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      22nd Dec 2008
just curious...how many hard drives (internal) can a pooter have?



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depends on the amount of space in the case and on the number of ports the motherboard

 
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i have 2 ports on my motherboard and plenty of space..Its a tall case

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i have 2 ports on my motherboard and plenty of space..Its a tall case

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Lets have your full spec re: the MOBO

 
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ok thats good to know, next question

What type of port are they? SATA or IDE/ATA ?

SATA can only have 1 drive per port whereas IDE/ATA can have 2 drives per cable

 
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Ok, I will have a look tomorrow.... Just using my laptop atm.. I will post the specs tomor


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i have 2 ports on my motherboard and plenty of space..Its a tall case

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Crikey.

It is pcreview and it is a........... lady asking technical questions!!!

Now on a serious note don't forget to tell us how many hard drives you currently got

 
 
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What difference does it make wether its a lady, cat dog pig or fricking mouse...??? We are yer to help irrespective of gender...
 
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How many drives depends on how many ports the motherboard has.

IDE (PATA, paralell) ports are now less common and most motherboards only have one which can take two devices and is now most commonly used to take a pair of optical drives.

And most motherboards now sport on average six to eight PATA ports which can take both hard drives and optical drives.

So, there's no set number, depends on the motherboard.

An example:

Six SATA ports, 1 IDE port.

The user decides to have a DVD Blu Ray drive and a DVRW drive on two SATA ports and four hard drives on the other four SATA ports.

That's kinda typical.

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