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March 16th, 2023 19:00

Adding an HDD and memory to a Precision compact workstation

Can an HDD be added to a Precision compact workstation? And if it has only 8GB memory, does it have enough memory slots for additional 24 GB memory?

  • JOcean

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    Posted March 16th, 2023 20:00

    You did not specify which exact compact unit you had so my answers will be for the 3240 and 3260.

    The 3240 can take a maximum of 64GB of DDR4 3200 RAM. And as for storage 1 x 2.5" SATA SSD or 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe SSD.

    The 3260 can take a maximum of 64GB of DDR5 4800 RAM. And the storage is similar to the 3240, with 1 x 2.5" SATA SSD and 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe SSD. 

    And both have only 2 x SODIMM slots so for 32GB of RAM you would have to go with 2 x 16GB of RAM modules.

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    Posted March 22nd, 2023 09:00

    Hi, 

     

    Thanks very much for your information. I was thinking of the 3240. And ChtGPT told me that I need to have a thin HDD.  Later, I thought a small form factor workstation might be a better choice over the compact size.

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    Posted March 22nd, 2023 09:00

    Happy to help out!

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