power supply with a large number of connectors?

From: /dev/null (dev.null_at_BeginThread.com)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:12:12 GMT

I'm trying to figure out the largest number of hard drives I can safely use
off of one power supply. The largest power supply wattage I see available
is 500, and those come with 6 hard-drive type connectors. I know I can use
splitters to increase the number of connectors I can use, but I don't know
what the max limit on that is.

What's the max number of splitters I should use to support hard drives on a
standard single-CPU ATX-style board? I plan on buying extra IO controller
cards to support the extra drives.

Thanks!