Regarding drives, you need to buy SATA. That PCIe slot is not intended for drives, so speed would be less. Any SATA SSD you buy now would be SATA III as standard. There are several listed on the Crucial page that I linked for your system, though you don't have to buy Crucial.
We cannot know the answer, since you did not provide your computer model. If you had told us your model, I would have looked up the information for you. But, you can do it yourself:
Go to the Dell Support site and look up your model. When you are on a page for a particular model, click Documentation, then scroll down and in the left-hand menu column click Manuals and Documents. Depending upon the model, you may see a link for Specifications, or you may need to open Owners Manual and find Specifications there.
You should also check what Crucial lists for drive and memory upgrades.
I had a huge message to your reply. But it keeps saying it removed HTML and my message was invalid and remove the highlighted items. I did not swear or post anything inappropriate. SMH So I don't know why it won't post. Maybe this will post if I reply to my own message.
I posted the model # in the box where it asked me my model #, when posting this message. which is below title and above message body. If it doesn't show up, then that's on DELL. Why have a spot for your model if they don't provide that info on the post?
It's a 6114XX1. I am assuming that is what you want? Or that it's a 2015ish OptiPlex 7010 SFF. That's all I know.
I bought it used off Newegg and asked for info from them. And was told the same thing as you, go to dell and look it up. Well I can not find what I want. Specs. A picture of the motherboard with ALL slots labelled. A spec list of what I can put in here for chips, ram, and sata port speeds. All I am getting is the owner's manual telling me how to take my pc apart. I have been building pcs since 1999. I know how to do that. I want to know what I can put inside before I buy it.
I basically want to know which RAM I need to upgrade, how much I can install(I believe I have seen it's 16 max). Which SSD interface it is? Sata, Sata II, Sata III? Can I use a NVME in the PCI-e slot? or will that be a waste of money because it won't be as fast as I am expecting?
I'm just tired of hearing the HDD spin. It's just a cheap pc I bought for my son because the wife didn't want me building another $1500 computer piece by piece from newegg.
You certainly can. But, it will work as storage only. To boot from NVMe on PCIe adapter, you need to use usb stick with EFI tools such as CLOVER or REFIND. Keep the usb permanently plugged in, you can enjoy booting Windows and running programs with NVMe high performance.
There is a BIOS mod method to insert the needed NVMe driver. You can review this blog for more information. Below is a sample of achieved speed from PCIe slot of the 7010
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Right where I suggested, I found the OptiPlex 9010/7010 Small Form Factor Owner's Manual that includes a Specifications section. It states the following:
RAM: Four slots, DDR3 1600 MHz, up to 16 GB total
Drives: One x 3.5-inch SATA drive bay + two x 2.5-inch SATA drive bays
Crucial says that system can run up to 32 GB, so for that spec I would go with Crucial since they test systems beyond Dell's original specs.
Regarding drives, you need to buy SATA. That PCIe slot is not intended for drives, so speed would be less. Any SATA SSD you buy now would be SATA III as standard. There are several listed on the Crucial page that I linked for your system, though you don't have to buy Crucial.
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We cannot know the answer, since you did not provide your computer model. If you had told us your model, I would have looked up the information for you. But, you can do it yourself:
Go to the Dell Support site and look up your model. When you are on a page for a particular model, click Documentation, then scroll down and in the left-hand menu column click Manuals and Documents. Depending upon the model, you may see a link for Specifications, or you may need to open Owners Manual and find Specifications there.
You should also check what Crucial lists for drive and memory upgrades.
Icculus74
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I had a huge message to your reply. But it keeps saying it removed HTML and my message was invalid and remove the highlighted items. I did not swear or post anything inappropriate. SMH So I don't know why it won't post. Maybe this will post if I reply to my own message.
I posted the model # in the box where it asked me my model #, when posting this message. which is below title and above message body. If it doesn't show up, then that's on DELL. Why have a spot for your model if they don't provide that info on the post?
It's a 6114XX1. I am assuming that is what you want? Or that it's a 2015ish OptiPlex 7010 SFF. That's all I know.
I bought it used off Newegg and asked for info from them. And was told the same thing as you, go to dell and look it up. Well I can not find what I want. Specs. A picture of the motherboard with ALL slots labelled. A spec list of what I can put in here for chips, ram, and sata port speeds. All I am getting is the owner's manual telling me how to take my pc apart. I have been building pcs since 1999. I know how to do that. I want to know what I can put inside before I buy it.
I basically want to know which RAM I need to upgrade, how much I can install(I believe I have seen it's 16 max). Which SSD interface it is? Sata, Sata II, Sata III? Can I use a NVME in the PCI-e slot? or will that be a waste of money because it won't be as fast as I am expecting?
I'm just tired of hearing the HDD spin. It's just a cheap pc I bought for my son because the wife didn't want me building another $1500 computer piece by piece from newegg.
Thanks
Icculus74
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March 1st, 2023 11:00
Honestly I gave up scrolling through that pdf and did not see the specs on the VERY BOTTOM. thanks for the help.
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Re: Can I use a NVME in the PCI-e slot?
You certainly can. But, it will work as storage only. To boot from NVMe on PCIe adapter, you need to use usb stick with EFI tools such as CLOVER or REFIND. Keep the usb permanently plugged in, you can enjoy booting Windows and running programs with NVMe high performance.
There is a BIOS mod method to insert the needed NVMe driver. You can review this blog for more information. Below is a sample of achieved speed from PCIe slot of the 7010