can you use 2.5" harddrives in gaming pcs...
Ross
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can you use 2.5" harddrives in gaming pcs...
Ross
Yes but you would need like some sort of holder for it to fit in a 3.5" drive bay and maybe a convertor for the connectors.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenMerc
2.5" hard drives are slow.
Yes, but why would you want to? Would need to buy something to mount it properly inside the case too.
Well i wanted to mount it behind the floppy disk drive, As i've used all my optical drive spaces so i dont have any room to put any more in really.
Ross
Thats it non wired up i have about 3 2.5 ports left and 1. 3.5 port left which i wanted to add a blueray drive into
Optical drives go in 5.25" ports. The ones below that are 3.5" ports.
I think you're getting confused with dimensions? :P
10,000 RPM drives beg to differ.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen
3.5s are still faster, in general.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chippiewill
So in other words im needing a 3.5 hard drive? rather than a 2.5?
Also i've got all the cables from the power supply and the case but what other cables do i need and how many +rep for help, All the optical drives except the card reader don't have sata cables or ribbon cables so do i just need 3 sata cables (one for floppy disk drive) and ribbon cables?
Ross
You can use a 3.5 enclosure, it's just pointless? as long as it's SATA the cable should be the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenMerc
Yes...Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenMerc
Can anyone find me a ribbon cable that goes through
2x 5.25
3x 3.5
+rep for help :)
RIBBON?!?!?!Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldenMerc
http://www.sourcinggate.com/images/m...201_Cable3.jpg
That's not even SATA..
How old is this abacus?