Question Help installing HDD's

[BluDreams]

I got a system and it has this motherboard in it

PRO B760-VC WIFI

PRO series motherboards tuned for better performance by 12 Duet Rail Power System, DDR5 memory with Memory Boost, Lightning Gen4 PCIe, Wi-Fi 5, 2.5G LAN, Front Type-C

www.msi.com

It only has 1 TB m.2 installed. I want to know how many SATA HDD's i can add to the system and where?



Thanks

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Your motherboard manual shows that the board has 4xSATA ports, which bring your total to SATA based HDD's(2.5"/3.5") to 4. If you decide to sdrop in a SATA based M.2 SSD in slot, then port 8 on the manual will be disabled.
* SATA8 will be unavailable when installing M.2 SATA SSD in the M2_2 slot.
Here's the manual to your motherboard;

https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/PROB760-VCWIFI.pdf

 

[BluDreams]

Thanks but how do install a SATA 8TB HDD. Which wires i need to connect and where.

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks but how do install a SATA 8TB HDD. Which wires i need to connect and where.

SATA power cable comes from the PSU.
SATA data cable connects to a port on the motherboard.

The motherboard user manual will outline all this.

 

[geofelt]

Does your case have a place to physically mount a HDD?
You can connect up to 4 drives.
Each requires a sata cable to the motherboard and each requires a sata power connnector to the psu.

If, for any reason, you need more drives, you can use an add-in sata adapter card plugged into one of the pcieslots.

 

[BluDreams]

I'm not sure about it, by the looks of it, i dont see a place to screw in the HDDs. If i cant mount them, then what other options do i have? Only m2 or can i get some sort of mount?

 

[USAFRet]

I'm not sure about it, by the looks of it, i dont see a place to screw in the HDDs. If i cant mount them, then what other options do i have? Only m2 or can i get some sort of mount?

What case do you have?

 

[BluDreams]

https://www.newegg.ca/msi-aegis-r-12nud-638ca/p/N82E16883151360?Item=N82E16883151360&utm_medium=email&utm_source=transactional&cm_mmc=TEMC-Shipping-Delivery-Notification-_-100720&utm_campaign=TEMC-Shipping-Delivery-Notification-_-100720

 

[BluDreams]

The above is the link to the system that i have.

 

[BluDreams]

Also can i add amount m.2 aswell?

 

[PaulRB]

The above is the link to the system that i have.

It seems unlikely that an aircraft hanger sized tower case like that would not have mounting points for HDDs. Unfortunately, there is no detail on the specs of the case on your link. That's probably because such things are already considered old and unimportant for selling a system.

Do you want to mount 3.5" or 2.5" HDDs?

 

[PaulRB]

The above is the link to the system that i have.

I think this is the case

https://www.msi.com/PC-Case/MPG-GUNGNIR-110R/Specification

It says

DRIVE MOUNT SUPPORT
2 x 2.5” / 2 x 3.5”

The manual is here, look at page 8

https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/case/7G10v1.2-manual.pdf

 

[BluDreams]

Yes thats excatly the case i have. Thanks alot.. Also one more thing, can you let me know if the PSU can handle 4070ti which i plan to install in future

Thanks

 

[PaulRB]

Yes thats excatly the case i have. Thanks alot.. Also one more thing, can you let me know if the PSU can handle 4070ti which i plan to install in future

Thanks

Your link says

Power Supply650_80+G

So that's 650W. It looks like a standard ATX size PSU, so can be upgraded later.

This page

https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/40-series/rtx-4070-4070ti/

says required system power 700W for the 4070ti, so 650W might just be enough. They tend to over-specify the power to avoid any problems with PSU from lower quality manufacturers. If the one you have is a good quality brand, you may be ok.

But I'm not a gamer, there are probably others here with more experience of actual power draw of these monster graphics cards.

 

[PaulRB]

Also can i add amount m.2 aswell?

Here is the manual for your motherboard
https://download.msi.com/archive/mnu_exe/mb/PROB760-VCWIFI.pdf

It says

∙ 2x M.2 slots (Key M)
• M2_1 slot (From CPU)
• Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
• Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
• M2_2 slot (From B760 chipset)
• Supports up to PCIe 4.0 x4
• Supports SATA 6Gb/s
• Supports 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices

So you can add 2 m.2 drives. Only one of them can be SATA.

All the information I have given you is easy to find using Google.