XPS 8960 Setup and Specifications

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Storage

This section lists the storage options on your XPS 8960.

Your XPS 8960 supports one of the following storage configurations:

Up to two M.2 2230 or M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe solid-state drives
Up to two M.2 2230 or M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe solid-state drives + up to two 3.5-inch hard drives

The primary drive of your XPS 8960 varies with the storage configuration. For computers:

With a M.2 drive, the M.2 drive is the primary drive.
With a M.2 drive and two 3.5-inch hard drives, the M.2 drive is the primary drive.

Table 1. Storage specifications
The following table provides the different storage options available on XPS 8960.
Storage type	Interface type	Capacity
One M.2 2230 solid-state drive	PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe, up to 64 Gbps	Up to 1 TB
One M.2 2280 solid-state drive	PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe, up to 64 Gbps	Up to 4 TB
One 3.5-inch hard drive	SATA AHCI, up to 6 Gbps	Up to 2 TB
Two 2.5-inch hard drives NOTE:One 3.5-inch hard drive can be changed to two 2.5-inch hard drives by purchasing the conversion kit from Dell sales agent.	SATA AHCI, up to 6 Gbps	Up to 2 TB