cable question

[mroosa]

I ordered a LiteOn DVD burner Retail version and a LiteOn DVDROM OEM version. The OEM version didn't come with any cables. Will I need to order a cable or will those come with my retail mother board or retail power supply? The motherboard and rest of the components are set to arrive tomorrow.

[Staren]

The cables will come with your motherboard and PSU, no worries. All retail motherboards these days come with at least 2 SATA cables if not enough for all the slots on the board.

[mroosa]

Thanks. I hope to start my build Thursday or Friday. It should be interesting.

[Duffasaurus]

The cables will come with your motherboard and PSU, no worries. All retail motherboards these days come with at least 2 SATA cables if not enough for all the slots on the board.
Haha, yeah. My motherboard has 8 sata slots(WHY?!)and only came with 2 sata cables. I was like "...thanks..." And then my power supply did this **** where the 2nd sata connector was in line with the first one. So you could only connect 2 hard drvies, not 1 hdd and 1 optical drive. Luckily my hdd came with a 4 pin molex connector just in case. Gotta love western digital :D

[Alaron]

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[glfredrick]

SATA does not gang like PATA. You need a port for each device.