular desktop , the only limitation would be if you are using an old system that does not support large drives.(over 2TB) but anything built or bought in the last 5 years should be just fine.