Dell XPS 8900 ... Can I stuff 10 Hard Drives?

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DaveM88

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So, I finally bit the bullet and bought

DELL XPS 8900 i7-6700 8GB RAM 1TB HDD DVD-RW NVIDIA GT 730 WINDOWS 10
I also bought Crucial 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4 2133 to make it a total of 24gb ram.
Price paid = $630 (refurb)

I am curious to know what to do with multiple hard drives I have and will buy.

My inventory

1) 180gb Intel 330 Series Solid-State Drive 180 GB SATA 6 Gb/s 2.5-Inch
(will use this to run Windows and pretty much it)

2) 1TB Hard Drive that came with system
(files that do not need to have highest speed)

3) 2TB Hard Drive (my old drive that serves as backup)

4) 512gb SSD Samsung 850 PRO 512GB or Samsung 950 PRO Series - 512GB PCIe NVMe - M.2
(for video, photographs, adobe, all programs, etc)

Question is ... how much space does XPS8900 has for hard drives, ssd drives, etc?

Thank you.
 
do you mean: how many hdd/ssds can I fit in this system?
not many! you will need to get creative!
xps8900_010.jpg
 
I am sorry, looking at that image it doesn't explain to me how many SSDs and HDs will fit. Can I fit 2 standard hard drives and 1 SSD in there?

thanks
 
I was just being lazy ... I looked into it and I guess I am good. Easily will fit all I need to fit.

Question now is ... for the SSD drive, do I stick with
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB
or
Samsung 850 PRO 512GB
or
Samsung 950 PRO

Is it worth the extra cost to go pro? I'll be using HD for some image editing, photo viewing, 1080p video (rarely) and launching applications MS office, lightroom, browsers, etc. Nothing crazy.

I've been very satisfied with 180gb Intel 330 Series Solid-State Drive ... how do the Samsungs compare?

thanks guys.

P.S. For $200 can even get the 1tb SanDisk SSD drive?
 
bump?

Question now is ... for the SSD drive, do I stick with
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB
or
Samsung 850 PRO 512GB
or
Samsung 950 PRO

Is it worth the extra cost to go pro? I'll be using HD for some image editing, photo viewing, 1080p video (rarely) and launching applications MS office, lightroom, browsers, etc. Nothing crazy.

I've been very satisfied with 180gb Intel 330 Series Solid-State Drive ... how do the Samsungs compare?

thanks guys.

P.S. For $200 can even get the 1tb SanDisk SSD drive?
 
DaveM88 said:
bump?

Question now is ... for the SSD drive, do I stick with
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB
or
Samsung 850 PRO 512GB
or
Samsung 950 PRO

Is it worth the extra cost to go pro? I'll be using HD for some image editing, photo viewing, 1080p video (rarely) and launching applications MS office, lightroom, browsers, etc. Nothing crazy.

I've been very satisfied with 180gb Intel 330 Series Solid-State Drive ... how do the Samsungs compare?

thanks guys.

P.S. For $200 can even get the 1tb SanDisk SSD drive?
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No. All are good but really depends on how much you're willing to pay for both piece of mind and bragging rights. The 850 Evo is fine for your use.

No to the Sandisk as well. Never liked their quality.
 
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