T i m wrote
Rod Speed wrote

A mate used to buy the sweetest price point 2.5" drives for his
desktops and would retire them to his laptops when bigger
capacities came down in price. That may have changed with
a change in usage (cloud storage etc) and the advent of SSD's
that seem to have a better performance impact in laptops.

I don't bother with SSDs because my system runs 24/7 and I only reboot
when I have to and it isnt work paying anything for a quicker reboot.

But whilst SSD's do often help reduce boot speeds, it's not all about
that in every case. Like, I understand they draw less power,

Not something that matters with a desktop system.

generate less heat,

Ditto. I don't even bother to have the covers on mine.

they are and will remain silent for their entire life spans

Mine stay entirely silent.

and many offer a longer warrantee than most spinny drives.

I choose the long warranty HDDs and have never had a warranty claim.

It's possible you would get a longer warrantee (5 years) than a spinny
drive designed for the role of NAS drive (WD Red 3 years).

But pointless spending money to get that.

Given that a 2.5" SSD is now only a few quid more than a Red drive ...

Both are much too small to be any use for me.