can i add 3rd HD with this MB

[Vad3r]

I have the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 motherboard. I have 2 H/D's - 1 dvd reader & 1 dvd writer. A total of 4 drives connected.

Can I add a 3rd Hard Drive ?

I am looking at the manual - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2745#sp

but getting confused at storage part-

South Bridge:

1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:

1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAII0, GSATAII1) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD

I am thinking i can, with a 3rd H/D, i will have a total of 5 sata.

Would just like to confirm before i buy a 3rd drive, take pc apart and find out I can't.

 

[Blain]

What is confusing you?
Of course you can.

 

[biostud]

yes you can run a total of 8 SATA devices from the motherboard (6+2)

 

[Paperdoc]

As above. A reminder: you'll also need a free SATA device power connector from the PSU, and a SATA data cable to connect the drive to a free mobo port. If you don't have a power connector free, look for two options: either a Y-adapter that converts one existing SATA power connector into two, OR an adapter that converts an unused 4-pin Molex connector (for older IDE devices) into a SATA power connector. If you have no spare SATA data cable, get one from any computer parts shop. But don't pay excessive prices for ones "rated for SATA 6.0 Gb/s" - you don't need it, and really ANY good SATA cable will do the job well.

 

[Vad3r]

thanks for the info all