Quick question about sata cables?

youcancallmeal

If i'm getting a new motherboard and sata hard drive will i need to buy sata cables separatley or will they come with either product, also will i need to buy any special power cables or do they come with psu's??

Thanks in advance

al

iregk

I take it that the mother board you are getting is also a SATA board? If not you will need a SATA to IDE Converter. You can pick these up anywhere.

In either case getting a new harddrive you will and should get a SATA cable with it. If not ask for it and tell them your not paying for the cable as it should be part of the package.

youcancallmeal

Thanks for the reply
Well i'm ordering from komplett and i'm pretty certain the hard drive just comes as is(ie on its own without cables).

Had a look at the manual of the motherboard i'm gonna buy and its got 4 ide slots and 2 sata so there should be no problem with connectivity i'd imagine.

Also will i need anykind of power cables or converters for sata devices?

padraigf

The board should come with 2 sata cables.

iregk

Ah Komplett great site. Last time I got a HD from there it came with a cable so you may get lucky but you also could be right and get it as is.

With regards to power, no you dont need any converters or that for SATA devices, if the board supports them then the standard power will do.

The only things that require extra juice really are the PCI Express graphics cards. If your thinking of one of those that will use PCIe make sure power supply will cover it otherwise your in trouble.

iregk

Actually another great site is dabs.co.uk. I order from there now and again and the longest I have been waiting is 4 days!!!

youcancallmeal

Well i'm gettin two sata hard drives so i reckon i'll just one cable, Theyre only €5 so even if they do come with cables at least i'll have spare. I'd say peats charge €10 for the same cable anyway, i hate having to give them my hard earned cash!

byte

My recent MSI K8N Neo board came (from Komplett) with 2 S-ATA cables, the HDD just came in bubble wrap as expected.

iregk

Yeah they are robbing ******** alright. But they do have some good small form factor cases... thats about the only thing i'd be interested off them.

But yeah never a bad thing to have a spare cable floating about the place. Best of luck with the build and remember anti static wrist strap!!!! The amount of people that used to call me in IBM with defunct memory chips and the like only to find out they have been opening it and messing about!!! Static is a mother******

youcancallmeal

No anti-static strap for me, just gonna touch something metal every now and then

Anyways thanks for all replies and advice, off to order the stuff now

iregk

Yeah thats the way to go. I always hold onto the inside of the case (unpainted metal). Does the job.

Webmonkey

Your Board will Come with Two S-ATA Cables