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Deepanker Ghosh
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May 23rd, 2026 01:25
Inspiron 3268, upgrades?
Need to upgrade this basically not supporting to upgrade original win10 to need to convert on SSD for fast response rest i m satisfied with my this pc
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Posted May 23rd, 2026 01:59
System model (Inspiron N5110, 3593, etc.)?
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Posted May 23rd, 2026 10:47
You can replace the hard drive with a 2.5" SATA SSD. No other drive type is supported.
For Windows 10, ensure you have at least 8G RAM as well.
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Posted May 23rd, 2026 16:04
Need to know is it can be upgraded to win 8 with SSD card
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Posted May 23rd, 2026 17:01
Card, no. You must use a 2.5" SATA SSD.
As for Windows 8, the question is why? That OS has seen no security updates in years. Even Windows 10 is out of updates unless you pay for extended support.
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Posted May 23rd, 2026 18:50
You can replace and remove your storage devices with the official manual below.
View page 27 for 2.5" drives and page 32 for 3.5" drives.
https://dl.dell.com/topicspdf/inspiron-3268-desktop_service-manual_en-us.pdf
Additionally, Windows 10 has ended support and it is recommended to upgrade to Windows 11.
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Posted May 23rd, 2026 19:19
My apologies for wrong state in this thread actually I want to update my above mentioned pc to win 11 with a SSD and my previous 1tb hdd will be used for only addition space. Need help on this yes I want some more Ram as well as presently it's 4gb
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Posted May 24th, 2026 03:16
Optiplex 3080 is much less on ebay.
There's been reports of Win11 still receiving updates on unsupported PC's.
Use Rufus to bypass CPU and TPM checks.
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Posted May 23rd, 2026 20:23
You've got a system that's worth $20-50 complete and working, with a CPU that does not support Windows 11. If you want to install Windows 11, it can be done, but only by bypassing the CPU and security checks. Even then you'll be manually updating it, as windows update will not work.
With the current price of RAM and SSDs, you're likely to find it less expensive overall to just buy a new (or newer*) system.
*Windows 11 requires a minimum of an 8th gen CPU right now (one generation newer than what you have), but Microsoft will be raising that to an 11th generation minimum within the near future, so that should likely be your minimum for any upgrade.
Around $250 will buy a used Optiplex 7090 with 8G or more RAM and a 256G SSD at this point -- add up the cost of a memory upgrade and SSD alone for your existing system and you'll spend that or more.