SSD Size for Optiplex BI System

[theredmoose]

Hi there, Thanks for all the info on this site. I picked up a Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF i5-6500 8GB 1TB on ebay and I want to put an SSD drive in for the OS.

What size SSD is neede


If anyone is looking in Canada here is the ebay shop who sells the Dell offlease/refurbs
overstockforall on eBay

 

[theredmoose]

What I meant to say was... What size SSD is needed of you are running Win10 maybe WinHomeServer ?

 

[zero-degrees]

For an OS drive your standard size 120GB drive will be plenty

 

[fenderman]

Buy a 256 the price difference is negligible buy a reliable brand like Intel crucial Samsung. Note that the small form-factor Dell does not have a slot for an additional Drive you will need to use double-sided velcro and mailed it to the chassis inside bottom

 

[zero-degrees]

I've had real good luck with the Samsung Pro drives (personally have them in 2 mac book pro's and 2 Windows Desktops as OS drives). I've also used some of the Samsung EVO drives as well with no issues (they are what are typically on sale/in the sunday Ad's)

 

[bp2008]

Likewise, I've good luck here with Samsung, not as good with Crucial (at least one failure, maybe two, I forget).

 

[Q™]

I run a 500GB Samsung EVO. A+++ IMO.

 

[fenderman]

I've been running crucial since the m4 series and now mx series without issue...

 

[theredmoose]

The SFF 7040 I got had a 2.5" 1TB drive in it. There was a blue plastic HDD mount that I could mount the SSD to the other side. When i pick up a Purple WD I will have to re mount the SSD somewhere but in the mean time it fits pretty nicely.

 

[theredmoose]

Although I know I should be using a WD Puprle drive how much damage can i do to this 1 TB drive i have here now by using it as the 'direct to disk' drive.

 

[randytsuch]

I have a 64 gb ssd, and its fine for windows 10 and BI. Plenty of room because I hardly have anything else on it.
I have a 4tb purple for recording.