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Please, don't buy an extra HDD, buy an SSD. The difference is that an HDD has a physical spinning disc inside of it (picture yourself a CD) while an SSD doesn't rely on physical moving components like that, which makes them literally 10 or more times faster. If you have an old computer that is slow it's very likely that it has an HDD and swapping it out for an SSD would make it feel like new. Do not fall into the "HDDs are a bit cheaper" trap, it's not worth it especially with those two machines
Very helpful, thank you!
It's been a long time since I've upgraded the storage on my PC so I am surprised at how much cheaper SSDs have gotten. The fact that a 4TB WD Black SSD is only $100 more than the HDD one is pretty crazy to me. With that in mind, if OP is willing to spend more money, than the SSD is definitely the way to go.
One thing to note, however, is that Option 1 only has expansions for 3.5" storage (i.e. HDDs). So if OP does decide to go with Option 1, they'll have to take the 1TB SSD it comes with and replace it with whatever they buy, rather than adding additional storage. Option 2, however, only has m.2 expandable storage so using only SSDs for that computer would be a lot easier.