HP ProDesk 400 G4 SFF: possible to mount HD together with SSD?

[bubibuma]

Hi all,

my "HP ProDesk 400 G4 SFF" in office needs to be upgraded as its storage space.

I mount now one SSD and I thought to mount one HDD.

I'm in smartworking now and this PC is in office then I can't check if it supports, physically, both disks.

I don't know if there is the space and the slots for both of them.

Someone can help me?

thanks!

[itsmyname]

@bubibuma -- have you considered adding an external disk-drive that connects to a USB port on your computer?  That will add storage, and you do not need to disassemble the computer, to mount another disk-drive inside the computer's case.

[bubibuma]

Hi and thanks for you reply

yes, that was my first idea but my boss doesn't want  we use external drives....

[itsmyname]

@bubibuma -- what does your boss recommend?  It seems like your only option is to replace the current disk-drive by one with a larger storage capacity.  

Is upgrading a computer owned by the business something that you should be doing?

Does your employer have an I.T. Department that will do the upgrade?

Why has the disk-drive's capacity become insufficient to do your work?

[bubibuma]

after googling I found that my motherboard should have two SATA connectors

then I could have some troubles if both of them are busy for DVD drive and SSD...

see below:

[itsmyname · Accepted solution]

@bubibuma -- use those 2 SATA ports for your 2 disk-drives. Then, purchase an external CD/DVD device, and connect it to a USB socket, in the presumably-rare occasion that you have a CD/DVD disk that you need to access.

Your image of your motherboard shows one PCIe x1 socket, and one PCIe x16 socket.

You may purchase an adapter for the "x1" slot, to add one SATA (or eSATA) port, if you need another SATA port.

[bubibuma]

many many thanks itsmyname!!!

really appreciate your help and suggestions!

to clarify: yes, I have to increase the storage space of that PC, leaving the current SSD and adding a new HDD.

Even if I'm not in office now (and I have to order the disk "blind") I can follow, eventually, your suggestion about the adapter PCIe-SATA...

thank you!