Hard Drive Plans on the New PC
I had done a little looking around on HP for the model number of the PC I ordered yesterday (should receive Tuesday), and I come to find out it is a SATA configuration. Since this is a desktop, it would support a 3.5” drive (shipping with 40GB). However, I have been looking for a way to convert the bay to accept a 2.5” drive considering I have two notebook drives (1 used as an external and one in the paperweight).
During my looking around, I seen adapters that would fit two notebook drives into one 1 3.5” bay. This has me to thinking. I could take both of the notebook drives, and fit them in. I won’t have to sacrifice two USB ports for my music, and I could have a much larger drive. This may sound promising.
The system is noted to support an external 3.5”. an internal 3.5”, and a external 5.25”. I personally don’t see where the external 3.5” is, but if I could actually install two hard drives in one bay, it would actually make my life a little easier, and I would still be able to keep my music on a separate drive. Most desktops would support 4 SATA drives. If 2 would be for the computer, and one for the optical drive, I should have one left maybe for an eSATA connection. I even have such a connection that would take a PCI line. If there are more places to install slots then slots, this would work perfectly.
I would only have two concerns. One is the heat that two drives so close together would generate. Another is the power that two drives would demand. Computers (usually) have more power than the expected use, but still prefer to err on the side of caution.
Of course, if my minimal hopes are broken, and somewhere along the line I am wrong, and this is a PATA interface, I am going to have hope that I have a bigger hard drive. Simply put, 40GB is not enough.
