When you buy a hard drive is it normally supposed to come with cables, software etc. or is it normal for it to just come with just the hard drive. I found this awesome deal on a WD200 GB for 89.00 after rebate but it says comes in OEM packaging, not including, cables, software, or mounting screws. so i didnt know if thats normal or not, and if so where could i get all those cables software and mounting accesories, what are they called?
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Nick
Depends. If you buy OEM you get the drive. If you buy the retail kit then you get the cables, extra jumpers, manuals etc. If you need those extra things, local computer stores usually have them for $5 or so, nothin major.
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this will be my first time building a computer so do you think it will be necessary to get the manuals and all the cables, if i just get the OEM drive, what cables and stuff will i need to install?
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Nick
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Manuals arent prolly needed and you can get help here or even download the manuals from the net. If you're getting a PATA drive then you'll be needing to get something like this:
If its a SATA drive then you'll be needing something like this
I wouldnt go buy the cables just yet ... most mobos come with all the cables and stuff you'll need
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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...THD-2000JB%20P
Heres the link, what kind of drive is it, what do i need to hook it up. where could i find the manual online to download
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Nick
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http://www.pchardware.co.uk/wdigital100gb.htm
Thats a decent guide
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whats a sata drive never heard of it!!!!!!!
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SATA drives are a (relatively) new type of harddrive interface (they've been around for roughly 2-3 years) which sends a single stream of data at extremely high speeds rather than a whole bunch of streams of data at low-medium speeds. The end result is a higher throughput. SATA drives are rated as ATA7 (aka ATA-150). Second generation SATA, dubbed ATA-300 should double the available throughput of the system
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If you buy OEM you get the drive. If you buy the retail kit
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wait you're telling me theres non-OEM hard drives?
All your cables should come with your motherboard, unless you have a prebuilt system, then you can buy them at most any computer shop
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