is there cuz im buying a dell xps 700 and i want to put 2 tb of space so i was wondering if there is a limit because of the motherboad or the bios (which i doubt that there is a limit anywase)
2006-08-18 02:57:17 · 8 answers · asked by dbzkid13 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Its a limit of the bios and/or the OS.
You need a RAID to make 2TB of disk space (4, 500GB hard drives).
You also need NTFS to use that much storage. Theoretical limit is 16 exabytes (1000GB = 1TB, 1000TB = 1PB (petabyte), 1000PB = 1 EB) or 16,000,000,000GB. Anyone have a use for that much storage?
If you were smart you wouldn't put 2TB in the PC. You would buy a Harddrive tower for temp. control. That many drives make a lot of heat.
You only need a small drive in the PC for the OS and the rest can be setup as a secondary harddrive system.
I'm guessing you are trying to make a MediaCenter PC and need all that room for DVD Editing and DVR functions. I have successfully created a 4TB machine for a client for that reason.
If you use a SATA system buy a 3.0 Gb/s system (raid should be included.) I bought a SATA extension card that allows me to connect my SATA system up from the back of the computer without USB or Firewire. I use SATA cables between both my PC and the HD tower.
2006-08-18 03:06:10 · answer #1 · answered by uqlue42 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uqlue42 is correct. I have over 400 G's on my IDE, and with my SATA's, I'll probably run over a TB. but I have a huge tower with 5 fans ports to the outside as well as a few heatsinks. Anymore and I would need to get a tower just for the HD's. With current USB tenchology, and can add a few more HD's to your computer. I know I have 16 usb ports, and can upgrade to 32 (I have the cards, just not enough stuff to plug in), so that will probably be the way I will go.
2006-08-18 03:17:13 · answer #2 · answered by DarkWolf_1st 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only limit is if you have enough power and ide cable to run to all of the harddrives. a few of my friends have 2 hd systems. one of them has a 160gb and a 120gb, so thats over the supposed limit that he said up there ^, and it works fine. another friends runs two harddrives, one with linux and one with windows xp.
2006-08-18 03:09:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YEs.. there is a limit.. Check the manual to find out what the limit is... or if you can get ahold of the company, ask them.
2006-08-18 03:28:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well... if your is pentium 3 the most can support up to 32 gb..
if your is pentium 4 2.6 ghz or above.. can support up to 250gb. in the market.
2006-08-18 03:02:24 · answer #5 · answered by Gary k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need lots of memory(ddr)...go for pentium 4 with 3.2 ghz...heat sinks., cpu fan....
2006-08-18 05:15:10 · answer #6 · answered by kim_rukawa11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-08-21 23:13:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-08-18 03:01:25 · answer #8 · answered by andrew_perrong 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋