Will this drive work in a desktop PC?

Only if the PC has a SAS host bus adapter and a bay that accepts a 2.5-inch drive. A standard SATA port will not recognize it.

It is SAS 12Gb/s with dual-port support, not SATA. You need a SAS controller or SAS backplane.

What is the endurance rating?

Samsung rates the PM1643a family for around one full drive write per day over five years, which suits read-heavy and mixed enterprise workloads.

No heatsink is required, but it needs the airflow of a server chassis. In a passively cooled enclosure it can run hot.

NVMe drives are faster per drive, especially on random reads. The PM1643a wins on capacity per bay and on fitting existing SAS infrastructure.

Yes. The large capacity and enterprise endurance suit backup targets and warm archives, though cold archives are usually cheaper on hard drives.

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