Sata on old motherboard

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pantyvest

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Is there some mystery surrounding SATA ? I can't find any info.

I want to put my old motherboard, a K7S5A Pro in a new case. It has a 1.47gig amd cpu and 1 Gig of memory. Yes it's old but it's a pity to leave it in the attic.

Most of the hard drives I see around are SATA and I'm wondering if they would be compatible with the board and what cables I would need ?

Are there adaptor cables available which would allow me to get the board up and running with all the SATA stuff and new type power supplies ?

Is there a book or guide available on SATA since I'm still in the IDE world, ?

Can build old type PC but the term SATA is bothering me since I haven't even changed a dvd burner for years,

Any help would be appreciated

Pantyvest
 
Thanks for your quick reply JohnB,

Thanks for the link but I am in the UK so I would need a local supplier I suppose,

Can I take it from your answer that I should completely forget about Sata
in the long term since I would really like to know a bit more about it. ?

Thanks

Pantyvest
 
Yes, I would wait as it probably wouldn't be worth it running on that old system. Just find a computer store near you that still sells IDE drives.
 
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