Old HDD, New PC

[SquashJ]

I'm building a new PC and happen to have a decade worth of old hard drives sitting in my closet. I don't particularly need anything off them but thought it would be nice to fill up the 3.5" bays.
My question is whether or not this could inhibit the performance of my machine by making it constantly talk to so many extra devices?

 

[qazzi]

well if it's an IDE then it will slow down your pc...and if it's a sata your good to go.

 

[SquashJ]

Pretty sure they're all SATA. It won't cause any I/O errors?

 

[qazzi]

nope. as long as there fit. but just to be sure after plugging it in try running diagnostics on them to see if there ok.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey SquashJ. For some reason I can see that @qazzi has written something, but when I open the thread it doesn't show his post... Whatever, I think that you should have no problem with connecting additional drives. The only downside should be that they'd be limited to their version of SATA e.g. I or II. If the drives are OK there should be no I/O errors. I'd suggest that you run the manufacturer's diagnostic tool when you connect them to make sure that the HDDs are working fine.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[SquashJ]

Hey SquashJ. For some reason I can see that @qazzi has written something, but when I open the thread it doesn't show his post... Whatever, I think that you should have no problem with connecting additional drives. The only downside should be that they'd be limited to their version of SATA e.g. I or II. If the drives are OK there should be no I/O errors. I'd suggest that you run the manufacturer's diagnostic tool when you connect them to make sure that the HDDs are working fine.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

Yeah, not sure what happened to his post. It was helpful but didn't quite answer the question.
Anyway, thanks for the explanation and advice!

 

[ngrego]

If the disk size is worth using why not install them, extra space is always useful.
On the other hand, installing a bunch of small drives just because you have them is kind of pointless.
You will probably just end up wasting energy and putting the extra strain on your PSU for a minimal advantage.