8TB Storage Drive Inquiry

alphaomega16

alphaomega16

alphaomega16

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I know my machine currently supports 6TB drives because I am using one in my machine but I require more space and was going to pick up another couple of 6TB (1 to use and 1 for backup) but then I saw the 8TB's

Do these drives require more current motherboards as my one is a few years old, it is an MSI Z77A-GD65.

I am also running Windows 7 still (I like it) if that would cause any issues ?

I cannot see any issues myself but a second opinion before shelling out £600 smackers which for me is an awful lot of money (I save up money bit by bit and keep it aside for replacement parts unless I need to dip into it).
 
The question though is how much more space? There are 10tb drives available right now and/or go for a raid setup. Just don't do raid 5 with those drives sizes as it's a really bad idea with consumer drive URE rates.
 
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