Maximum # Of Drives?

ChromeD · 11-07-2007, 04:12 PM

Ok, i just wanna know what's the absolute max i can put in here, pata and sata cobined. the MB is MSI P6N SLI Platinum nForce 650i SLI Socket 775 1333MHz DDR2-800, and amount of connections is below.

n-Board IDE

• An IDE controller on the NVIDIA® nForce430i chipset provides IDE
HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes.
- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices.

On-Board SATA

• nForce 430i supports 4 SATA II ports (SATA 1 to 4).
- Transfer rate is up to 300 MB/s.
- 1 eSATA port by Sil3531 (back panel)

**linderman** · 11-07-2007, 07:00 PM

you can install four IDE drives / this includes cd-rom drives

and four sata "stand alone" hard drives

four drives for raid

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11-07-2007, 04:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
ChromeD Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canton Posts: 1 OS: XP	Maximum # Of Drives? Ok, i just wanna know what's the absolute max i can put in here, pata and sata cobined. the MB is MSI P6N SLI Platinum nForce 650i SLI Socket 775 1333MHz DDR2-800, and amount of connections is below. n-Board IDE • An IDE controller on the NVIDIA® nForce430i chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes. - Can connect up to 4 IDE devices. On-Board SATA • nForce 430i supports 4 SATA II ports (SATA 1 to 4). - Transfer rate is up to 300 MB/s. - 1 eSATA port by Sil3531 (back panel)

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