Which of the following storage options would a technician most likely recommend to have large amounts of affordable capacity without concern for read times on a desktop computer?

The correct answer is C. 2TB SATA 3.5 5,400rpm HDD. For bulk, cost-effective storage where performance isn’t critical, a high-capacity, low-speed SATA HDD offers the best price per gigabyte. A 2 TB, 5,400 RPM drive gives ample space affordably, and slower read times aren’t an issue for secondary or archival desktop storage.

Submitted by jaden.t· Mar 30, 2026

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A750GB NVMe M.2 SSD
B2x 1TB PCIe SSD in RAID 1
C2TB SATA 3.5 5,400rpm HDD
D4TB SAS2.5 15,000rpm HDD

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A
4% (2)
B
17% (8)
C
72% (34)
D
6% (3)

Explanation

For bulk, cost-effective storage where performance isn’t critical, a high-capacity, low-speed SATA HDD offers the best price per gigabyte. A 2 TB, 5,400 RPM drive gives ample space affordably, and slower read times aren’t an issue for secondary or archival desktop storage.

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#Hard Drive (HDD)#Solid State Drive (SSD)#Storage cost & capacity#Storage performance

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