Rookie Mistake (Bare Drive)

[aseycay]

Hello,
I bought a Western Digital "Bare Drive" HDD from Newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533)
I should have paid more attention to the "Bare Drive" part... I do not have any screws to mount it or a SATA cable to hook it up! >_< I can get a cheap SATA 6gb/s cable from monoprice.com... I'm sure I can get mounting screws at a hardware store... but I have no idea what to ask for when I get there... Can anyone help? :X
Also... the back of the hard drive has a standard SATA connection... but it also has another wide similar connector beside it... Is that important? Do I need a special cable or will any SATA cable do? I will use this drive for storage and gaming on my PC, I am currently using an SSD as my OS drive.

 

[Dr_JRE]

For the screws you will need M3 or UNC 6-32 screws. Either will work

As for that other SATA looking but bigger plug, that's the power plug.
Yes, you will need that if the drive doesn't have the backwards compatible Molex power plug.
(Which it doesn't.)

You will need to either buy a new power supply, or a sata power adapter for your current power supply if it does not have one of these.

 

[aseycay]

Thanks very much for the reply! The drive does have a legacy power plug for molex. I also remember seeing the SATA power adapter cables on my power supply, now that you mention it. Thanks for the tip on the screws, so, these should work?:

http://www.homedepot.com/Tools-Hardware/h_d1/N-25ecodZ5yc1vZc1xy/R-202836120/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=m3&storeId=10051

 

[aseycay]

Best answer selected by aseycay.

 

[Dr_JRE]

too long.
try this:
http://www.xoxide.com/unc-screws-cross-slottedblacknickel.html?gclid=CJG5odLajbICFeeDQgodhSIAPA

 

[aseycay]

Thanks! I thought they looked super long for hard drive screws, but I haven't touched the inside of a computer for about 10 years! >_<