Hi,i am currently using a 160gb ide hard drive,but i want to upgrade to a larger one,i have sata ports on my motherboard,so if i put a sata drive in will the mobo recognise it straight away,or would i have to install drivers for it.thanks for looking
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- iqon(tesco)desktop pc and acer 5720 laptop windows vista/hp 6g2-107 windows 7 64 bit i3 laptop
- OS
- windows 7 pro
- CPU
- pentium d dual care 2.8ghz 820
- Motherboard
- foxxcon-865g7mf
- Memory
- 2 gb crucial
- Graphics Card(s)
- geforce 6800le/AGP
- Sound Card
- soundblaster audigy/logiteck z313 2.1 speakers
- Monitor(s) Displays
- samsung syncmaster 2032bw
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- 320gb western digital caviar
80 gb ide drive samsung
- PSU
- 500w
- Case
- cit vantage
- Cooling
- Akasa AK-960E Heatsink
- Keyboard
- Microsoft 300 keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech m505 laser mouse
- Internet Speed
- TalkTalk/d/l 13.33 mb/s u/l 0.81 mb/s-ping 13ms
- Other Info
- Bought pc from tesco 3 years ago,but have upgraded,memory,graphics card ,sound card,monitor,added usb ports and have cit vantage case,only motherboard and prossesor thats original.and upgraded from xp to windows 7,and new speakers,second hard drive for backup.WD essentials 250gb external hard drive
