What cables do I need?

carlos711 · Aug 18, 2013

Hi, i'm about to try my first build and was wondering which cables i needed for the hard drive and optical disk drive i plan on using (since they don't come with any cables).

Firstly, the i plan on using a GIGABYTE GA-F2A85XM-D3H motherboard which appears to come with 4 SATA cables? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128572

HDD: http://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-Desktop-Hard-Drive/dp/B0088PUEPK

Optical Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136259

alexoiu · Aug 18, 2013

Hi,
No cables. if the board does come with 4 SATA.
1 SATA and 1 power cables (from the PSU) are required for each drive.

USAFRet · Aug 18, 2013

SATA data cables. The PSU will come with the power cables.

Monoprice.com
http://www.monoprice.com/Search?fq=SubCategoryId:1022602&fq=MultiCategoryId:10226&keyword=sata%20cables&searchtype=subcategoryid

$0.50-$2.00 each. Buy several, in your favorite color.

EDIT: If the board comes with some, you're good. Don't need any extras, unless you have more devices that that.

carlos711 · Aug 18, 2013

THANKS!