Reusing parts?

[Atomic Rooster]

Just have a look inside. If the hard drive has a wide cable attached to it, it's an IDE drive.

 

[metin]

Looks like its SATA to me
It has a few narrow colored wires.
I think I have an IDE drive on top though.
The one on top has cables that look like this:
http://www.cksinfo.com/clipart/electronics/computers/cables/ide-cable.png

Anyone wanna confirm this?

 

[Atomic Rooster]

That's an IDE cable.

SATA:

 

[metin]

Crap I took a closer look and its IDE
I don't know if I want to buy a SATA drive
Anyone recommend me a good one?

 

[rohan23]

This is the one I own. Anything SATA will do you good.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136153

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

 

[rohan23]

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

I'm pretty sure he is looking for a DVD drive, haha.

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Either way, he got two good recommendations.

 

[metin]

I already ordered my hard drive, its sitting right next to me actually with a bunch of other new parts.
And wtf it turns out I actually did order that LOL
Whata coincidence.

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Great minds think alike.