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Need more drive slots.
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emachine
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4. November 2006 @ 19:15 |
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I have an emachine w2686. It has to drive slots for a burner, and a reader. Well in the one it has a card reader for memory sticks. Well I want to keep this, but I have to drives I need to put in. Anything I can do. The whole other front of the case is solid. I really need to keep the card reader so any suggestions?
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5. November 2006 @ 03:22 |
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Well I have an emachine case **cringe**, lol, most of it's internals are long gone :P
Anyway, on mine, you can have 2 dvd drives and then the card reader underneath...
If that's not the same on yours, then you could do some handy work and build an extra shelf on the side of your PC or sumin (it has been done). Or you could get an external drive enclosure and put it in, then you'd have a USB drive and an internal...
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5. November 2006 @ 06:38 |
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Originally posted by Ripper:
Well I have an emachine case **cringe**, lol, most of it's internals are long gone :P
Anyway, on mine, you can have 2 dvd drives and then the card reader underneath...
If that's not the same on yours, then you could do some handy work and build an extra shelf on the side of your PC or sumin (it has been done). Or you could get an external drive enclosure and put it in, then you'd have a USB drive and an internal...
Yeah emachines are ok for the price...
But mine has a card reader ontop and then my dvd burner underneath. Then a floppy but not a full slot underneath. Could I hook the card reader up externally?
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5. November 2006 @ 07:23 |
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Well I don't know how to hook one up externally but I spose it could be done.
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5. November 2006 @ 08:56 |
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Maybe just cut a little hole in the side of the case, and run it up and set it on top?
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5. November 2006 @ 09:03 |
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Lol, yeah that would work, maybe mount a little sumin on the top of your PC to hold the drive in, even a cardboard box lol, and then route the IDE cables etc through a little "letterbox" in the side of the case.
Could work :D
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5. November 2006 @ 09:57 |
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5. November 2006 @ 10:04 |
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Lmao, yeah it would... :P
Anyway, about PC...
It's a ncie PC, no doubting it, but i think you could build one cheaper ;)
But, if you wanted to get it, then it's a top PC.
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5. November 2006 @ 10:07 |
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I don't think I can build one cheaper than 900.00! With a 5000 x2! And 2g ram and 320 gig hd. The only thing I need to know if I could flash with it and if I can put a second hard drive in it.
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5. November 2006 @ 10:28 |
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@emachine
If you cant afford a full system build now a simple option would be to buy a new case. Most modern cases have a couple slots for drives and such. If you mobo is microATX your best bet would most likely be to buy a micro case with a mediareader built-in.
"Some people have no damn sense." - Nephilim, March 27 2007 @ 18:08 |
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5. November 2006 @ 10:41 |
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Yeah I thought about that, but I need to buy a sata card, a new hardrive and with a case. Its like a little more for a a whole new pc. So I'll ask my dad hes the one who suggested the new pc.
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6. November 2006 @ 09:50 |
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if i understand you right,
if ye have a open pci slot ye can add a promise card for sata card,or what ever..
this will add more drive slots..
PROMISE ULTRA133 TX2 PCI IDE 66M PCI Controller Card - OEM
Features: Dual IDE ports support separate timing and optimum speeds of attached drive(s) or ATAPI device(s) Includes single Ultra ATA 80-wire/40-pin cable; cable required for Ultra ATA/133 drives to reduce signal noise (?crosstalk?) during transfers Bus mastering offloads data I/O handling from host CPU; supports CRC error-checking of UDMA drives Recognizes drive capacities exceeding 137GB
more at newegg
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis...cription=16-102
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6. November 2006 @ 13:27 |
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No you miss understood. I have a connection for it, but I don't have a place to house it. See my Pc has room for one optical drive, and than has another slot but has a card reader in it. So I'm trying to figure out how to keep the card reader and have to drives. I don't really want to put the drive in a caddy because its usb and its soooooo slow. So Anyway to rip my card reader up externally would work.
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7. November 2006 @ 13:33 |
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emachine- I would think a new Case & or Possibly motherboard would be in order ! Given your desires & current set-up . I have an Emachines Myself Albeit Upgraded - 1 Gb memory , 160Gb HDD + 40GB ,factory HDD + 400GB Usb HDD,, Benq Dw-1655 & NecNd-3500Ag Drives - The Cd burner I pulled long ago ! Was 1st replaced with a NEC -Nd-2500A. When I bought The Nec-3500Ag & BenQ Dw-1655 the 2500A Became an external Drive -Usb ! I use it for making multiple Backups of my movies eg: Making Copies for the family et:al Grandkids Ect ... Using Disc Copy in Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Platinum under the advanced faetures section! And if I already have the Disc Image /Iso file on my Hdd it makes me 3 copies in the time it would take to make one -So far I've only done this with Ritek Go5's /Maxell 8X DVD-R media and they burn at 4x when I do them simultaneously X 3 but it does work ! Would possibly work faster with a different brand of media But have'nt tried this other than with the Riteks so Far & only with DVD-R media ,Perhaps would work faster with DVD+R too but as mentioned have'nt tried that either ! Well Whatever you decide emachine ? I wish you luck and Sucsess in your Computing endeavors Now and in the future ! Good Luck & Happy Modding !
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7. November 2006 @ 13:39 |
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Originally posted by BIGTOXY69:
emachine- I would think a new Case & or Possibly motherboard would be in order ! Given your desires & current set-up . I have an Emachines Myself Albeit Upgraded - 1 Gb memory , 160Gb HDD + 40GB ,factory HDD + 400GB Usb HDD,, Benq Dw-1655 & NecNd-3500Ag Drives - The Cd burner I pulled long ago ! Was 1st replaced with a NEC -Nd-2500A. When I bought The Nec-3500Ag & BenQ Dw-1655 the 2500A Became an external Drive -Usb ! I use it for making multiple Backups of my movies eg: Making Copies for the family et:al Grandkids Ect ... Using Disc Copy in Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Platinum under the advanced faetures section! And if I already have the Disc Image /Iso file on my Hdd it makes me 3 copies in the time it would take to make one -So far I've only done this with Ritek Go5's /Maxell 8X DVD-R media and they burn at 4x when I do them simultaneously X 3 but it does work ! Would possibly work faster with a different brand of media But have'nt tried this other than with the Riteks so Far & only with DVD-R media ,Perhaps would work faster with DVD+R too but as mentioned have'nt tried that either ! Well Whatever you decide emachine ? I wish you luck and Sucsess in your Computing endeavors Now and in the future ! Good Luck & Happy Modding !
If I'm going to buy all that mine as well just buy a new pc. lol I mean for a little more I could.
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7. November 2006 @ 13:58 |
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emachine, what is your system specs??
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7. November 2006 @ 14:02 |
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embarrassing me like this... LOL
E-machine W2686
XP
Amd Athlon 2600+
80gig Ultra Ata
Nec Dvd burner
512 ram
256 Nivida 5500
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7. November 2006 @ 14:09 |
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just get a new case that has 4 5.25" bays & multiples of 3.5" bays. if doesn't come with a psu than get a 450watt or higher
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7. November 2006 @ 14:24 |
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Ok case 50
HD 200
Sata 20
time 100
So 370
And its still this old slugish pc.
I just need a new pc.
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7. November 2006 @ 14:59 |
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320Gb - 7200rpm - 16Mb Cache SATA Hard Drive - ST3320620AS (OEM)
Manufacturer: Seagate Our Price: $117.00CAN.
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 400Gb - 7200rpm - 16Mb Cache SATA Hard Drive - ST3400620AS (OEM)
Manufacturer: Seagate Our Price: $181.00CAN.
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7. November 2006 @ 15:13 |
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I was thinking 500gig I saw one for 175 on tiger or newegg.
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7. November 2006 @ 17:32 |
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emachine- I think you missed the point ? Either that or I misunderstood your question ( It Could happen LOL!) I'm not saying you have to upgrade as much or in the direction I did ! I merely was trying to say that if you want to add more drives than your current case will support Then you prtetty much have to upgrade your case atleast being as your against external/Usb Drives ! either that or buy a new computer? You have to decide whats best for you ? That's a copout ,but an honest one ! Perhaps You could research into a BareBones unit - = Basically a Computer case & motherboard minus hard drives & processor & Operating system and swap yourcurrent emachine goodies over to it ? THough I think a New Case & PS would probably be cheaper assuming that you can use your old motherboard ! You might also want to read Maximum Pc magazine - It's mainly oriented toward the gamer community but has great reviews on gear like Cases , Burners ,Videocards . laptops ect... It may give you some Ideas ! I don't game but I subscribe to keep up on technology & gear advances !Like I said before Good luck with your computer whatever you decide to do ! Happy Planning !
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7. November 2006 @ 17:38 |
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See I don't want to put any money in this pc, if I got a harddrive and sata card and drives I can use those in a new pc. But if I buy a case and all that its not really worth it.
Anybody know of a pc for 500?
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8. November 2006 @ 03:13 |
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emachine-Understood , Then that's what you should do then !
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8. November 2006 @ 18:16 |
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Guess I'll just wait until my dad makes his mind up to buy one... I don't really need computing power right now anyway.
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