How to make my PC support more SATA drives?

[LuckyBenski]

TBF that sounds like about the same amount of work I need to put in anyway. The ripping is automated but I'll still need to scan through the folders, checking all titles were ripped, renaming any titles that weren't labelled etc. Might look into EAC for my CD collection

 

[d_brennen]

TBH I'd be hitting eBay and buying a couple used PCIe SATA controller cards, then asking someone like Tier1 if they'll do you a deal on 10 DVD/CD drives. Recycling/refurbing companies will have thousands if they don't automatically trash them these days. You can power the drives from any old PSU outside of the case if SATA power connectors is an issue.

Would be cheaper than buying any USB drives I'm sure

 

[Lee James]

TBH I'd be hitting eBay and buying a couple used PCIe SATA controller cards, then asking someone like Tier1 if they'll do you a deal on 10 DVD/CD drives. Recycling/refurbing companies will have thousands if they don't automatically trash them these days. You can power the drives from any old PSU outside of the case if SATA power connectors is an issue.

Would be cheaper than buying any USB drives I'm sure

Another excellent bit of advice, thanks. This is such a great community!