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#1 SiKh22
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iam reading on this PSU(might order) people always say they want more sata cables for there drives. it is used to power them but mine use the 4 pin molex cables and that long fat band wire from the drive to the Motherboard.  i dont even see something that would plug into my drive like the sata cables are, what kinds of drives use them?

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sata hard drives has 2 cables, data cables and power cables. power cables connect to the drive from the psu, its not like the same standard molex power supply, a little bit thicker, the data cable is more like the size of a usb cable, and its very slim.
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iam reading on this PSU(might order) people always say they want more sata cables for there drives. it is used to power them but mine use the 4 pin molex cables and that long fat band wire from the drive to the Motherboard. i dont even see something that would plug into my drive like the sata cables are, what kinds of drives use them?

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All of the new Hard Drives, it's much quicker, some newer DVD-RW drives also use them.
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IDE (ATA)

SATA

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[QUOTE="SiKh22"]

iam reading on this PSU(might order) people always say they want more sata cables for there drives. it is used to power them but mine use the 4 pin molex cables and that long fat band wire from the drive to the Motherboard. i dont even see something that would plug into my drive like the sata cables are, what kinds of drives use them?

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All of the new Hard Drives, it's much quicker, some newer DVD-RW drives also use them.

actually the ide drives r the ones who disturb the harmony and beauty of any case.
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iam reading on this PSU(might order) people always say they want more sata cables for there drives. it is used to power them but mine use the 4 pin molex cables and that long fat band wire from the drive to the Motherboard.  i dont even see something that would plug into my drive like the sata cables are, what kinds of drives use them?

SiKh22
The drive you have is IDE. So the molex power plug from the PSU will go into this drive. SATA wires look like this...
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[QUOTE="_0V3RKI11_"][QUOTE="SiKh22"]

iam reading on this PSU(might order) people always say they want more sata cables for there drives. it is used to power them but mine use the 4 pin molex cables and that long fat band wire from the drive to the Motherboard. i dont even see something that would plug into my drive like the sata cables are, what kinds of drives use them?

r3351925

All of the new Hard Drives, it's much quicker, some newer DVD-RW drives also use them.

actually the ide drives r the ones who disturb the harmony and beauty of any case.

exactly haha 

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[QUOTE="r3351925"][QUOTE="_0V3RKI11_"][QUOTE="SiKh22"]

iam reading on this PSU(might order) people always say they want more sata cables for there drives. it is used to power them but mine use the 4 pin molex cables and that long fat band wire from the drive to the Motherboard. i dont even see something that would plug into my drive like the sata cables are, what kinds of drives use them?

ncderek

All of the new Hard Drives, it's much quicker, some newer DVD-RW drives also use them.

actually the ide drives r the ones who disturb the harmony and beauty of any case.

exactly haha 

i have only 1 for the dvd writer, and it sux 2 have 1.
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[QUOTE="ncderek"][QUOTE="r3351925"][QUOTE="_0V3RKI11_"][QUOTE="SiKh22"]

iam reading on this PSU(might order) people always say they want more sata cables for there drives. it is used to power them but mine use the 4 pin molex cables and that long fat band wire from the drive to the Motherboard. i dont even see something that would plug into my drive like the sata cables are, what kinds of drives use them?

r3351925

All of the new Hard Drives, it's much quicker, some newer DVD-RW drives also use them.

actually the ide drives r the ones who disturb the harmony and beauty of any case.

exactly haha

i have only 1 for the dvd writer, and it sux 2 have 1.

^_^ The reason I got SATA DVD drives is because of the huge cables *shudders* not good for airflow...
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yeah the sata looks nice, but windows xp wont reformat with a sata
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SATA HD have a new power connector on them, however most if not all SATA drives I've seen also have a molex connector. I know my two drives do, but I still use the SATA power connector.
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yeah the sata looks nice, but windows xp wont reformat with a satancderek
Hmm? If you're reffering to DVD drives, both of mine are SATA and they worked fine with the XP installation.
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thx for the tips.
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#14 SiKh22
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will SATA cables become standard soon?
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#15 GRiMeY
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will SATA cables become standard soon? SiKh22
Probably so. But the IDE will exist in motherboards for a while, since 90% of optical drives are IDE.
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[QUOTE="r3351925"][QUOTE="ncderek"][QUOTE="r3351925"][QUOTE="_0V3RKI11_"][QUOTE="SiKh22"]

iam reading on this PSU(might order) people always say they want more sata cables for there drives. it is used to power them but mine use the 4 pin molex cables and that long fat band wire from the drive to the Motherboard. i dont even see something that would plug into my drive like the sata cables are, what kinds of drives use them?

_0V3RKI11_

All of the new Hard Drives, it's much quicker, some newer DVD-RW drives also use them.

actually the ide drives r the ones who disturb the harmony and beauty of any case.

exactly haha

i have only 1 for the dvd writer, and it sux 2 have 1.

^_^ The reason I got SATA DVD drives is because of the huge cables *shudders* not good for airflow...

Rounded IDE Cables. :) 

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