Which SATA cable to buy?

[kanebrasi]

Just bought a Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -so it did not come with a cable

Newegg has a lot of different sata cables, I can't figure out which one is best for this drive. And why do some come with power adapters?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[The Wise Monkey]

SATA drives can usually get their power from a standard 4-pin molex connector straight from the PSU - I'm prety sure WD drives can.

All SATA cables are basically the same, so I don't know what Newegg is trying to do - have you got a link at all?

[kanebrasi]

If you go here http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=1&name=Cables then scroll down on your left under "Type" you will see SATA and SATA II. I guess I'm confused about which cable will utilize my Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144701

It all seems a little vaugue. Is it a SATA II drive? Is it just plain SATA? Or is it SATA 3.0Gb/s? And which cable is best?

Thanks for the help.

Kanebrasi

[Jamie Nixx]

Your motherboard should come with a sata cable mate, and for WM, sata HD's need a special Sata power connecter from the power supply, on most decent psu's they should have a couple, or you can buy the adaptors for next to nothing.

[kanebrasi]

It did come with 1. I need another for a second WD SATA hard drive I'm adding. Got it OEM from newegg so no cables included, not sure if retail would come with one anyway.

[The Wise Monkey]

Actually Jamie, I've used SATA drives that take the standard 4-pin molex connector. :)

That HD is SATA II, so go for one of those cables.

[dadbuilt]

If your not sure why not just take the one you have in to a local shop and match it up with one if you pick wrong just take it back.