How to add 3 hard drive in gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H

[sajib_prince]

I have a motherboard gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H. i Have 2 HDD in raid 0 & 1. But i want to buy a 2 TB SSHD of segate brand. the question is can i add this SShd into my system? then how? i want to connect the sshd into raid 0/1 and the disconnected hdd into raid 2/3/4/5. Is it possible?

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there sajib_prince,

Do you mean port instead of RAID by any chance? Do you have two drives, attached to SATA port 0 and SATA port 1? Where is your OS located?
If this is the case, then yes, you can add the SSHD into your system. Do you want this to be your main drive?(OS one) You can attach the SSHD to SATA port 0 and one of your HDDs to SATA port 2. Yet, you need to go to BIOS and adjust the boot order, so your system can boot from your OS HDD. (SATA port 1 or 2)

Did I get all of this right?

Let me know in case you have some more questions,
D_Know_WD

 

[sajib_prince]

Hi there sajib_prince,

Do you mean port instead of RAID by any chance? Do you have two drives, attached to SATA port 0 and SATA port 1? Where is your OS located?
If this is the case, then yes, you can add the SSHD into your system. Do you want this to be your main drive?(OS one) You can attach the SSHD to SATA port 0 and one of your HDDs to SATA port 2. Yet, you need to go to BIOS and adjust the boot order, so your system can boot from your OS HDD. (SATA port 1 or 2)

Did I get all of this right?

Let me know in case you have some more questions,
D_Know_WD

 

[sajib_prince]

Hi there sajib_prince,

Do you mean port instead of RAID by any chance? Do you have two drives, attached to SATA port 0 and SATA port 1? Where is your OS located?
If this is the case, then yes, you can add the SSHD into your system. Do you want this to be your main drive?(OS one) You can attach the SSHD to SATA port 0 and one of your HDDs to SATA port 2. Yet, you need to go to BIOS and adjust the boot order, so your system can boot from your OS HDD. (SATA port 1 or 2)

Did I get all of this right?

Let me know in case you have some more questions,
D_Know_WD

thanks for your reply. just i checked my system that the two hdd (320 gb and 1 tb) are connected into sata 2 port. not raid 0/1. i guess i didn't know that. there are no hdd on sata 3 port. so my question is if i want add a sshd (2 Tb) and hdd (1tb) on sata port 3 & 320 gb on sata port 2, that is possible or not. that means i want 3 hard drive (2 hdd and 1 sshd ) in sata port 3 and 2.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Yes, it is possible. Just make sure you adjust the boot order in BIOS, if you are moving your OS drive around the ports.
Make sure your SSHD is attached to a SATA 3 port.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD