THE MK3001GRRB

As always we received the "bulk" version of the drive placed inside a static shielding plastic bag.

Unlike retail packages bulk ones just contain the drive itself.

Written on the large sticker placed at the top is the drive model, serial number, barcode, connectivity type, firmware version, revision, rollout factory date, electrical requirements and several certification logos.

As expected all of the chips are placed on the interior of the blue PCB for increased protection.

The SAS port is different from the regular SATA one so although you can use SAS cards with SATA drives you can't do the opposite.

Compared to most regular 2.5" drives (9mm) the MK3001GRRB is actually quite thicker (14mm).