Maximum Hard Drive Possible - Older Desktops

Good day all,
I have a few old office computers lying around and i was wandering if you could help me in finding the maximum hard drive sizes (capable) for each of these machines.
Dell Optiplex GX520
Dell Optiplex GX620
Dell 755(SFF)
Dell Precision 690
I am trying to re-purpose one machine as a home server, and i am on the brink of purchasing a new 4TB drive with the hope of using it within one of the machines above.  However i am struggling to find the documentation that states the maximum HD size.  I would prefer to use the Dell 755 as it is a nice size, but fear that it may not be able to use the 4TB to its maximum.  The other 3 machines, may hold additional drives - but i hope i can get away with just one.
Any help you can provide will be extremely helpful.
Regards,
SM

They can use any size SATA drive for data purposes, provided the OS is Windows 7 or better, but you may find it necessary to use a third-party SATA card.
I had a 4tb working with the onboard SATA of an old E310. OS was Windows 8 x64. I had a 3tb working with a Dimension 2350 (via a third-party SATA card), and the 2350 does not even have onboard SATA.

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