From what I can see, it looks like you have a SATA connector, though the power for it may need a special breakout, and an mSATA connector, both in the second photo

You may find you mean deprecating.

Depreciating is reducing in value due to time, deprecating is disapproving of (or in software, marking as obsolete)

Scientists/inventors for me - bonus points if I can find one related to the machine’s purpose (Kodi machine named after a contributor to the TV for example)