I wasn’t aware of these! I’ll need to check when I have a chance, but I’m fairly sure there’s an open slot, thanks!
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stoy@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
If you have a free PCIE slot, you can just get a SATA controller card.
I see other’s talk about an m.2 -> SATA adapter, but I just don’t see the point if you have a free PCIE slot
priapus@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
tal@lemmy.today 1 month ago
He said that he’s exhausted his drive enclosures:
So I guess he could use eSATA and some kind of external enclosure or something, but he’s gonna need more than just throwing more drives in the desktop and adding a PCI SATA controller card to get more places to plug 'em in.
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 month ago
Well, the usual way I've seen people deal with this is either open up the case and leave the extra drives dangling to the side, or just lay them on the bottom of the case (or on top) and don't move it any more.
That works. Though, if you want to imitate that... Pay attention to the temperature of the harddisks. There is no air circulation if you just lay them flat on the floor and they might get too warm.