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Old 14-06-2008, 09:58 PM
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Default need to connect 4 hardDrive's & 4 DVD Drives...how?
title says it all really
i have 4 500GB western digital hardDrives
and 4 DvD RW (pioneer)

i think i need to explain why i need all that redicalase GB'S

i DJ so i need all the new hits and dj cd's which i purchase from the sites so i really need all that space
no excuse really for the 4 DvD RW a shop was closing down and they were going cheap and i couldent say no
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Default need to connect 4 hardDrive's & 4 DVD Drives...how?
Get an add on card to go inside?

IDE PCI Controller or something, never really looked into it.
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Default need to connect 4 hardDrive's & 4 DVD Drives...how?
Just get rid of one or two of the RWs and get a 6 SATA + 1 IDE board, then buy a SATA -> IDE adapter.

Multiple disk drives are overrated anyway, most burning software won't let you burn to multiple drives simultaneously (or at least very easily).
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Default need to connect 4 hardDrive's & 4 DVD Drives...how?
THANKS not going to break the bank too which at first i expected it to

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Just get rid of one or two of the RWs and get a 6 SATA + 1 IDE board, then buy a SATA -> IDE adapter.

Multiple disk drives are overrated anyway, most burning software won't let you burn to multiple drives simultaneously (or at least very easily).
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Are the DVD drives SATA or IDE?

EDIT: Also, how many SATA ports and IDE ports (if any drives are IDE) does your motherboard have? And what PCI connectors does it have?
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Default need to connect 4 hardDrive's & 4 DVD Drives...how?
the harddrives and dvd drives are not SATA
at the moment i have 2 harddrives and 2 dvd drives connected. but i would like to have the other 2 harddrives connected aswell i have tryed ebay uk but no results only RAID cards but there only to back up info write? or could i use one and set it up to not back up my files as thats not what i want
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Default need to connect 4 hardDrive's & 4 DVD Drives...how?
Try looking through this page, see if there are any that sound like they have the right connectors.
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