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vital0
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_ 		4. June 2005 @ 19:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I need a little help. I am building one for my father in law. I'm going to have a total of 6 DVD burners. 1 to act as the Master and the other 5 to make copies.

I understand I should buy a PCI card for the additonal ATA devices (DVD drives) as the motherboard will only take 4. Correct me if I am wrong here.

My main question is power supply. How much power and where can I find one with enough power connections for all drives? All the ones I've looked at seem to come up short.

Thanks.


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_ 		4. June 2005 @ 20:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
motherboard can run 4 ide drives & pci controller cards can run 4 ide drives. you'll need at least a 6 5.24" bays for the burners. try this program to calculate the wattage of the psu & add 30% to the total. also can use splitters to hook up power to drives http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/Power_Supply_Calculator.p...
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vital0
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_ 		4. June 2005 @ 20:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I looked at that. My concern was having enough molex connectors from the PSU. Most have have 5. I would need at least 6.

Do I simply buy a splitter to make 1 into 2?
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ddp
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_ 		4. June 2005 @ 20:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes & can get with more than 2 male connectors
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