SATA and IDE Hard Drives

When buying a new hard drive it is important to understand that there are different types of HDDs such as SATA and IDE. If you want to have a SATA HDD, you have to make sure that your motherboard has a SATA connector. In many computer stores customers are not being warned that there are different types of hard drives and that is why it is important to make sure you buy the right one. SATA is considered to be a newer and faster HDD, so if your computer supports it, make sure you buy it. Actually, even if your motherboard doesnt have a SATA connector you can use a SATA to IDE converter, so if you didnt buy the correct one you should buy this converter.