It depends on what you will do with the computer but I recomend at least 8.
This question depends on what you are doing on the computer and what type of drives you have
The Storm Scout ATX Mid-Tower has a whopping FIVE external drive bays!
Depends on the model 1 or 2.
They come in different sizes. There are two main ones: 3.5" and 5.25", which are the sizes of the standard bays in a desktop computer case. At one time, 5.25" was the most common, though it's now relatively rare.
Usually, there are specifications listed for that on the case manufacturer's website. Go to the site, find the case you want to buy, and on that case's individual webpage it usually has information such as what size of motherboard the case can fit, how many bays for hard and optical drives it has and what kind of power supply will fit in it.
Theoretically any computer case made in the last several years or later. The choice of computer cases depends on personal preference. Some are designed to be quiet, some have many hard-drive slots, some are built to look cool, but in general any recent computer case would work. All motherboards and other computer hardware are designed to fit any computer case, and if the computer case requires any case-specific hardware it comes with the case.
many card readers are that size, some fan comtrollers, and especially a 3.5 floppy drive- but do you use one?. You can also put hard drives there. Are you looking for a case? A good cheap case for beginners is an Antec 300. More beefy cases are Antec 900, CM HAF 932, CM Sniper, Antec 1200, Azza Solano.... But these are reasonable priced cases. Lian Li and others make real nice expensive cases that you may like as well, but I never really looked at them.
You need to troubleshoot the computer and find out why it is dead. There are many reasons, and that issue to too broad for this question. In the second to worst case, which is where the computer is unrepairable, perhaps due to cost, but the hard drive is working, you can remove the hard drive and put it into a new computer, and then copy the data. Unfortunately, newer computers tend to use SATA drives, and older computers use IDE drives, so you may need to get an adapter, such as IDE to USB. In the worst case, where the computer is dead because the hard drive is bad, you are generally out of luck. There are companies that specialize in hard drive data recovery, but the cost can be thousands of dollars. Question? You do have a backup, don't you?
The computer has many drives. You have to be more specific.
there a over 10 diffent types of data cables in a computer case
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