How can I connect my current 2.5 inch HDD to a new computer?

kaareand

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As the title suggests, I'm removing the 750GB 7200RPM hard drive with all of my things on it from my laptop, and moving it into a new PC build, to avoid buying a hard drive and an operating system. I need to know what cables to get to connect my current hard drive to the motherboard of my new build. the motherboard is an ASRock B85M Pro4 if that helps.

Full specs for my current laptop:
Clevo w150er
Nvidia GT650M 1024mb DDR5 vram
Intel i5-3210M @2.4GHz
16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz ram
750GB HDD @7200 RPM
250GB HDD @5400 RPM

Full specs for my new build
Intel i5-4670k @3.4GHz
ASRock B85M Pro4
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card
Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

To buy later on for new build:
NZXT Kraken G10
Corsair H75 Liquid cooler (hooked to gpu using NZXT Kraken G10
Corsair Professional Individually sleeved DC Cable Kit, Type 3 (Generation 2), WHITE


On a side note: how can I cool my cpu if i'm water cooling my gpu?
 
They connect just like a normal harddrive. the cables come with the motherboard.

The OS is tied to the laptop motherboard. it likely will not boot in your desktop but even if it does it will deactivate and your license will be invalid. You have to buy a new license