extra hard drive question

[Rottie]

Right now I have two 40GB hard drives (Seagate and Maxtor) in my rig but I am thinking about add another hard drive. Do you think 3 hard drives are too much? Or should I get external hard drive but my mobo has USB 1.1. I don't know when I will plan on mobo upgrade bec my cpu is only less 9 months old.

Your suggestion will be apprecited.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Why would 3 hard drives be too much. I have 7 HD's in one machine and 6 in the other. 3 is not unusual.

 

[LED]

3 fine and you can always get an external case later on when upgrading and throw ome of the HD's in it...

 

[Rottie]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
Why would 3 hard drives be too much. I have 7 HD's in one machine and 6 in the other. 3 is not unusual.

7 Hard drives?? I thought IDE only supports up to 4 drives so I assumed you use SCSI?

 

[Rottie]

Originally posted by: LED
3 fine and you can always get an external case later on when upgrading and throw ome of the HD's in it...

Thanks, I will take it into consideration.

 

[skadoo323]

he could also be using IDE controller PCI cards

 

[akira34]

I have four hard drives and three optical drives all feeding off the mobo...

 

[Rottie]

Originally posted by: skadoo323
he could also be using IDE controller PCI cards

how does it work with BIOS and IDE PCI card?