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Hard drive question
Leedash
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in Techie Stuff
Hi how many hard drives could I put in my pc,I currently have a 500gb and 150gb.
I've seen there is four sata connection on the motherboard I wanted to have x2 500 x1 1tb,is this possible ?
Amd phenom 9550 220mhz 4 core
3gb ram
I've seen there is four sata connection on the motherboard I wanted to have x2 500 x1 1tb,is this possible ?
Amd phenom 9550 220mhz 4 core
3gb ram
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Its possible but will depend upon the power supply unit .0
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Where do I check then I will post the details0
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Where do I check then I will post the details
basically do you have enough power connectors? and if no all is not lost as you can split them down with adaptors (but probably worth a cursory check of the power supplies spec that it can support multiple hard drives on the feed you're chaining them up to... which it should do -HDDs don't use much power compared to other parts of the PC eg graphics card)0 -
It says total 350w0
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350w is low. I was using PSU's with that output 10 years ago. 500w+ these days. Probably worth sticking a new PSU in there also. Avoid the cheap ones though. They maybe rated at 500w max for short bursts not continuous use. Ive had PC's with 8 drives in them. I have 6 in this one with over 10 TB of storage. A media centre PC with 15 TB of storage also. I do find these larger hard drives tend to fail way too soon after the warranty expires..Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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Spend proper money and you get a proper warranty.forgotmyname wrote: »I do find these larger hard drives tend to fail way too soon after the warranty expires..Understeer is when you hit a wall with the front of your car
Oversteer is when you hit a wall with the back of your car
Horsepower is how fast your car hits the wall
Torque is how far your car sends the wall across the field once you've hit it0 -
So if I can't have three drives maybe two,0
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Just buy a large harddrive and partition it into the sizes you need.0
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Your motherboard will take 4 - knock yourself out there, and if your PSU has enough power connectors it'll work. For a while. You might be putting that PSU under strain and it may fail, and that may involve a lot of heat, or a power spike that could damage other components.
What make is it? If you want to run more drives, a better power supply (not just a cheap one with a big number on it!) would be a wise investment.0 -
forgotmyname wrote: »350w is low...
Yes, but an additional harddisk only adds ~ 10W to the load. If the PSU was fine until now, it will be probably too after adding one more hard disk.
But I agree, I would add one bigger one to replace the smaller ones.0
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