Are Molex to Sata power cables safe to use?

[Cyberspirit]

This is probably a really stupid question but i'd rather ask than break something.

 

Here's what i want to buy: LINK

[Lurick]

Yup, perfectly safe.

[Drak3]

Some are, some aren't.

I'd say that the BitFenix adapter you want is going to be one of the reliable ones. CableMod's adapters should also be high quality.

 

The cheapo $2, mustard and ketchup wired, sketchy looking ones are a huge gamble. Personally, I'd only trust one that came with a tad more expensive addon card or 5.25" drive. Or if I ran it for a decent amount of time in an older system out of bare necessity.

[Cyberspirit]

@Drak3 I'd love to get some custom cables from Cablemod but they are kinda a pain to get so i'll just skip for now.

Sadly their cables aren't available here so this is my best option.

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, Cyberspirit said:

@Drak3 I'd love to get some custom cables from Cablemod but they are kinda a pain to get so i'll just skip for now.

Sadly their cables aren't available here so this is my best option.

They also be rather expensive if you just want to get one or two.

[quan289]

4 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Some are, some aren't.

I'd say that the BitFenix adapter you want is going to be one of the reliable ones. CableMod's adapters should also be high quality.

 

The cheapo $2, mustard and ketchup wired, sketchy looking ones are a huge gamble. Personally, I'd only trust one that came with a tad more expensive addon card or 5.25" drive. Or if I ran it for a decent amount of time in an older system out of bare necessity.

 

Actually, the molded types of adapters are what considered to be unreliable, which the Bitfenix Alchemy seem to be.

 

Here's more info on them: http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?p=130311

 

The safe ones are typically the crimped ones (which comes in both sleeved and bare red/yellow cables) [LINK]; although, as you have said, there are many cheaply made adapters that with poor quality control and thin wires.

 

[Cyberspirit]

@quan289 The problem with the Ketchup and mustard ones that they look terrible.

I'd need this cable for an ssd i want to put here 

[ARikozuM]

Molex can supply up to 75W so unless you're trying to feed 30 HDD's, you should be fine.

[Cyberspirit]

@ARikozuM I'm buying an 850 Evo (500Gb)

[ARikozuM]

Just now, Cyberspirit said:

@ARikozuM I'm buying an 850 Evo (500Gb)

Perfectly fine, then.

[Cyberspirit]

@ARikozuM Alright thanks! Hopefully this cable is good 

[Oxydoreduction]

55 minutes ago, Cyberspirit said:

@quan289 The problem with the Ketchup and mustard ones that they look terrible.

I'd need this cable for an ssd i want to put here 

If you want them to look better, you can look for black tubing that you can heat to get just one cable. I don't know the right name in english for it though (only in french:-/), if someone knows it.

[Cyberspirit]

@Oxydoreduction That's actually a really smart idea also i think the word you are looking for is sleeving.

[Oxydoreduction]

16 hours ago, Cyberspirit said:

@Oxydoreduction That's actually a really smart idea also i think the word you are looking for is sleeving.

After checking, this is exactly the correct word, thanks