Lenovo ThinkStation 2 TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA

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For £128.83 ex‑VAT, this feels like a very “safe, boring” buy: a standard 3.5" 7200RPM SATA internal drive aimed at ThinkStation-style desktops and simple storage needs. If you’re adding capacity to an existing workstation and you don’t want to pay the SSD tax, it’s a sensible way to stretch budgets—especially for bulk storage, file servers in a pinch, archives, scratch disks for non‑critical workloads, or anything where you care more about capacity than responsiveness.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it for anything that’s latency-sensitive. 7200RPM HDDs are still noticeably slower than SSDs, and the kind of “it feels snappy” experience you’d want for operating systems, active project drives, or databases just won’t be there. Also, make sure the receiving system actually supports 3.5" SATA bays and you’re comfortable with HDD reliability habits (backups still matter). If your goal is performance per pound, you’ll generally get better long-term value by putting the OS/apps on SSD and using drives like this for bulk storage rather than expecting miracles.