Maximus VI HERO and 6TB HDDs

[kenpachi7144]

Hello guys, I'm back to this trusty forum in look for enlightenment. I'm planning to buy a pair of WD 6TB Red HDDs and my question is if the maximus vi hero will be able to use those hdds. I don't have any experience with anything beyond 2TB. I would greatly appreciate any feedback. Thank you.

[tObber]

Hi!

Yes, those hard drives will work just fine with your motherboard.

Just remember to use GPT partition instead of MBR, because MBR doesn't support drives >2TB

/Cheers

[kenpachi7144]

Thanks for the reply, now can you please give me some instructions or a link on how to do that. Would be greatly appreciated, I haven't bought any new hdds since I bought both my seagates in 2010 and have since forgotten the process.

[tObber]

Follow these instructions. It gives you two options, choose the one you think is easiest:


http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26193-convert-mbr-disk-gpt-disk.html


/cheers