Choosing a SATA 3 Cable for SSD

[jamiecollingwood2002]

Hello. I’m trying to buy an SSD as I had to return one I got for Christmas that my motherboard doesn’t support. I would like to get an SSD that doesn’t directly connect to the motherboard but is connected to the motherboard the same way that my HDD is connected: via a SATA cable. I looked around inside my pc case but I couldn’t find another wire, only the one that my HDD uses, but there are another 3 spare slots so my motherboard does support having an HDD and SDD connected simultaneously.

For reference my motherboard is an ASUS a320m Pro-VH Plus.

When I search Google for SATA III cables there are lots of different options to choose and I can’t find any form of model names to choose from. I have taken a picture on my phone of what the slot looks like, so I can provide that if necessary. Anybody able to help me identify which cable I should buy?

 

[Supahos]

Do you have more of the fater of the two cables coming from the power supply to the hard drive? If so then any sata cable will work. The one coming from the power supply will be needed to power the ssd

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

SATA power comes from your PSU and your board should come with two SATA data cables.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/45cm-scan-sata-iii-certified-6gbps-internal-cable-locking-connectors
Scan UK has cables ^

 

[jamiecollingwood2002]

SATA power comes from your PSU and your board should come with two SATA data cables.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/45cm-scan-sata-iii-certified-6gbps-internal-cable-locking-connectors
Scan UK has cables ^

I think my board only came with one cable. I’ll check and see if the SSD comes with a cable or if you can buy another cable from MSI.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I linked a SATA data cable from SCAN if you can't find the other one.

 

[jamiecollingwood2002]

I linked a SATA data cable from SCAN if you can't find the other one.

I found another cable in the box which I dug up from my garage, sorry for late reply, thanks for linking another cable and letting me know the motherboard comes with two.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Glad to help!