Chose the WD SE 800JB, where are the cables/software?

[eqmassa]

Decided to go with the WD 80gb Special Edition (probably my least favorite regarding noise and performance, but a 3 year warranty is hard to pass up, especially on a HD).

However, Newegg (and everyone else, even WD?s store) doesn?t sell it with any cables or software. Where can I find this stuff? Never built a computer completely solo, so I definitely don?t want to wing it, heh.

 

[Insane3D]

Well, first off, you won't need any "software" for a HD. Second, if you are building a new PC, the motherboard comes with the cables.

 

[eqmassa]

Please excuse my ignorance; sorry for wasting your time. The Newegg description included that it didn't have those things, so I thought I'd research it heh.

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: eqmassa
Please excuse my ignorance; sorry for wasting your time. The Newegg description included that it didn't have those things, so I thought I'd research it heh.

No reason to apologize at all. There was a time when I would have asked the same questions. After all, asking questions is how you learn right?

 

[charlie21]

Actually, if you buy a retail drive, they usually come with cables, and sometimes an ATA controller card. OEM drives just come with the bare drive. As mentioned before, your motherboard will come with IDE cables, so you don't need to worry about that. Don't knock that WD drive either, mine has served me well.

 

[SpeedFreak03]

I bought that exact drive about 2 months ago (the OEM version for $80 on newegg). It has been working great, and is much quieter than my old 30GB 7200RPM western digital (one of the first ATA100 drives). Sometimes im not even sure if it spun up lol.