I bought a barebones w cpu/mobo/ddr/pwrsply I transfered both my HDD's 1 is 80 gb 1 is 120 gb I am running out of room (I know I use alot) anyway I want to add a 250gb but my cable only has 2 plugs can this be done and if so how? attched is system info.

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You could use an PCI-IDE card , like this one:

http://www.verbatim.com.au/products/....cfm?ID=KW571A

or you could swap out one of youre Disk Drives.

I like the idea and i have the extra PCI slot only one prob though:
The controller is fully backward-compatible with all IDE/ATAPI devices - including Ultra DMA/ATA 66,33, EIDE Fast ATA-2, IDE drives, CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM and DVD-R/RW drives.

• PCI specification V.2.1 Compliant
• High performance up to 100 MB/sec
• Supports boot ROM
• Recognizes devices up to 128 GB
• Supports dual data channels allow separate device timing for Ultra ATA and EIDE devices
• Includes 1 high speed quality 80-wire/40 pin IDE cable
• Supports ATAPI-ready peripherals
• Compliant with Plug and Play
• Compatible with Windows 98SE/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP
• IDE supported for Linux OS (not RAID)

Is this a standard limit or do I just need to find a different card?

Good question , after looking around it looks like that is card dependent.
But most cards just don't mention it , so its difficult to know for sure.

Might wanna Wait until some of the others have looked at this , maybe they know a good card , or you could buy it in the store and ask the salesperson about it.