Will these HDDs come with SATA cables?

[MarcLister]

Looking at the WD 640Gb and the Samsung 1Tb drives. Can anyone tell me if they will come with cables or will I need to buy a mobo with SATA cables? Will the Asus P5Q-E come with enough SATA cables to run the two HDDS?

Ta.

[graystreet]

You don't get cables with the Samsung one certainly, I doubt you will with the WD either tbh.

BTW if you do get the Samsung, select it from Scan's today only section, it's a bit cheaper there this weekend.

[MarcLister]

Ta. I'm hoping the mobo will come with enough.

[floppybootstomp]

No cables with the disks, sometimes they don't have mounting screws either.

Asus boards usually come with two SATA cables so you should be fine.

[manwithnoname]

my asus MB came with 6 SATA cables, this might as well .. http://www.hardwarelogic.com/news/13...008-07-28.html

[MarcLister]

No cables with the disks, sometimes they don't have mounting screws either.

Asus boards usually come with two SATA cables so you should be fine.

my asus MB came with 6 SATA cables, this might as well .. http://www.hardwarelogic.com/news/13...008-07-28.html

Thanks to you both.

[TheReaFireblade]

Yeah... almost all new (retail boxed) motherboards come with a dearth of SATA cables
More than you're ever likely to use in a system actually... let alone use with the particular motherboard you got them with!
So if you... as many do, update to a new motherboard quite regularly... chances are you'll eventually have dozens of the damned things lying around, which you're never gonna need/use

[DavidM]

Hard Drive Cables can be found on the Cables section

[MarcLister]

Hard Drive Cables can be found on the Cables section

Thank you sah! Confident mobo will have enough SATA cables. However ruddy thing won't come with an E-Sata cable for my external HDD so I'll have to get one from Scan.

[peterb]

I have had a problem with a sata cable cracking at the connector - giving unreliable performancce - and given that they are pretty cheap, it is probably worth buying at least one just in case the mobo isn't supplied with enough - my Asus board came with one!

[MarcLister]

Cheers peterb. I'll bear that in mind.