Dropping my SSDs in an old Dell PowerEdge into a new desktop PC or workstation?

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I purchased a dental practice which included an older Dell PowerEdge Tower Server running Windows Server 2019. I replaced the old HDD with SSD's and reinstalled Windows Server 2019. The server acts as a DNS server and File share. It also servers two mission critical imaging applications:

 

1. captures/stores hi-res 3D CT and X-ray images with a PostgreSQL database,
   
2. captures/stores 3D images (STLs) using a MSSQL database.
   

 

Performance for our two imaging applications are generally not great but after the first half of the day we'll notice a steep decline. Task manager shows high memory and CPU use without these applications in active use (e.g. 99% memory and 70%+ CPU). Often times we'll need to reboot the server to resolve the issue.

 

We don't have the cash to replace the server and I already have two other PCs that seem to have better specs or could be easily upgraded.

 

• Dell Precision Workstation + Windows 10 Pro
  
• Dell XPS + Windows 11 Pro (costco special with intel i7 and 32Gb memory)
  

 

My question is... Can I simply (and reliably) move the SSD's from my Dell PowerEdge to one of these desktop PCs?

 

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