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SATA RAID Cables?
I am putting together a system with 2 SATA drives. The drives I am
looking at are specified as OEM which I take to mean just the drive. I am not familiar with how the cabling works. But I assume I need at least a SATA data cable. What exactly do I need? Pointing me to actual product links would be great. TIA, Dan |
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"Dan" wrote in message ... I am putting together a system with 2 SATA drives. The drives I am looking at are specified as OEM which I take to mean just the drive. I am not familiar with how the cabling works. But I assume I need at least a SATA data cable. What exactly do I need? Pointing me to actual product links would be great. TIA, Dan You just need 2 S-ATA data cables, that are normally part of your motherboard package. If not, yo will have to purchase them separately. Depending of the type of S-ATA drives you purchase, you also could need 2 power cable adaptors (not needed with Maxtor). Again, those adaptors are normally supplied with the motherboard. |
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"Dan" said in :
I am putting together a system with 2 SATA drives. The drives I am looking at are specified as OEM which I take to mean just the drive. I am not familiar with how the cabling works. But I assume I need at least a SATA data cable. What exactly do I need? Pointing me to actual product links would be great. TIA, Dan For N SATA drives, you'll need N SATA cables (i.e., one per drive). Some motherboards include them but often you'll only get one SATA cable. If the unit was built by someone else or prebuilt, and especially if it has moved around in the company, forget about the miscellenous stuffs trailing along. You can get SATA cables cheap (e.g., http://snipurl.com/newegg_sata). If you have SATA drives, you'll need SATA connectors from your power supply. The later ones might provide a couple of SATA power connectors. If not, you can get them cheap, too (e.g., http://snipurl.com/newegg_satapwr). Be sure to configure the boot drive sequence in your BIOS to designate the SATA drive. You won't get better performance from SATA drives (in current systems) but it is handy to have a much smaller cable to route inside your box along with better airflow. If the OEM drive is really stripped, make sure you have an assortment of spare mounting screws for the hard drives. -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ |
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