# Want to build a new PC **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-build-a-new-pc/628196 "2012-07-14T13:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/and_his_buzzer_goes/32/377_2.png) [@And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/And_his_buzzer_goes)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-build-a-new-pc/628196/21 "2012-07-17T06:15:57Z")
It’s worth it to clean all those drives out. They are probably from generations past and can benefit from a modern replacement. And do you use the optical drives that much so you need two ? ---
**Author:** ![jacobsta811](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jacobsta811/32/2893_2.png) [@jacobsta811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacobsta811)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-build-a-new-pc/628196/22 "2012-07-17T15:01:48Z")
If you upgrade you’re pretty much going to have to clean out - very few newer motherboards support IDE at all and pretty much none support more than a single IDE cable supporting 2 devices. As far as drive bays, SSDs are usually 2.5", but you can easily get a bracket to convert them to fit into a 3.5" drive. The better new cases are so much better than the older ones I used to have - larger fans mean more air with less noise and lower temperatures for your CPU & GPU. I personally have two Antec 300s and a Corsair 500R, and even the Antec 300 is miles better than the cases I used to get. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-build-a-new-pc/628196/23 "2012-07-19T15:15:53Z")
> [@And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](#): > > It’s worth it to clean all those drives out. They are probably from generations past and can benefit from a modern replacement. And do you use the optical drives that much so you need two ? One drive is a Blu-Ray and the other is a DVD recorder so I do need two unless I buy a replacement optical drive. The IDE drives can go into an enclosure and become external drives if it came down to it. > [@jacobsta811](#): > > If you upgrade you’re pretty much going to have to clean out - very few newer motherboards support IDE at all and pretty much none support more than a single IDE cable supporting 2 devices. As far as drive bays, SSDs are usually 2.5", but you can easily get a bracket to convert them to fit into a 3.5" drive. > The better new cases are so much better than the older ones I used to have - larger fans mean more air with less noise and lower temperatures for your CPU & GPU. I personally have two Antec 300s and a Corsair 500R, and even the Antec 300 is miles better than the cases I used to get. I’ll look into the Antec cases [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-build-a-new-pc/628196.md?page=1)