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running out of storage space for my music

Reply #25 –
I think you are right!  I should.

So I've decided to get the following, tell me what you think:

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Desciption: Y Splitter Cable x2
URL: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=64273
Quick Find Code: 64273
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Desciption: PCI ATA133 RAID Controller Card W/Cable
URL: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=60610
Quick Find Code: 60610
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Desciption: Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250gb, Ata100 3.5lp 8ms 7200rpm 8mb x2
URL: http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=81595
Quick Find Code: 81595
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TOTAL: [exchange rate from www.xe.com - correct on 27/08/05]
£171.75 GBP
€251.54 EUR
$309.20 USD
$370.98 CAD

I think this card only comes with 1 cable so I will need to buy another, but reading from the description I think I can actually get 2 splitters allowing a total of 4 hard drives to run off this card.  Is this correct?

I was wrong about my PSU its a 300w version of this:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=46722&doy=27m8

running out of storage space for my music

Reply #26 –
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will my psu handle 4 hard drives + 2 optical drives + all other components
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running out of storage space for my music

Reply #27 –
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While you're at it, pick up an Antec Sonata case.  It's quiet, and the PSU is a few solid notches above generic PSU crap.  When you've got 8 hard drives inside, it helps to have everything rubber mounted and at least one nice 12cm fan keeping your precious drives cool.
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Overall, this case is one of the better ones out there. But, the front opening door broke at the hinge (poor design, maybe this has since been addressed) and the PSU literally blew up.
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I have the Sonata II case, they probably still sell the regular first-gen design tho.  The PSU is beefier (450 watt) and the front flap is double-hinged, so it can bend back around the case body all the way.  On the original case, I just took the flap entirely off



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will have to buy sata cables and sata powercable adapters

Why don't you buy an ata 133 controller card? The speed gain with SATA is minimal and it will surely be cheaper.
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I found them about the same price, and why bother with IDE crap when you don't have to?  SATA cables are much tinier, promoting better airflow.  Plus SATA drives are a bit quicker, and possibly quite a bit quicker because there's no master/slave priority - each drive gets its own controller, so there's no waiting for the higher priority device to finish.