Neo 3 SATA Devices

Anyone running 3 different SATA devices on the K8N Neo Platinum?  Specifically I'm looking at two SATA HD's and one SATA DVD R/RW.  I know everyone recommends SATA drives on 3/4 but what if you have more than two?  How's that working for people?
Thanks for any help.

I Run 4 x Raptors RAID 0.

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