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Can my evga x58 SLI3 support 3tb hard drive ?

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2012/07/18 09:58:31 (permalink)
Hi guys , i have motherboard EVGA X58 SLI3 , i intend to buy a 3tb internal hard drive seagate 64mb buff , 7200 rpm . But im wndering that Does my motherboard support 3TB , if yes so How can i do it ?
+ i updated to the latest bios version 83 .

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    atfrico
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    Re:Can my evga x58 SLI3 support 3tb hard drive ? 2012/07/18 11:00:47 (permalink)
    yes, it will. I have 3 attached to mine: 3x  300GB Velociraptors

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    Re:Can my evga x58 SLI3 support 3tb hard drive ? 2012/07/18 13:07:21 (permalink)
    Thank you for helping me . But 300Gb , or 3000Gb ? If 3000gb , so i just need to hook it up and play ?

    Thanks
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    Re:Can my evga x58 SLI3 support 3tb hard drive ? 2012/07/18 13:22:10 (permalink)
    k3107q

    Thank you for helping me . But 300Gb , or 3000Gb ? If 3000gb , so i just need to hook it up and play ?

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    3 - 300GB Velociraptors each with a different OS.
    Yeap, just hook them up and you are good to go.  Just be sure to know which HDD set up you will be using  IDE or ACHI

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    Re:Can my evga x58 SLI3 support 3tb hard drive ? 2012/07/18 13:58:00 (permalink)
    Thank you , but i mean 3tb = 3000 gb , not 300 Gb . So can i just plug and play ?

    I buy the seagate baracuda 3000Gb ST3000DM001
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    Re:Can my evga x58 SLI3 support 3tb hard drive ? 2012/07/18 14:01:02 (permalink)
    By the way , im using ide for hdd , AHCI for SSD
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    Re:Can my evga x58 SLI3 support 3tb hard drive ? 2012/07/18 22:40:04 (permalink)
    As far as i know you can run a single 3 TB drive but you cant raid 2x 3 TB drives i think the intel controller is limited to 2x 2TB drives for RAID.  so a single 3 TB should be fine.

     

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