How to hook up 3 Hard drives

[JiggaJohn]

Hi i was building a new computer using the asus av8 mobo. I have 3 hdds that i want to hook up to it and was wondering how it could be done? IDE 1 would be for the hdds and IDE 2 would be for the dvd drive. Is there a triple device ide cable available? or is that not the way to go?

 

[mlc]

you can put the 1st two drives onto IDE1, then on IDE 2 you can mix devices and put the 3rd HDD drive in the primary position and the DVD as a secondary device on the same cable...

other options include purchasing PCI IDE controller card to add additional drives as well....

 

[mindwreck]

Share the 2nd ide channel with the dvd drive or buy a ide controller expansion card. They don't make triple device cables.

 

[JiggaJohn]

cool thx guys!