Help ID what part is called (picture)

[PeterOz]

HP power supply 240w

[PeterOz]

can i ask how are you going to fit the drives in the case

[marioxb]

So the motherboard has two SATA ports. It came with a hard drive (of course) and a DVD drive. There is one empty bay next to the disc drive. I’ve installed a new HDD in that slot, using the cables from the (broken) DVD drive. Now I want to replace that DVD drive with a BD burner, and also add in a 3rd HDD. (All 3.5"). Not entirely sure where the third HDD would go. I suppose I could get an external enclosure for that one. But I’d like at least one more sata port.

[PeterOz]

do you have anything plugged into the pcie ports - black ones

[Bruce]

@marioxb - still need help?

[marioxb]

Sorry I haven’t had a chance to look inside my PC again, I’ll look in the morning. Thank you!

[marioxb]

do you have anything plugged into the pcie ports - black ones

No. But are they PCIE? They seem too long. [ATTACH type=“full”]11345[/ATTACH]

[PeterOz]

Something like this should work Server Busy
@Bruce @phillpower2

[Bruce]

the long blacks are PCIe x 16.
the short blacks are PCIe x 1.
the whites are PCI.

the Amazon link from Peter would be a good way to go.
not sure of the bottlenecking if 4 SATA devices are connected on that one PCIe x 1 bus lane.
would be better than USB2 external connections, and probably better than USB3 speeds.

[marioxb]

Alright guys. I appreciate all the help. I think I can take it from here. Thanks!

[Bruce]

no worries.
I’ll close this then, and you can always PM a staff member to have it re-opened if necessary.