REALLY worried here! Parallel, Serial ATA...

[Forchunet]

Ok, I ordered my computer and stuff and It should be here next week. I did a lot of reading and stuff before I bought it. However I just finished reading about Parallel ATA and Serial ATA and after looking back at my specs I no longer think my motherboard and harddrive are compatible...

My hardrive is the 36.7 gb WD Raptor 10,000 RPM
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-200&depa=1

MY Mobo the Chaintech VNF3-250
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-152-043&depa=1

The Raptor says it's serial ATA.
My mobo has only 2 parallel ATA slots.

This is gonna be my first build and I'm worried. Is there something I dont know... or am I right about the two not being compatible...? Please tell me it'll work...

 

[Forchunet]

NVM!

Lol I feel dumb.
I read my motherboard specs thoroughly and I saw:

Onboard SATA/RAID: 2x Serial ATA 150, RAID 0/1

Thank god. I'm good now. Note to anyone planning to build their first computer. Make sure if your hardrive is SATA that your motherboard has SATA slots also.

 

[intercodes]

Forchunet,

Incase you dont have sata slot in your mobo , you can use a PCI expansion card to connect the sata HDD . But the speed of HDD will be limited, thats the problem.

 

[Nubius]

Make sure if your hardrive is SATA that your motherboard has SATA slots also.

I think for the most part 'Make sure things are compatible' is the first rule of thumb when building computers.