Possible to buy more SATA sockets?

[jambab]

ok, well as you know in my last post ive been wanting to install my other hard drive onto this computer, however when i went and had a look both of the SATA sockets were used up my CD Drive and my HDD is using it, so now im stuck with a problem.

Do i take the old hdd out, put the new one in and install windows 7 and have about 70GB extra space, or is there something i can buy to increase the number of SATA sockets?

 

[kmote]

Yes - a SATA controller. Newegg.com - PCI Card, IDE Controller, Controller Card, RAID Card, ATA Card, SATA Card, RAID Controller

 

[jambab]

Oh wonderful, thats brilliant, is there anything i should look out for? in terms of compatibility or are they usually all compatible with all PCI Express motherboards.

 

[SteveIgnorant]

Yes, it should be compatible. If you want, an SATA bridge will give you backwards compatibility with IDE.

 

[kmote]

Just make sure you have an open slot for whatever it uses, remembering that a PCIe-x2 card, for example, will fit in any PCIe-x2/4/8/16 slot.