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Motherboard name: MSI 848p Neo2-V
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What for HDD type is good for my motherboard ?
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Motherboard name: MSI 848p Neo2-V
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4 winchester
Use Samsung! Or Seagate thas very good:)
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On-Board IDE/SATA
• Dual Ultra DMA 66/100 IDE controllers integrated in ICH5.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to four Ultra ATA drives.
• Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in ICH5.
- Up to 150MB/sec transfer rate.
- Can connect up to 2 Serial ATA drives.
• Dual Ultra DMA 66/100 IDE controllers integrated in ICH5.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to four Ultra ATA drives.
• Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in ICH5.
- Up to 150MB/sec transfer rate.
- Can connect up to 2 Serial ATA drives.
this means you can connect up to 4 IDE drives and up to 2 S-ATA drives.
you should open your PC and check how many devices are already connected with which cables. maybe you already have all IDE or S-ATA slots in use - in this case you have to buy a HDD which uses the other connection with still slots available
IDE cables are thin but very broad, normally grey - attention: you can attach 2 devices with only one cable! your motherboard has only 2 IDE slots but you can connect 4 devices!
S-ATA cables are not as broad as IDE and they are red in most cases
I assume that 2 IDE slots are in use (1 for HDD, 1 for CD/DVD drive) - but you should check it! there might also be a cable for your floppy disk drive. it's not an IDE cable but looks like one. ignore it.
I strongly recommend to buy a S-ATA drive (3,5) if you have free S-ATA slots because IDE is the older technique and some newer PCs don't even support IDE anymore. this would allow you to use the driver in newer PCs later.
Im buying S-ATA Drive.
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