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submitted 3 weeks ago by Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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So I have an Inspiron 3847 and it has a 3.5' 1TB hard drive. Sorry, I'm not at home right now and forget which brand.

I was hoping to upgrade to a SSD and therewithin lies the problem. I can't find any 3.5 SSDs.

I'm very confused. But would it be possible to connect a 2.5' SSD to the same Sata connectors my current (old) hard drive uses? I'm unsure which version of sata it is.

My PC was built in 2014 if that helps.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

OOOOOOOHHH!!!!! I like that one. If I'm understanding correctly, it fits 2 drives of 2.5" in the same space that 1 single 3.5" HDD drive would have fit? But It looks like it does also use both ends of the sata cable, to chain them together, master and slave. So even though it does save space, it doesn't allow additional drives to be added with the slave end of the connector.

Is this right?

[–] comador@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Exactly. I have 2 x WD Blue 2TB drives in mine that use the same cables as a regular Sata hdd (primary and secondary actually as I also have an m2 drive). Heat isn't an issue and they both work in that corsair caddy perfectly.