external storage

[TheShadowA15]

i recently got a dell optiplex 7010 sff with 230 gb of hard drive storage after downloading a few games ive realised 230 gb is a very small amount so i wanted to expand my storage but i only have a single hard drive space thats already being used and no ssd's.

 

are external storages okay for usage like an internal harddrive to just store games on and play them?

 

or will i have to take out my 230 gb hard drive and replace it with something like a 2 tb and redownload everything 

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can store games on a external hdd. 

 

Also have you considered adding more internal hdd? I think you can store a ssd in the optical bay for boot, and a hdd in the hdd bay.

[Thirdgen89GTA]

will work serviceably.  not sure if the 7010s have usb 3.0

[TheShadowA15]

Just now, Thirdgen89GTA said:

will work serviceably.  not sure if the 7010s have usb 3.0

as far as i know it doesnt no blue usb connectors so i dont think so 

[TheShadowA15]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Also have you considered adding more internal hdd? I think you can store a ssd in the optical bay for boot, and a hdd in the hdd bay.

there is no space for a second hard drive and i dont have an optical bay its a small form factor pc almost no space for anything 

[TheShadowA15]

6 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can store games on a external hdd.

i know ill be able to store the games on an external but will i be able to play it off the external or will i have to switch games between the internal and external to be able to play them 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, TheShadowA15 said:

there is no space for a second hard drive and i dont have an optical bay its a small form factor pc almost no space for anything 

Can you show a picture?

 

I think all the 7010s have laptop optical drives.

[TheShadowA15]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Can you show a picture?

looks exactly like this 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, TheShadowA15 said:

looks exactly like this 

Thats a optical drive in the upper right. Put a boot ssd there, then a bigger hdd under it.

[TheShadowA15]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Thats a optical drive in the upper right. Put a boot ssd there, then a bigger hdd under it.

yes i know thats an optical drive but i dont see how its going to be possible to fit an ssd and another hardrive 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, TheShadowA15 said:

yes i know thats an optical drive but i dont see how its going to be possible to fit an ssd and another hardrive 

 

you can replace the optical drive with a ssd. Then put a bigger hdd in ther normal spot.

 

Or just put a 2tbhdd in the optical bay.

[TheShadowA15]

17 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

you can replace the optical drive with a ssd. Then put a bigger hdd in ther normal spot.

 

Or just put a 2tbhdd in the optical bay

i looked up a video and know what you mean now if i buy a second harddrive frame that fits into the optical drive houseing then i can install a second hard drive i thought you wanted me to just plug in a hard drive and leave it unattached to anything