increase HDD space to 160GB -advice required

[bcdxer]

increase HDD space to 160GB -advice required
My system configuration
Intel Pentium 4 processor 1600MHZ
Intel Pentium 4 processor (478 pins) Mainboard with VIA P4M266A & VT8235 chipset Processors - One Socket 478 supports the Intel Pentium 4 processor up to 533MHz FSB
- Host Bus Speed: 400/533 MHz (133 MHz QDR) CPU Front Side Bus (FSB) Chipset - VIA APOLLO P4M266A: VT8751A NORTH BRIDGE AND VT8235CD SOUTH BRIDGE
40GB HDD
LG CD ROM
LG CD WRITTER
LG DVD ROM
RADEON128MB GRAPHICS CARD
384MB RAM
ON BOARD SOUND
my main board have IDE interface only.

i want to increase HDD space to 160GB.

Can i use new HDD with 160GB as main and existing 40GB hard disc as slave?
is there any performence problem or slow down of system?
please advice

[bcdxer]

my motherboard will support?

[Fruss Tray Ted]

Hi. Welcome to http://www.pcguide.com/ubb/pcgubb.gif

The cd-rom is not needed because the dvd-rom will read cd's fine. This will open a place for you to put the extra drive.

You should be fine adding a hard drive but if you get a performance boost depends on the drive you upgrade to compared to the one you have.

Partitioning also helps performance at times and should be considered if you plan on putting your operating system (XP?) on the 160gig drive. 20 gigs is a nice number normally for XP, give or take, depending on your particular interests and intended uses.

What is that 40 gig drive and which 160 do you plan on getting?

[rond36]

That is an old motherboard and may hit the 128GiB (137.4GB) HDD limit so I suggest you stay at or below 120GB single drive size.

[Fruss Tray Ted]

There are many ways to work around size limits. And smaller drives are becoming rare, also the best deals are much larger than 120 or so gigs.

[rond36]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144118