quick SATA Hard Drive question

[Panda Man]

My Motherboard has 2 SATA ports, and I want to make use of them. However, I don't believe it has a RAID Controller. Do have to have RAID in order to use a hard drive. Yes, I am VERY New to SATA and RAID.

MoBo: ECS 865PE-A
HDD: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300S0 300GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

 

[Homey D. Clown]

You should be able to use the SATA connectors just like you would a normal IDE connection with the advantage of smaller cabling and faster transfer speeds.

 

[~GEO~]

I second that emotion.....

 

[Panda Man]

Greatness. I was about to crap myself thinking i just got a SATA HDD and not being able to use it. Thnx!

 

[defakto]

Nope, raid is just an option, not a requirement.