SATA requirements
To use SATA, here is the requirements (Click the links below for pictures of the item)
- Motherboard with SATA connections, or a PCI SATA card
- SATA data cables
- Power supply with SATA power connectors or a converter cable to turn a connector to a SATA power connector
If your system does not have SATA built in, you will have to use a PCI SATA card. If your power supply does not have a SATA power connector, then you will have to use a converter connector.
NOTE: you can have SATA and IDE drives in the same system.
For more information on SATA data cable, click here