Multiple Hard Drive Question.

Darien_Fanel · 26-December-05, 01:08 PM

I was just wondering if anyone could help me with this.
I already have two hard drives installed in my case, but I want to add another internal hard drive. There are no more free molex connectors, and of course, my ribbon cable is already full with my other two hard drives.
What is the cheapest way that I could hook up the third?

RBIEZE · 26-December-05, 01:13 PM

You can get an add in Pci controller card pretty cheap.I'll find a link for ya.
Heres a cheap one it supports optical drives too. http://www.directron.com/sbtrdit.html
heres one ,Ive used in one of my systems for Raid0 http://www.directron.com/1200a.html

Darien_Fanel · 26-December-05, 01:20 PM

Thanks alot, I'm going to check them out.

Pharaoh · 26-December-05, 01:21 PM

Welcome to PR.

I see RBIEZE is on target. A PCI controler will work as long as you have a PCI slot avaliable for it.
As for the molex connections you can get splitters fairly cheap.

Also keep in mind that more drives = more heat and require more power.

Is your PSU and cooling set up to cary the added load?

ariesjj · 26-December-05, 11:58 PM

Another option (if your motherboard supports it) is to go SATA on the next HDD.

musclecars&computers · 27-December-05, 12:32 AM

I found some u can look into:

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...L-133R&cat=CCD

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=A-142&cat=CCD

hope i helped.

EDIT: Good thinking ariesjj. Here is a SATA to ide adapter. http://www.monoprice.com/products/se...p?keyword=2663

26-December-05, 01:08 PM		#1 (permalink)
Darien_Fanel Apex Techie Wannabe	Multiple Hard Drive Question. I was just wondering if anyone could help me with this. I already have two hard drives installed in my case, but I want to add another internal hard drive. There are no more free molex connectors, and of course, my ribbon cable is already full with my other two hard drives. What is the cheapest way that I could hook up the third?

26-December-05, 01:13 PM		#2 (permalink)
RBIEZE Apex Tech Demi-God	You can get an add in Pci controller card pretty cheap.I'll find a link for ya. Heres a cheap one it supports optical drives too. http://www.directron.com/sbtrdit.html heres one ,Ive used in one of my systems for Raid0 http://www.directron.com/1200a.html Last edited by RBIEZE; 26-December-05 at 01:22 PM..

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26-December-05, 01:20 PM		#3 (permalink)
Darien_Fanel Apex Techie Wannabe	Thanks alot, I'm going to check them out.

26-December-05, 01:21 PM		#4 (permalink)
Pharaoh Apex Tech God	Welcome to PR. I see RBIEZE is on target. A PCI controler will work as long as you have a PCI slot avaliable for it. As for the molex connections you can get splitters fairly cheap. Also keep in mind that more drives = more heat and require more power. Is your PSU and cooling set up to cary the added load?

26-December-05, 11:58 PM		#5 (permalink)
ariesjj Apex Master Tech	Another option (if your motherboard supports it) is to go SATA on the next HDD.

27-December-05, 12:32 AM		#6 (permalink)
musclecars&computers Apex Tech Demi-God	I found some u can look into: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...L-133R&cat=CCD http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=A-142&cat=CCD hope i helped. EDIT: Good thinking ariesjj. Here is a SATA to ide adapter. http://www.monoprice.com/products/se...p?keyword=2663