purchasing a new mobo, but can't tell what comes with it.. help please

[zskillz]

So I'm going to be purchasing the abit NF7-S... I am also going to buy a seagate SATA drive. However, I don't know if the mobo contains the right type of cables or if I need to buy them separately.

2 questions...

what type of cables do I need to connect a SATA drive? (do I need a special power cable??)


here's a picture of the contents of the NF7-S motherboard... I can't tell if it has what I want or not... can anyone else?

The Picture

thanks,
-Z

[Overclocked412]

Comes with the mobo. As long as its in a retail box/new, it comes with 2 sata cables.

[Starfury_2260]

a serial cable is shown on the bottom right of the package contents picture, beside an adaptor for using sata with a normal ide hard drive. i dont know how serial ata drives hook up for power but they most likely use the same power connector as the ide hd's. it shouldn't be too hard to tell.

[zskillz]

the picture was just too small for me and I haven't had much luck finding other pictures that are much more telling!

thanks both,
-Z

[thekingofpain]

The power for sata drives is carried by that 1 single cable---thats part of what makes em so cool---a little phone wire like cable and no big ribbon/molex setup...