Out of SATA ports :/ ... options?

413x · 17 Jun 2011 at 22:42

I think I'm going to stay away from caddy solution to usb just isn't up to it if would like to keep the esata for my backup caddy I don't think it even has usb.
I guess in hind sight a external blu ray would have been better if not as neat but don't really want to pay for something I already have

Looking at all the suggestions for now I'm going to disconnect the front sata port and use that, then I think ill get the pci sata card, that should tide me over until I brave a nas box

Best plan i can see

Ch3m1c4L · 18 Jun 2011 at 10:35

what about using your rear esata port for your backups and dc'ing the front panel port from the internal port. thus meaning you get esata backups and all internal hdd's?

you could get a caddy for your blu ray drive, rather than having to buy a total new unit. I found this out after buying an external dvd drive, and havnig my internal one become spare

Randall8686 · 18 Jun 2011 at 10:56

Get a Synology box, get a two bay one with 2 X 2tb drives in then u have 4tb of space if you need to expand you can plug USB hard drives into the synology box

hybrid572 · 18 Jun 2011 at 12:00

Replace the twin WD Raptors with a single SSD capable of storing your OS and all your games- say 128GB or 256GB (or more). Windows will become significantly faster, as will game load times.

You can get a 3TB mechanical drive for £125 now, so it might be worth changing up to these.

Duke · 18 Jun 2011 at 13:59

Just get a NAS (like Synology mentioned above). No need to have lots of hot noisy HD's in your PC