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Precision 3640 Tower Setup and Specifications

Storage

Primary storage

Precision 3640 supports up to 4x 2.5" HDD or up to 3x 3.5" HDD. Also, Precision 3640 supports up to 3x M.2 NVMe SSDs. (2x via M.2 2280 slots on motherboard and 1x via Dell Ultra Speed Drive)

Your computer supports one or any combination of the following storage configurations:

  • 4x 2.5 inch SATA hard-disk drive or
  • 3x 3.5 inch SATA hard-disk drive and
  • 2x M.2 2280 NVMe solid-state drive (class 40 or 50)
    NOTE:1x 2280 NVMe SSD on optional PCIe SSD M.2 Interposer Card (Dell Ultra Speed Drive).

The primary drive of your computer varies with the storage configuration. For computers:

  • with a M.2 drive, the M.2 drive is the primary drive
  • without a M.2 drive, the 2.5-inch/3.5-inch hard drive is the primary hard drive
Table 1. Primary Storage specifications

The following table provides the different storage options available on Precision 3640 Tower.

Storage type Interface type Capacity

2.5 in. hard disk drive, 5400 RPM

SATA AHCI, upto 6 Gbps

up to 2 TB

2.5 in. hard disk drive, 7200 RPM

SATA AHCI, upto 6 Gbps

Up to 1 TB

3.5 in. hard disk drive, 5400 RPM

SATA AHCI, upto 6 Gbps

4 TB

3.5 in. hard disk drive, 7200 RPM

SATA AHCI, upto 6 Gbps

Up to 2 TB

3.5 in. hard disk drive, 7200 RPM Enterprise

SATA AHCI, upto 6 Gbps

Up to 8 TB

2.5 in. hard-disk drive, 7200 RPM, FIPS Self Encrypting

SATA AHCI, upto 6 Gbps 500 GB

M.2 2280, PCIe x4 Gen 3 NVMe, Class 40 solid-state drive

NVMe 3.0 PCIe x4

Up to 2 TB

M.2 2280, PCIe x4 Gen 3 NVMe, Class 50 solid-state drive

NVMe 3.0 PCIe x4

Up to 1 TB

M.2 2280, PCIe x4 Gen 3 NVMe, Class 50 solid-state drive Self Encrypting Opal 2.0

NVMe 3.0 PCIe x4

Up to 1 TB

NOTE: 3640 ships with only the required number of HDD bays (blue plastic carriers) and SATA cables according to the ordered configurations. To install additional HDDs, extra HDD bays and SATA cables are available via Customer Kits. Please refer the service manual or get in touch with our Sales Specialists if you need further advise on installing hard drives after purchasing the system.

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