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That device won't work on 3.5" HDD drives because USB-A doesn't have the 12v rail those drives need.
USB-C has various ways of delivering higher power, but not USB-A.
The solution is an external power supply or something with USB-C with a PD specification.
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This is the only one I found, and its for old SATA and is from a dutch shop: https://www.dennisdeal.com/products/usb-2-0-naar-sata-ide-data-hard-drive-cable-voor-hdd-power-converter-adapter_1105778
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The System76 Tall Meerkat checks most of the boxes, except the fan:
10th gen Intel Core i3
up to 2*32GB of RAM (max 2666mhz because of intel cpu)
WIFI can be turned off
ships with Ubuntu or POP OS
small size
its not fanless, but has a quiet mode in the bios. But its pretty hard to do passive cooling on a small pc
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