If you've owned a desktop or laptop computer in the last half decade, you can guarantee that you've owned SATA (Serial ATA) compatible hardware. Whether it was a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid-state drive (SSD) or an optical drive - almost all, until very recently, used SATA. What is SATA? In short, it's how almost everything storage-related connects to your motherboard.| CaseOnline.com