Topic: Hard Drive Upgrade

[Kaz]

Im thinking of upgrading my Hard Drive from 80gig up to the maximum it can take my self (this will be a first)

I have an Acer Veriton 3700GX with 1GB memory any ideas or help as to where I start please and how do I find out how much it will take 

Thanks

[Sandra]

I dont know your particular pc but if its got 1 gig of ram then presumably its new enough to be able to take any capacity of hard drive.
We just need to find out if its IDE or SATA drives that it takes, some take both.

[Kaz]

Thanks for that Sandra, how do I find out which one I have?

[Sandra]

I meant to look for some info for you after I posted but didnt get time sorry.
I will try and find out later if no one else has.

[Sandra]

Ok it uses a SATA drive.
So you can use either SATA 1 or SATA 11 but it will only run the SATA 11 at SATA 1 speeds ie 150mbps instead of the 300mbps.

From what I can see it will only take one internal hard drive so if you want to increase the storage capacity you will have to replace the original hard drive or use an external USB hard drive if you want to keep the original drive.

I came across this review :

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/83639/acer-veriton-3700gx.html

Which says :

It's worth noting that the Acer isn't the easiest to work on either. Three thumbscrews have to be unscrewed before the case comes off. All three drive bays are part of one assembly, which pivots and lifts out in one. Cabling is a mess, though, with plugs and wires behind the optical drive restricting access to the memory slots.

The hard disk is difficult to remove, and we also discovered that the edges of the steel cage are razor-sharp.