OEM Drive, no SATA cables?

[Iamazn]

I bought this drive. I opened it today and realized that it contains no SATA cables, only the drive itself.
-I have not yet purchased a motherboard. Will a motherboard come with SATA connectors to connect the drive to the motherboard?
-If no, what type of cables (more specific than SATA cables) do I buy to connect it?
-What type of screws will I need to buy?

 

[ls86]

Hope the reply is not too late to reach you. Anyway... Since you mentioned that you bought an OEM drive, it is very normal that it wouldn't contain any cable. Here is a link for you which, I think, talks about OEM parts in a super detailed way. http://compreviews.about.com/od/general/a/OEM.htm

- I hope by now you might already have a motherboard. So far, all the motherboards I've seen all come with sata cables.
-I think you only need sata cable and sata power cable for your drives. Usually sata power cables come with whatever the power supply you will purchase. Therefore, if I'm not wrong on this, then the things are, usually motherboards will contain sata cables; and power supplies will contain power cables to run your OEM drives.
-I'm not really sure on what exactly screws you are trying to ask. You mean screws to mount your motherboard on the case, or screws to mount your drives. Usually if you purchase a computer case, the case will provide you enough screws. If you meant to mount your drives, it still depends on you computer case. Some of the popular cases now are all screwless.

Hope this will help and good luck

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119269

This is the cable you need ^ from drive to motherboard

Does your power supply have a sata power connector available to power it?

Just remember OEM means nothing but the bare optical drive.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You can get the screws off an old hard or optical drive if you need them.

 

[nhasian]

the motherboard will come with all the cables you need. you do not need to purchase additional cables.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Best answer selected by Area51reopened.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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