Reddit mentions of WD Blue 1TB Mobile Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 128 MB Cache, 2.5" - WD10SPZX

Do you mean the Super Slim? The 12 GB model doesn't have a hard disc drive installed, just flash memory, so you need to buy and install one. It's pretty easy. Just make sure to also buy a hard disk mounting caddy like this one. As for hard drives, Western Digital drives are pretty reliable. Here is a 1 TB drive, though if you want to look for a larger drive, I believe PS3's support up to a 1.5 TB drive, not 2 TB.

Sure thing, here you go:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jPCsqk

Those are the actual parts I used. I think with PCPP you could pick a few cheaper components if you can find them. It looks like some of these are more than I paid. Like my case was $42, not $48, for example. Also, PCPP lists the HDD I bought for like $98 which is crazy, it's Western Digital 5400 RPM 1TB drive -$47. Also, I only paid $34 for the RAM on Amazon, dunno why it's so high now but just pick something cheaper if you go PCPP.

Some parts go for a bit less on eBay if you're patient, and I shaved price off with a few Amazon Warehouse deals (I think the CPU was open box and the case was a return due to dented box. It was slightly dented but easily corrected), so that's how we kept the price lower than retail.

I wanted to keep a power constrained build. If that's not important to you, you can also have good luck with ebay deals on an i5-4590k, which you could definitely turn into a performer. It's already high performance and has Overclocking headroom. Only caveat is that it's 95w, not 45w - 65w like the AMD chip I used (though Intel has good efficiency so actual power draw is up for debate).

Ugh. May you HDD rest in peace.

But it should be fairly easy to replace the HDD with a new 2.5" drive, which aren't too expensive now a days^[1] ^[2], or swap out the CD-drive (if it has one) with a 2.5" drive as well (with a converter like this one).

But if you don't want to spend any money on it at all, I would suggest installing an Linux distro on a USB drive and use it run something like pihole

The part in your edit doesn't sound familiar at all.

While you did say you don't feel like building one, but have you seen/heard of the Intel NUC? if not i'd look into it. They're great little PC's and while there is some assembly required it's definitely nowhere near as much work as a build from scratch. The NUC comes with most things pre-installed the only components you have to install are the RAM, HDD and/or SSD (m.2) and screw the lid on.

To answer your main question neither the one you have listed nor any off-the-shelf systems have extra drive mounting spots in most cases.

I did go ahead and price a NUC setup for you. You can get a NUC8i3BEH which has a comparable cpu to the one in the dell you linked,
a Samsung 970 EVO 250 GB NVMe m.2 drive, 1 TB 2.5" HDD, 8 GB of DDR4 memory, and a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse combo for $488.35 and while yes there is a little work involved, and you'd have to install a copy of Win 10 on it, It'd be a better setup than what that dell would be. Plus it takes up a lot less space.

I've built like 10 of these for my company and they're fantastic.

It is! I saw the results, but didn't connect the dots when I saw it again on Amazon. I've decided to buy the Acer E15.

I also want to buy a hard drive to expand my storage space. I've never installed a hard drive, and really know nothing about hardware. Do you think one of these would work? I think they're the right dimensions

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-BarraCuda-2-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000LM048/dp/B01LYNQXCP

https://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-1TB-Hard-Drive/dp/B071F9MLJJ

And which one would you recommend?
Thanks in advance

The size is basically the height of the drive. Just find one of the caddies that is for a Dell laptop, like this one, and find a drive like this one and you'll be fine. These are just examples of the route I would go.

Hi I wanted to know when with upgrading, with the 8 GB DDR4, 2666 MT/s (to make it 16GB), a usb portable hard drive (I kinda like this as I also use Xbox, it’s good for space on there too) or an 2.5 ssd 1TB?
Can I use any? Is there a limit? Is there any good but for a good price? Because I’ve seen a

For the 8GB DDR4;

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071KNKBQ1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_L5f4DbP439D6A

And the 2.5 ssd;


Western Digital Blue 1 TB SATA 2.5-Inch Hard Drive https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071F9MLJJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_C9f4Db7T9B71D

Like and the hard drive is a hard drive really 😂

I just need a 2ed idea of it these won’t work or this there one I need? Because it’s a pretty good price and I don’t mind spending £80 for an upgrade 😂

SSD 500GB $65

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-500GB-NAND-Internal/dp/B0786QNS9B/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=ssd+500GB&qid=1573061354&sr=8-5

HDD 1TB $44


https://www.amazon.com/Blue-1TB-Mobile-Hard-Drive/dp/B071F9MLJJ/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=hdd+2.5+1Tb&qid=1573061439&sr=8-3

I’d recommend the SSD if you can afford it as the speeds will be faster (loading/booting) compared to the HDD. But the capacity is smaller.

Hey, do you think this is a good HDD?

Honestly I dont have any real recomendations, WD Blue is what I usually use, and they're only around 40 to 50 bucks. Make sure to ask your computer savvy friend if this HDD will work (I have no idea why it wouldn't as I believe the HDD is regular sized in this computer),


WD Blue 1TB Mobile Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 128 MB Cache, 2.5" - WD10SPZX https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071F9MLJJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_.JuPDb0JPX1YT

Most HDD's come standard with a terabyte these days, I actually don't recommend getting anything less because you'll probably somehow pay more for less.

All in all though this is a fairly inexpensive fix since it seems to be just a Hard Drive failure, although I'm not sure how you would go about transferring the OS, if you could fully clone the drive I suppose it would boot back into the Operating System you had installed, but there is a chance you may be needing an Operating System and Product Key.

My calculation is as follows:

Western Digital 1 TB HDD ($50) + Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB SSD ($90)= $140 expense -> 1.5 TB storage, of which 1 TB is a relatively slow HDD

• https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Mobile-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B071F9MLJJ
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-Internal-MZ-76E500B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S
  
  Samsung 860 EVO 1 TB SDD = $170 expense -> 1 TB storage, all of it very fast storage
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Inch-Internal-MZ-76E1T0B-AM/dp/B078DPCY3T
  
  Depending on your total storage need, I'd consider going for the 1 TB SSD. The alternative would be a significant reduction to 500 GB fast storage + 1 TB slow storage, in total that's more storage (+ 500 GB), but in practice those slow loading times you'll face from the HDD once your music has occupied the entire 500 GB drive (remember: you already have 400 GB worth of music) will kick in very early.
  
  > Also, if you know, is it possible to have a program installed on one drive and its extra files, like plugins and samples, stored in the other one?
  
  I honestly don't know if that is possible, as I have never tried such a thing myself. I'd tend to say that you should run the main application and plugins related to it from the same drive, as those plugin files might try to install themselves in the application folder anyway.

Cheapest does not mean the best, trust me. I had a PS3 suffer like that. It was slower than the drive it came with from 2006.

Here is a great 1TB hard drive for a PS4: Amazon US link

And here are instructions for replace a PS4 fat's hard drive

WD Blue 1TB Mobile Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 128 MB Cache, 2.5" - WD10SPZX https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071F9MLJJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_utSHDbE2VFK89

Here is one a little cheaper.

My Dell Inspiron 7577 is finally starting to run out of space so I have been looking for a a good 2.5" HDD not SSD because I dont wanna spend a lot of money. I came up with these 2 HDD but im not to sure which is better/get. Can someone help me out in choosing which one?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LWRTRZU/ref=twister_B01M1OGKBK?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Mobile-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B071F9MLJJ/ref=pd_sim_147_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B071F9MLJJ&pd_rd_r=NXZGE3CMQ649R4QAA2CB&pd_rd_w=TdJMM&pd_rd_wg=vkgaE&psc=1&refRID=NXZGE3CMQ649R4QAA2CB&dpID=419d7g139OL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=detail