Inspiron 3671 - Add extra 3.5 HDD

Question

Hi,

I have dell inspiron 3671 with 1 TB 3.5 HDD and 256GB SSD.

I see it has 2 data Sata ports and 1 SATA2 power port.

I am looking to add 4TB 3.5 HDD as its faster and cheaper than 2.5 HDD.

I know the documentation says, only 2 additional 2.5 HDD can be added, but asking if anyone added 3.5 HDD and did it worked?

1) Is there a way to add 3.5 HDD and will the PSU and Motherboard support?

2) Since there are 2 SATA ports, so can I can total of 2 x 3.5 HDD in total - Is PSU and Motherboard enough for that?

3) What is the best place to mount these 3.5 inch HDD?

Thanks in Advance.

ejn63 · Answer

There is only one 3.5' drive bay in the system, so if you need another it will need to be USB/external. Another option is to dispatch the 1G 3.5' drive you have now in favor of an M.2 solid state drive.  Install the OS onto it, which will do two things:  free up the 3.5' drive bay and greatly speed up the operation of the computer.  Then install the 3.5' hard drive for storage purposes.

user_44aa03 · Answer

Thanks for the response. What is '1G 3.5' drive'? And I already have M.2 256GB where OS is installed. I am looking to add more storage to the box.  RIght now, 3.5 inch HDD rests flat on the base near the PSU, how about i place them vertically some how - that way 3 drives can stack together?

redxps630 · Answer

Re: will the PSU and Motherboard support? Is PSU and Motherboard enough for that? No worries  hdd don’t consumer much power. Psu can support two.

redxps630 · Answer

An un-orthodox way to install two 3.5 hdd is to install a second hdd in the optical disk drive bay assuming you can use pc without dvd. You will need to experiment on how to fasten a hdd there. It seems there is room

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