Setup and Specifications

Table 11. Audio specifications (continued)
Description Values
Speaker output:
Average speaker output
2 W
Peak speaker output
2.5 W
Subwoofer output
Not applicable
Microphone
Not applicable
Storage
This section lists the storage options on your Precision 3260 Compact.
Table 12. Storage matrix
Storage Single M.2
socket
2
nd
M.2 socket 1
st
2.5-inch hard drive
2.5-inch hard drive No No Yes
M.2 SSD Boot Yes No No
M.2 SDD Boot 2.5-inch hard drive Yes No Yes
M.2 SSD Boot SSD Yes Yes No
M.2 SSD Boot SSD Yes Yes Not applicable
M.2 SSD Boot SSD RAID0 or
RAID1
RAID0 or RAID1 No
M.2 SSD Boot SSD RAID0 or
RAID1
RAID0 or RAID1 Not applicable
M.2 SSD Boot SSD 2.5-inch hard drive Yes Yes Yes
M.2 SSD Boot SSD 2.5-inch hard drive RAID0 or
RAID1
RAID0 or RAID1 Yes
Table 13. Storage specifications
Storage type Interface type Capacity
2.5-inch, 7200 RPM, HDD SATA AHCI, up to 6 Gbps Up to 1 TB
2.5-inch, 7200 RPM, HDD, self-
encrypting, Opal 2.0, FIPS
SATA AHCI, up to 6 Gbps 500 GB
M.2 2230, Class 35 SSD PCIe NVMe Gen3 x4 256 GB
M.2 2280, Class 40 SSD PCIe NVMe Gen4 x4 Up to 4 TB
M.2 2280, Class 40 SSD, self-encrypting
drive
PCIe NVMe Gen3x4 Up to 1 TB
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
For optimal performance when configuring drives as a RAID volume, Dell recommends drive models that are identical.
Specifications of Precision 3260 Compact
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