How many HDDs

Guest2;30487770 said:
This is my motherboard

http://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z97X-Gaming-7-rev-10#sp

Can I only have 6 HDDs?

I currently have;
SSD for OS
SSD for games
SSD for software
HDD for backup
HDD for media storage
HDD for media storage

Can I connect another SSD or do I have to rip out the HDD for backup?
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Yep. 6x SATA connectors or 4x SATA connectors plus an M.2 SSD.

You could buy a PCI-Express SATA card though if you wanted more.
 
Man, that must be loud. Have you considered getting a NAS ? Then you can place your hard drives out of earshot
 
bremen1874;30487879 said:
What about SATA ports 6/7 on the Marvell chip?
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I always thought the Marvell chip SATA ports were terrible. Might be wrong of course but I was always told never to use them.
 
:D

I have a similar setup, 8 various sized disks merged into one drive gives me a single 25TB or so volume. It's in a cupboard though. I use it to stream MKV files
 
Cromulent;30487888 said:
I always thought the Marvell chip SATA ports were terrible. Might be wrong of course but I was always told never to use them.
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The Intel ports would be preferred, but how good do they need to be for a mechanical drive?

If you buy a SATA expansion card there's a fair chance the chip on it will be a Marvell of some flavour.
 
Stick the media drives on the marvel ports seeing as they don't really need speed or response times.
 
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