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5TB HDD Advice for Optiplex Micro (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have Optiplex 3060 Micro with 1 NVME drive and there was 2 TB External drive (Seagate backup plus shucked) which died today. I'm looking for 5 TB HDD option which could be used for below usage :-

Device would be used as Media Server / Torrenting
Device would be running 24x7
It does not have any critical data
Don't need super fast drive 100 MB speed is good enough
Its mostly going to be torrenting and view via plex.
All services runs from NVME

Since the device does not have space for 3.5 HDD im stucked with 2.5 inch drives. I'm open to explore external drive as well internal drive.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

If you go external, give yourself room to grow. I regret buying a two bay QNAP das to expand outside a small PC chassis.

With your optiplex 3060, you should have usb 3.1 gen 1 ports more than capable of supporting a 4 bay DAS.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

You only have 1 option, what do you need advice on lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Internal 5TB 2.5" drives are expensive for their capacity and don't fit in many consumer 2.5" bays due to their excess height. You're better off getting a 3.5" external that you can shuck when you later upgrade cases. It'll also get you more capacity for your money.