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Grant Sewell wrote: >> How do you connect more than 4 IDE devices (assuming that's what is intended) >> to a standard mobo? > I already have a PCI-IDE card that'll take an extra 4 devices, so that > brings me upto 8 potentialy... so I'm just gonna get some Molex > splitters and see how I get on. From experience; If you have a lot of hdd's, don't put it somewhere you can hear it... A "basic" modern psu is about 450-500watt now to cope with hungry processors and fancy graphics cards, and should have a load to spare in a more modest system with a bunch of drives. Want a fun idea? Grab a big old server off ebay. I bought a Compaq 5500 a couple of months ago for £85. It's *massive*. Came with twin redundant, PSU's, FOUR 500mhz Xeon processors, 5 18.9gb SCSI drives, redundant fans - all in perfect condition and now running Debian etch and some cpu-intensive CCTV software. You can replace a PSU, Processor or drive whilst it's running... I've also managed to get a 200gb ide drive running in it on the CD-ROM controller, which isn't supposed to be possible. Good points: Incredible VFM, will probably survive a direct nuclear strike, many geekpoints. Bad points: Very heavy (two-man lift job if you value your back) and very very very very loud. I've had to house it in a garage at work due to the noise. I mean seriously, it shocked me how much noise it makes. (most of it from the turbine-like cooling fans). When I had it in my home office configuring it I had to wear ear defenders. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html