hey people. im a new member on here so please be nice.
i got myself a nice laptop off ebay, its a toshiba satellite pro L100-09. 1.6ghz processor 1gb ram (upgraded to 2gb) shared video ram dvd burner. yardi yardi.
anyway so i never really take my laptop out and it gets used mostly as a desktop machine. so i figured insteas=d of buying a desktop machine to build the system i have always wanted why not cannabalise my laptop? so i did!
my lappy has a 15" screen, a VGA output that allows both to be used at the same time. so i linked up a 15" flat screen to the vga port, whacked a usb touch panel on it unde rthe bevel, plugged in a usb DVI graphics adaptor and hooked that up to my 19" wide screen and modded that out with a touch panel as well.
sat my laptop behind my desk t its the power button and screen poping up and can use all three screens at once. not bad yeah?
well it doesnt stop there. a gyration GP100 wireless micro keyboard with airmouse, 7port usb hub, external dvd burner with lightscribe, usb 7.1 sound card, hd webcam, usb video captures for wireless cctv and more.
next on the list of things is another usb graphics card and a 7" touch screen. but this little screen will be purely for JUST desktop icons, keeps my 3 main monitors clean and tidy and keeps my shortcuts nicely organised and accesible at all times. a nice touch i think.
but heres my problem, i have an internal 500gb harddrive. and im always running out of space.
so i want to build a rack to house 8 2tb 2.5" hdds.
reason for 8 is difference things, music, programs, videos, pictures, documents and so on. now i was thinking of building it all from scratch, making the box, adding a PSU and using molex to sata adaptors to power them, adding in the fans and stuff for cooling, but im stuck on running all 8 hdds to a single usb connection without the need of another usb hub. suggestions?
any comments on the system will be appreciated too. i'll throw up some pics when i get a chance.
i got myself a nice laptop off ebay, its a toshiba satellite pro L100-09. 1.6ghz processor 1gb ram (upgraded to 2gb) shared video ram dvd burner. yardi yardi.
anyway so i never really take my laptop out and it gets used mostly as a desktop machine. so i figured insteas=d of buying a desktop machine to build the system i have always wanted why not cannabalise my laptop? so i did!
my lappy has a 15" screen, a VGA output that allows both to be used at the same time. so i linked up a 15" flat screen to the vga port, whacked a usb touch panel on it unde rthe bevel, plugged in a usb DVI graphics adaptor and hooked that up to my 19" wide screen and modded that out with a touch panel as well.
sat my laptop behind my desk t its the power button and screen poping up and can use all three screens at once. not bad yeah?
well it doesnt stop there. a gyration GP100 wireless micro keyboard with airmouse, 7port usb hub, external dvd burner with lightscribe, usb 7.1 sound card, hd webcam, usb video captures for wireless cctv and more.
next on the list of things is another usb graphics card and a 7" touch screen. but this little screen will be purely for JUST desktop icons, keeps my 3 main monitors clean and tidy and keeps my shortcuts nicely organised and accesible at all times. a nice touch i think.
but heres my problem, i have an internal 500gb harddrive. and im always running out of space.
so i want to build a rack to house 8 2tb 2.5" hdds.
reason for 8 is difference things, music, programs, videos, pictures, documents and so on. now i was thinking of building it all from scratch, making the box, adding a PSU and using molex to sata adaptors to power them, adding in the fans and stuff for cooling, but im stuck on running all 8 hdds to a single usb connection without the need of another usb hub. suggestions?
any comments on the system will be appreciated too. i'll throw up some pics when i get a chance.