SS50 2 HDDs?

[xTra]

Hi!

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to put 2 hard drives in the SS50 (one in the space instead of the floppy drive)?

Also can anyone recommend a good combo DVD reader/CDR/CDRW writer to use with the SS50.


Thanks in advance

:)

[Geekster]

as far as having 2 hard disks in the box, hard disls and floopys go in the same siized 3.5" bay, so i don't see why not. for the DVD-CDrw i would recommend this (http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-info3-info.asp?&m=y&quicklinx=120B) drive from Ricoh, my mates got one and it's excelent.

[Graeme*Kustom*]

I'd avoid using two 7200rpm drives in there, otherwise heat may be a problem... especially IBM HD's they get pretty toasty ! :D

[xTra]

thx - I've just had 2 IBM deskstar HDs die on me yesterday - probably due to overheating so I'll be using a different make :)

- anyone used the silent Seagate drives?

[Graeme*Kustom*]

the IBM drives are pretty good, but if you stack two of them close together it seems to cause a problem. Seagate IDE drives have come a long way in the past year or so - they're reliable (so far), fast, and very quiet... (noticably so - my Mac has an IBM 60GXP 7200 and my PC a Barracauda-IV 7200 drive and the difference is incredible)

[xTra]

thanks Graeme :) - I had to 2 ibm's virtually on top of each other so that's probably what caused the problem! - Managed to isolate the bad clusters with IBM's drive manager software so hopefully that should be the end of my problems :)

[JADS]

I use Maxtors, the only probs I had was when they were physically resting on top of each other, :) other than that the duo have served over 5TB between them via FTP over the past 2 years. 5400RPM though
J

[Big Adam]

I'd second what everyone else has said. Heat is a big consideration especially if you have got a warm graphics card in there too.

Airflow is a problem with these Shuttles so if you are gong for the two HDD option I'd definitely make sure you have rounded cables and do not try and quieten the system by lowering the case fan speed.

Other than that, I have had two HDD in my SV24 (smaller than the SS50) no problems, but in the SV24 the HDDs are not stacked.

[cryptic]

the other good thing about Seagates' is that they've generally got a smaller footprint than other 3.5" HDD's, which should help if space is tight ;)

Seagates were always my favourite drive in my Amigas coz of their size. Anyone who owned an A1200 will know that fitting a 3.5" HDD could be a MAJOR pain. In the early days, you could only use the more expensive 2.5".

[CyberDrac]

I had two IBMs fail on Wednesday ... my RAID 0 array ... I was not a happy bunny!

[Matthew]

Using a Seagate drive here, especially a 5400rpm will not reap dividends, cos the general performance is absolutely poor - i am no expert on HDD testing or benchmarking, but i could tell a proportional difference in HDD performance by changing to a Seagate. They are quite, and relatively cooler than others, but at the end of the day, u want some performance...

You can to go PCPROs website and check out their labs test on HDD... aside from this, i have first hand experience of this sub-standard drive... the 7200rpm model is definitely a better performer... but i would recommend the Maxtor 5400 rpm drive...

[PJ Matthews]

I use a 40 gig Maxtor, 20 gig segate, 40 gig IBM and 2 80 gig IBMs and although the 40 gig unit has now died (I lost the connector that connects the PCB to the motor when I was modding... oooppps...) the 2 80 gigs are running fine right next to each other, they do put out a lot of heat, but not much more than any other drive I've ever had. The only big issues with IBM were the earlier drives, I've seen no nightmare stories involving these latest drives.

PJ :cool: