Does the Inspiron 580s have room for a second internal hard drive?

I have 580s, 64-bit win7... the equipped hard drive is only 300 GB's, and I want the security of having two destinations to back-up my content on, so besides my external hard drive... I was planning on adding a second internal hard drive (Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB Desktop Hard Drive WD20EARXl) mainly as a storage drive only. My question is... will having a bigger drive that's not the main drive cause any conflicts?

max faded

You should have no issues with adding the SATA 2tb hard drive, as the secondary drive.

Bev.

sorry for a follow up question, but im not sure who or where to ask... my 1st thought was here, and you  :)

Im adding a graphics card as well to my inspiron 580s, but never put one in before .... there are 4 slots, 2 seem like they house the video card and are seperated by 2 in the middle that wont. The one next to the power supply is empty and there is another one with some sort of card like thingy that has some sort of hdmi purpose. I was originally going to put it in place of the hdmi, untill i noticed the bare slot next to the power supply. Any idea which one i should use? my preference would be to replace the hdmi card thing if possible.

max faded

You are welcome.

Bev.

That documentation was just what i needed, it was the slot taken by a hdmi thing after all, and thank you bev for helping make the most out of my computer :D

Hello again Bev ... I was wondering if you could recommend a power supply for me ... same computer (dell inspiron 580s) , currently has all the power options taken on the stock power supply... I'm looking to add a usb 3.0 and a 1tb 2.5 hard drive to go in the empty space in my dual bay next to the ssd. (the dual sata power connector thing is taken up by a 2tb 3.5 and a 256gb 2.5 ssd) ... so i guess what i need is a psu with the same connections as the stock one, but also with an extra sata and 4pin molex connection. i would have just googled and found one but ive read that some arent compatible with dell?... im nit sure.

max faded

Please post a link to the power supply you Googled.

You could use SATA power Y splitters, similar to this.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200468

Together with a SATA to 4-pin Molex adaptor, like this,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812226018

Compatible TFX power supplies can be purchased from here,

http://pointtek.ecrater.com/search.php?keywords=dell&x=56&y=7

Bev.

I can't seem to find the ones I was looking at, but I'm almost certain they weren't "TFX" (I'm assuming that bit is important)

I looked through that link you posted and may choose one of those, but concerned about the amount of sata connectors as all only list having 2... I kinda need 5 (3 hard drives, a disc drive and the added usb 3.0)

my current psu has 2 also, one already has 2 connectors (currently powering hard drives) and the other powering the disc drive.

Is it possible to split 2 sata connectors into 5? seems like it would not be recommended.

I can't seem to find the ones I was looking at, but I'm almost certain they weren't "TFX" (I'm assuming that bit is important) I looked through that link you posted and may choose one of those, but concerned about the amount of sata connectors as all only list having 2... I kinda need 5 (3 hard drives, a disc drive and the added usb 3.0) my current psu has 2 also, one already has 2 connectors (currently powering hard drives) and the other powering the disc drive. Is it possible to split 2 sata connectors into 5? seems like it would not be recommended.

Sorry to jump in on such an old thread, but I was wondering if I can add a THIRD hard drive to the Inspiron 580?  Thanks!

hunters1234

Assuming that you have a Inspiron 580 Mini Tower and not the slimline 580s version.

The easy procedure to add a third SATA hard drive, is to use an external drive.

To add a third internal hard drive, you need an open bay inside the case, plus a spare SATA motherboard connector and a SATA power connector

No SATA connector, you would need to use a SATA controller add-on card, either a PCI, or a PCIe x1 card.

ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-580_service%20manual_en-us.pdf

Bev.

Thank you Bev!  I have external ones, I wanted another internal one.  You have answered my question.

hunters1234

You are welcome, I'm happy to have helped.

Bev.