Sata Power Cable

[ADM_Foxtrot]

Is it ok for this sata cable to be like this? 

Having doubt that I should use a straight sata cable although here in my country I can't find any decent looking straight sata cable. I can only find straight sata cable but using molex for power... 

#FirstTimer

[LCDR E-314 - Professor G]

What is it for? Is it for a desktop build or some kind of specialty pc where it uses Molex for power? Your power supply should come with SATA power cables for the HDD and the Motherboard should come with SATA cables for Data. If you are looking for good quality cable search CableMod https://cablemod.com/ They have good quality single cables as well as kits for most mainstream desktop power supplies.

 

[ADM_Foxtrot]

10 minutes ago, Professor G - Games - Tech said:

What is it for? Is it for a desktop build or some kind of specialty pc where it uses Molex for power? Your power supply should come with SATA power cables for the HDD and the Motherboard should come with SATA cables for Data. If you are looking for good quality cable search CableMod https://cablemod.com/ They have good quality single cables as well as kits for most mainstream desktop power supplies.

 

 

[ADM_Foxtrot]

11 minutes ago, Professor G - Games - Tech said:

What is it for? Is it for a desktop build or some kind of specialty pc where it uses Molex for power? Your power supply should come with SATA power cables for the HDD and the Motherboard should come with SATA cables for Data. If you are looking for good quality cable search CableMod https://cablemod.com/ They have good quality single cables as well as kits for most mainstream desktop power supplies.

 

just normal gaming pc 

[LCDR E-314 - Professor G]

May I ask what the power supply is?

[ADM_Foxtrot]

15 minutes ago, Professor G - Games - Tech said:

May I ask what the power supply is?

RM750X Corsair

[Spotty]

2 hours ago, ADM_Foxtrot said:

Having doubt that I should use a straight sata cable although here in my country I can't find any decent looking straight sata cable. I can only find straight sata cable but using molex for power... 

What do you mean by "straight SATA cable"?

[ADM_Foxtrot]

8 hours ago, Spotty said:

What do you mean by "straight SATA cable"?

 

[Guest]

9 hours ago, ADM_Foxtrot said:

 

Ok.. What you have there in that picture adapts SATA to PCIe for a mining PC.

 

The pinout on the Corsair PSU is somewhat proprietary (it's called "Type 3" or "Type 4").

 

If you want to plug a SATA cable directly into the PSU, you need to make sure it's compatible with Corsair power supplies.  Otherwise, you're fry your drives.

 

What is "my country" and maybe we can help you find a cable.

 

Besides that, @CableMod should be able to ship a SATA cable for your PSU pretty much wherever you are in the world.

 

[ADM_Foxtrot]

1 hour ago, jonnyGURU said:

Ok.. What you have there in that picture adapts SATA to PCIe for a mining PC.

 

The pinout on the Corsair PSU is somewhat proprietary (it's called "Type 3" or "Type 4").

 

If you want to plug a SATA cable directly into the PSU, you need to make sure it's compatible with Corsair power supplies.  Otherwise, you're fry your drives.

 

What is "my country" and maybe we can help you find a cable.

 

Besides that, @CableMod should be able to ship a SATA cable for your PSU pretty much wherever you are in the world.

A'ight. Nervous buying online for the first time. Thnx for the tips. I don't want my money to go to waste. 

[ADM_Foxtrot]

2 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

Ok.. What you have there in that picture adapts SATA to PCIe for a mining PC.

 

The pinout on the Corsair PSU is somewhat proprietary (it's called "Type 3" or "Type 4").

 

If you want to plug a SATA cable directly into the PSU, you need to make sure it's compatible with Corsair power supplies.  Otherwise, you're fry your drives.

 

What is "my country" and maybe we can help you find a cable.

 

Besides that, @CableMod should be able to ship a SATA cable for your PSU pretty much wherever you are in the world.

 

Last question. So my sata power cable won't break even if it's in this position for a long time. I feel like it's straining the cable.

[CableMod]

@ADM_Foxtrot we have what you need! Our SATA power cables from our configurator would be straight, and not right-angled.
https://store.cablemod.com/configurator/

[ADM_Foxtrot]

1 hour ago, CableMod said:

@ADM_Foxtrot we have what you need! Our SATA power cables from our configurator would be straight, and not right-angled.
https://store.cablemod.com/configurator/

Thank you so much.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, ADM_Foxtrot said:

Last question. So my sata power cable won't break even if it's in this position for a long time. I feel like it's straining the cable.

Ahh... NOW I know why you're asking.

 

Yeah.. I wouldn't connect that that way.  It's not made to do that.

 

Can you flip the drive around and mount it the other way?  I'm guessing it's mounted directly to the motherboard tray?

 

Can you not use the end connector?  If you can use the next connector in the chain, it would be MUCH better.

 

And what chassis is that?  I haven't seen SSD mounted that close to a surface before?  No tray?  Just screwed directly into the motherboard tray?

[Stefan Payne]

8 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

And what chassis is that?  I haven't seen SSD mounted that close to a surface before?  No tray?  Just screwed directly into the motherboard tray?

Yes, exactly.

Seen that recently with a couple of lowest end Case from all manufacturers.

 

So you might want to go back and use at least one of those crimped and not cut-in connectors that was for example used more commonly back in the day...

[ADM_Foxtrot]

On 4/29/2019 at 1:34 PM, jonnyGURU said:

Ahh... NOW I know why you're asking.

 

Yeah.. I wouldn't connect that that way.  It's not made to do that.

 

Can you flip the drive around and mount it the other way?  I'm guessing it's mounted directly to the motherboard tray?

 

Can you not use the end connector?  If you can use the next connector in the chain, it would be MUCH better.

 

And what chassis is that?  I haven't seen SSD mounted that close to a surface before?  No tray?  Just screwed directly into the motherboard tray?

Not sure about that. This is the next connector and alsoI'm using a fractal design mechify C.

[Guest]

You gotta figure out another way to mount that drive.

 

That's not right.  And there's nothing unusual about the way that SATA cable is made.

 

[ADM_Foxtrot]

29 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

You gotta figure out another way to mount that drive.

 

That's not right.  And there's nothing unusual about the way that SATA cable is made.

 

[Spotty]

41 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

You gotta figure out another way to mount that drive.

 

That's not right.  And there's nothing unusual about the way that SATA cable is made.

I had the same issue with the SSD mounted on the back of the motherboard tray when using the SATA cables with my RM750x. Be Quiet Silent Base 800. Had to bend it at a 90° angle for it to fit. Even if I could flip the SSD around the other way, the cable would still end up squashed against the side panel when it's closed.

 

Spoiler

Might end up moving it though since I've moved some HDDs out and should have some room in the 3.5" bracket for it.

[Guest]

10 hours ago, ADM_Foxtrot said:

 

Not sure what the point of this post is beyond admitting you made a shitty case choice or have no mechanical inclination to fix a design flaw. 

[Stefan Payne]

9 hours ago, Spotty said:

I had the same issue with the SSD mounted on the back of the motherboard tray when using the SATA cables with my RM750x. Be Quiet Silent Base 800. Had to bend it at a 90° angle for it to fit. Even if I could flip the SSD around the other way, the cable would still end up squashed against the side panel when it's closed.

Yeah, same here.

 

In these days it makes sense to think about the (possibly more expensive) Crimped S-ATA Connectors.

Those ones:

https://www.amazon.com/20set-Power-Connector-Crimp-Terminal/dp/B07BQQ6D3Q

At least one at the end of the Cable...

The Rest can be the cut in connectors.

 

[aezakmi]

I had the same cable style and it eventually broke after too many reconnections. I modded my way out of that by making my own straight connectors but you could buy molex to sata adapters

27 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

 

these are great but if OP doesn't knows how to use them it's pointless