Hard Drive Help

r00t · 17-May-04, 04:42 PM

hi,
i am wondering how do you hook up 3 hardrives i got two at the moment but i need mmooorreeee so what would be the best cable setup up (in ide's)
any help is greatly appreciated

Spectrum · 17-May-04, 04:43 PM

Hook it up to IDE2, or get a PCI IDE controller card and plug it into that. Don't put an optical and hard drive on the same cable, as it will slow the hard drive down.

Kage · 17-May-04, 04:46 PM

Well, you can only connect two devices per connector, hence "IDE". If there aren't any more IDE connectors on your mobo, then it's going to have to be PCI card time.

Red02 · 17-May-04, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Spectrum


	Hook it up to IDE2, or get a PCI IDE controller card and plug it into that. Don't put an optical and hard drive on the same cable, as it will slow the hard drive down.

Actually its better to have them like that. If you have a cd-r/w and a cd-rom and two hdd's your best bet is to put the cd-r/w and the slave hdd on one channel and the master hdd and the cd-rom on the main channel. This way you have less of a chance for your data to get lost in the transfer, but with the new technology it doesnt really matter.

EDIT: r00t how many hdd's do you have. if u have two and have one cd-rom then you can add another hdd but if you have two hdd's and two opticals then no you have to get an IDE card.

Spectrum · 17-May-04, 05:12 PM

Well, I'm more perfomance oriented, and I personally would get an IDE card in order to preserve faster speeds.

Red02 · 17-May-04, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Spectrum


	Well, I'm more perfomance oriented, and I personally would get an IDE card in order to preserve faster speeds.

Then you would have SCSI

OR

SATA

r00t · 17-May-04, 05:52 PM

yea,

i have 2 optix and 2 hdds
how mcuh will a ide controller cost? roughly

Miststlkr · 17-May-04, 10:38 PM

or he obvious answer.. get a larger HDD... not to stte the obvious or anything

Red02 · 17-May-04, 10:55 PM

I found this at newegg for 16bones. Or you could just do your own reasearch

nev_payne · 18-May-04, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Red02


	I found this at newegg for 16bones. Or you could just do your own reasearch

that^^ or a sata controller? would help with the oversized cabling sprawling all over the motherboard.

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r00t Apex Master Tech	Hard Drive Help hi, i am wondering how do you hook up 3 hardrives i got two at the moment but i need mmooorreeee so what would be the best cable setup up (in ide's) any help is greatly appreciated

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17-May-04, 04:43 PM		#2 (permalink)
Spectrum Former GameApex Editor	Hook it up to IDE2, or get a PCI IDE controller card and plug it into that. Don't put an optical and hard drive on the same cable, as it will slow the hard drive down.

17-May-04, 04:46 PM		#3 (permalink)
Kage Lokie's Personal WU-Hoe	Well, you can only connect two devices per connector, hence "IDE". If there aren't any more IDE connectors on your mobo, then it's going to have to be PCI card time.

17-May-04, 05:12 PM		#5 (permalink)
Spectrum Former GameApex Editor	Well, I'm more perfomance oriented, and I personally would get an IDE card in order to preserve faster speeds.

17-May-04, 05:52 PM		#7 (permalink)
r00t Apex Master Tech	yea, i have 2 optix and 2 hdds how mcuh will a ide controller cost? roughly

17-May-04, 10:38 PM		#8 (permalink)
Miststlkr Incognit - Hoe	or he obvious answer.. get a larger HDD... not to stte the obvious or anything

17-May-04, 10:55 PM		#9 (permalink)
Red02 Freck-hoe-d	I found this at newegg for 16bones. Or you could just do your own reasearch