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Need help with Hard Drive to Motherboard

Nomarac
10-21-2005, 04:23 PM
I had all the parts for my computer selected and then I noticed that the MB and the HD might not go together. Im not goog with campat stuff at all :( Im thinking of building a computer. Could anyone tell me if this Hard Drive will work with this motherboard?


MSI P4N SLI-FI Socket T (LGA 775) ATX Intel Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130362)


Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160)

vnf4ultra
10-21-2005, 05:57 PM
Yes, they should work fine. The motherboard has 4 sata ports, and that drive will take one of those ports. The motherboard also should come with the data cable, so you're covered in that area as well. The thing to consider is whether your power supply has a sata power connector, like this.
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8321/sata9cr.jpg
There are also molex(4pin) to sata adapters, so even if you don't have one, you can get an adapter. Sata drives can sometimes be troublesome to setup, but I doubt you'll have problems with that board, as it's newer and name brand.
Good luck on the system.

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