Adding a hard drive

A friend of mine has a quad core Mac Pro that I am going to put a second hard drive in for him. I've never opened a Mac tower before so I don't know whether I'm going to need addiional hardware (cables and screws) or I everything is already there. I was going to purchase just a bare drive or would I be better purchasing a retail package?

Hi Dave, you're a good friend.
The Hatter is right on with his advice. It's very easy to put HDs in the MPs, you'll be amazed.
I wonder what you mean though by purchasing a bare drive or a retail package. I think it's me, but what is a retail package?
Want to be an overly great friend? Get him an SSD as a boot drive. You can put it into the free internal Sata port in the optical bay. The guy will be your friend for life...
But there are still great standard drives out there. This is one of the best places to find one: http://www.macsales.com/

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