What hard drive will these connectors connect too?

[The Dispossessed Orangutan]

Hi,

 I am asking for a friend. Seriously, a friend just bought a refurbished Dell Precision 3630 desktop system to use as their new Windows 11 machine.

It came with a 500GB SSD C:\ drive.

I am the person she calls to rescue files when things go awry, so while she was trying to figure out where her "Documents" directory was hiding, I advised her to consider adding a 2TB hard drive to the system for her modest data storage needs, which we can set up as the D:\ drive. 

I have not built a computer in decades, and knock on wood, I have not replaced a desktop internal hard drive in a long, long time.

The Dell Precision 3630 

 

I need a memory refresh, and could really use your help.

Are the connectors in the photos I have uploaded compatible with a hard drive such as this: 

Seagate BarraCuda 2TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM 256MB Cache

 

Thank you!

 

 

 

[Chaps]

Those look like standard SATA data and power connectors. They are compatible with the HDD you posted a link to.

[mettelus]

+1 to the above. Also for reference, there is a slight difference between SATA 2 and SATA 3 cables themselves, which is that small tab in the upper right of the first picture you posted. Those are SATA 3 (6Gb/sec drive) cables when they have that tab, so those cables match as well. 

[Chaps]

3 minutes ago, mettelus said:

+1 to the above. Also for reference, there is a slight difference between SATA 2 and SATA 3 cables themselves, which is that small tab in the upper right of the first picture you posted. Those are SATA 3 (6Gb/sec drive) cables when they have that tab, so those cables match as well. 

It's been so long since I've seen a SATA 2 cable that I had forgotten the difference.

[mettelus]

1 minute ago, Chaps said:

It's been so long since I've seen a SATA 2 cable that I had forgotten the difference.

Yeah, and most times is not relevant at all anymore (as it is in this case). I wasn't familiar with the computer model so looked it up to see how old it was and the specs on it. You have to go back over 15 years to find a computer not SATA 3 capable, but I wanted to make sure. Back in the day, folks were "upgrading" SATA 2 machines with SATA 3 SSDs and wondering why they saw no improvement afterwards.