Sata dvd-rw

I'm just about to replace my ide dvd-rw and i havn't got that much room in the case and would like to put a sata drive in mainly to cut down on the size of the cable.
I'm new to sata drives ,is it just a matter of plugging it in and off you go or is there some setting up to do,i have two ide hard drives in there.

Thanks.

 

I have just upgraded to a SATA drive and did nothing other than plug it in to the motherboard

 

Thanks ,i will go looking for one now.