Question Im Planning to buy a 5TB Barracuda, I dont the Size of my Laptop ,What is the form factor / height is compatible for GL72VR 7RF-650?

Harvest_Festival

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Im Planning to buy a 5TB Barracuda, I dont the Size of my Laptop ,What is the form factor / height is compatible for GL72VR 7RF-650? I was Browsing in Amazon and i saw a comment about size compatibility, im not sure what is the height of my storage area, pls help
 

Harvest_Festival

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In this review:
https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-GF72VR-7RF-7700HQ-GTX-1060-120-Hz-Laptop-Review.256052.0.html
The HDD is tested, and on one of the images it suggests it is a
HTS721010A9E630

This:
https://www.storagereview.com/hgst_travelstar_7k1000_review
Suggests it is a 9.5mm deep drive, so 9.5mm or less should fit.
So my laptop is compatible only with 7-9mm, bummer !
but i dont get this, it says 7mm but on the description, it says 15mm, im totally confused !

From Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barr...cuda+5tb&qid=1551637650&s=gateway&sr=8-2&th=1
 

RealBeast

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Agreed, you cannot use the 5TB as it has too great a z-height (15mm) and your laptop will only go up to 9.5mm.

If you go with a 2TB, depending on your budget you may want to consider an SSD -- there are a number of 2TB drives under $200 that would work very well for storage drives. The other alternative is getting a big external drive.