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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: dazeus on June 21, 2018, 02:18:14 pm

Title: HDD Size Limitations
Post by: dazeus on June 21, 2018, 02:18:14 pm

Hi All, i own a computer with a GA-297X-Gaming 3 motherboard.
I want to purchase a large 8TB or even 12TB WD Gold Hard Disk, and wanted to make sure this was compatible with the motherboard running windows 10?
I know in the past there was a limitation to 2TB, and wanted to make sure the motherboard would accept this size.
Couldnt see anything limitation in the manual or on the FAQ directly.

thanks in Advance.

Title: Re: HDD Size Limitations
Post by: shadowsports on June 21, 2018, 02:50:28 pm

Greetings,
Should work.  If in doubt.  Contact Gigabyte to verify hardware support.

If windows, plan to format GPT and use UEFI if you will boot from this drive.  Either way... I recommend you have a second "like" disk to perform back ups with.