New/second hard drive

malicht

malicht

malicht

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Okay guys!

This is my pc:

AMD Phenom(tm) II X3 720 Processor 2.80 GHz
8.00 GB RAM
Samsung HD322HJ ATA 360G HDD
2 x ATI Radeon 4850 (xfire)
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P Motherboard
Corsair TX650W PSU

I know nothing at all about hard drives, but I'm basically looking to upgrade/get a second one as I'm pretty much at my limit at the moment.

So I need some advice, I'm looking at getting an extra 500G-1TB.

Whats the best way to go about this?
 
Well, I'm considering getting an SSD drive for windows, and a new HDD.

Will my mother board support an SSD drive? What would you recommend?
 
Also, you're a bit of a legend Beejjacobs! :D

My Gfx are still working fine! Going back to try Crysis in a bit, see if it will run!
 
Okay, thanks for the help.

Two more things before I order.

Do i need to order trays or anything to hold the drives in?

And How hard exactly is it to replace an existing HDD with these two?
 
malicht said:
Also, you're a bit of a legend Beejjacobs! :D

My Gfx are still working fine! Going back to try Crysis in a bit, see if it will run!
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Glad its working well now :)

malicht said:
Okay, thanks for the help.

Two more things before I order.

Do i need to order trays or anything to hold the drives in?

And How hard exactly is it to replace an existing HDD with these two?
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Well, if you order the M4 [which I suggest you do!] you'll need an adaptor like this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-002-OP&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=910
to fit it in your case [looked at your other thread again to check what you have!]

I suggest [especially if you've got stuff on it] that you keep the old hard drive in there too and have 3!

You'll need to mount the hard drives in the case, it looks like your case has a quick-fit system which doesn't require screws. You might find you need to take your GPUs out to get the hard drives in. i suggest you put the hard drive where the current one is, or if you're keeping it then put the new one in the bottom slot. The SSD can go in any slot as it's only small.

Do you have some spare SATA cables? If not you'll need two like this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-008-SR&groupid=1929&catid=1928&subcat=

You just plug the SATA cables into the hard drives, and into the motherboard [like the two orange/yellow ones in your case]. you'll also need a power plug from the power supply - looks like you've got plenty of spare.

Finally, to install windows you'll need the windows DVD and the key. Start with just the SSD plugged in [unplug the hard drives for now, no need to remove them from your case]. Install windows by using the DVD and following the instructions. Then plug in the other two hard drives once windows has installed :)
 
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