The new socket775 quad core mobo's have only one ide slot, what are my options!

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  1. ha9981

    ha9981 Regular member

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    i have 4 ide hdd's and one ide dvd burner.

    also the only pci expansion i found was only two slots extra for ide's.

    anything else out there?

    or a good branded mobo like asus that has more then one too two slots for ide?
     
    ha9981, Nov 22, 2007
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    sammorris Senior member

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    Well, one solution is to run one of your hard drives and your DVD burner off the same cable, then get a 2 port PCI card and run the other three hard drives off that. (The Master OS drive on its own, the other two drives off the other cable).
    A far better solution is to upgrade all your hard drives to S-ATA.
     
    sammorris, Nov 23, 2007
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