Can you add a slave, or storage drive internally null

The stock system has 1 undedicated SATA signal port, with corresponding single power port on the power supply, and appears to have a single mounting spot (space where 4 screws line up to 3.5 inch disk mount points) inside. There's room for more, but no provision for any more (physical mount, nor available SATA connections, though you certainly could add a pci-e SATA card and a SATA power pigtail to the power supply, but you'd have to improvise a way to mount that 2nd physical drive. Of course if you don't need optical drive you can remove it and use that location for a 2nd 3.5 inch drive. Too bad; the 512MB SSD could get filled pretty quickly, I wish they'd allowed for at least 2 other 3.5 inch drives. I like to have a backup drive plus a large mechanical drive for large files in addition to the SSD.

The storage on this desktop is upgradeable. This desktop supports one of the following storage configurations: ● One 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drive + one M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive ● One M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive. The primary drive of this desktop varies with the storage configuration. For computers: ● With a M.2 drive, the M.2 drive is the primary drive ● Without a M.2 drive, the 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drive is the primary drive. For technical assistance on this desktop, we recommend contacting the Dell technical support team after the purchase. They are available on Facebook and Twitter(@Dellcares).

Yes you can. I bought mine with a 512gb ssd drive and a 1tb hdd drive for storage. I don't know exactly what you would need to install it but the desktop definitely can upgraded with another hdd.

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The stock system has 1 undedicated SATA signal port, with corresponding single power port on the power supply, and appears to have a single mounting spot (space where 4 screws line up to 3.5 inch disk mount points) inside. There's room for more, but no provision for any more (physical mount, nor available SATA connections, though you certainly could add a pci-e SATA card and a SATA power pigtail to the power supply, but you'd have to improvise a way to mount that 2nd physical drive. Of course if you don't need optical drive you can remove it and use that location for a 2nd 3.5 inch drive. Too bad; the 512MB SSD could get filled pretty quickly, I wish they'd allowed for at least 2 other 3.5 inch drives. I like to have a backup drive plus a large mechanical drive for large files in addition to the SSD.
Answered by TomF 2 years ago
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The storage on this desktop is upgradeable. This desktop supports one of the following storage configurations: ● One 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drive + one M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive ● One M.2 2230/2280 solid-state drive. The primary drive of this desktop varies with the storage configuration. For computers: ● With a M.2 drive, the M.2 drive is the primary drive ● Without a M.2 drive, the 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drive is the primary drive. For technical assistance on this desktop, we recommend contacting the Dell technical support team after the purchase. They are available on Facebook and Twitter(@Dellcares).
Answered by YourDellTeam 2 years ago
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Yes you can. I bought mine with a 512gb ssd drive and a 1tb hdd drive for storage. I don't know exactly what you would need to install it but the desktop definitely can upgraded with another hdd.
Answered by jd24 2 years ago
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Answered by MichaelKVincent 2 years ago
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