Will there ever be a laptop HDD larger than 2TB?

[ME##]

My PS4 desparetly needs a new hard drive but fucking 2.5" drives are still so overpriced and have such low capacities in comparison to their 3.5" cousins. Won't somebody fix this?

[don't let's]

The next console gen is going to be truly glorious.

[Daddy]

There's a reason why there is nothing cheap and that large.


A 3.5 inch harddrive can add more platters, so a large capacity is possible. The 2.5 inch is too thin and has a much smaller number of platters that can be used. It looks like the highest capacity on a 2.5 inch is 800GB per platter vs 1149GB on a 3.5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive#Form_factors


Your best bet is to wait for SSD prices to drop, since we're more likely to see cheap high density NAND chips get developed than more R&D placed on improving platter density on a traditional HDD.

[C.Mongler]

i cant wait until there's like an affordable 5tb ssd im gonna buy one just to jack off on it

[snoorkel]

yeah i mean you're pretty much Up Shits Creek looking for a high capacity 2.5" HDD, that be unneeded most of the time