are there any older ex-office mini PCs like the elitedesk, optiplex, thinkstation, etc models that can fit a 3.5" drive? Not looking for anything new and thus expensive, just want some old junker (6/7/8th gen Intel) that can host some light stuff. thanks

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    Why 3.5" drive? (Just curious).

    I’ve found prices aren’t necessarily any better at that size.

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      9 days ago

      Not the OP, but capacity: there aren’t 20TB 2.5 drives.

      (Or 18, 16, 14, 12, or 10TB ones, for that matter…)

      Kinda a dead-end product since laptops are all on SSDs, and enterprises have flocked to SSDs as well and that was essentially the entire market for that size of HDD.