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Old Mini PC with 3.5" HDD (lemmy.ml)
submitted 14 hours ago by dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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are there any older ex-office mini PCs like the elitedesk, optiplex, thinkstation, etc models that can fit a 3.5" drive? Not looking for anything new and thus expensive, just want some old junker (6/7/8th gen Intel) that can host some light stuff. thanks

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[–] malios@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

The micro/tiny form factor PCs generally only have space for a 2.5" drive, while the SFF/desktop size PCs can fit at least one 3.5" drive.

Dell, 8th Gen Intel with one 3.5" drive bay: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/optiplex-7060-sff/opti_7060_sff_setup_specs_manual/storage?guid=guid-4eab9a0b-c403-4bcd-b692-9419bddfed24&lang=en-us

Lenovo, should have one 3.5" drive bay: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/desktops/thinkcentre/m-series-sff/thinkcentre-m920s/11tc1mdm92s?orgRef=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F&srsltid=AfmBOorJ_EUW-QYIIIGy3i7ZJbitPq8UWoxdoQxtM_BNabrKcNojn7WL#tech_specs

[–] synestine@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

If you can find them the "mini" format Elitedeak has a 3.5" internal bay along with an optical, for what it's worth. It's not as small as a "micro" but it's smaller than a tower, and at my hearby Uni, they go for the same (cheap) prices.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

just want some old junker (6/7/8th gen Intel)

You probably have to go back further than that for a 3.5" sff pc. Look on woot though, they have such refurbs all the time. Or scrounge a mini tower.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why 3.5" drive? (Just curious).

I've found prices aren't necessarily any better at that size.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Not the OP, but capacity: there aren't 20TB 2.5 drives.

(Or 18, 16, 14, 12, or 10TB ones, for that matter....)

Kinda a dead-end product since laptops are all on SSDs, and enterprises have flocked to SSDs as well and that was essentially the entire market for that size of HDD.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Putting that much data on just one drive freaks me out

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Raid builds hurt financially up front but can save you from a lot of heartache later, even with larger disks.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Totally. I've got an 8TBx4 RAID5 that has about as much space as one 20TB spinning drive, but with the advantage that if one fails I don't lose anything.

Putting 20TB on one drive though? That's too risky for me.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago

I mean, 20TB drives will work in an array just as well as 8TB 😉

Honestly with the price of refurb enterprise drives, it's really hard not to justify not going that route and just keeping a spare drive formatted on warm standby at all times.

A bit of a digression though, since OP isn't looking to cram a bunch of drives into an old mini case.

[–] SweetMylk@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

That's why you use 2 and have backup.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Two is one and one is none.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Tons. Go look for refurb units from any of the big manufacturers, but I doubt you'll get them at steal prices. Have a look at the Minisforum larger format models that are more updated and $250-400. They can fit that and more. The MS-01 is a gem.