sata cable and vga port

[shinegull]

This might be a stupid question, but here goes.

 

PSU is a evga g3 650, i think

 

My psu has 2 sata ports and 2 vga ports. plus 1 peri. port.

 

It is used inside a NAS. The probem I'm running into, is well, I'm out of the sata power ports. each sata port is currently connected to 4 drives.

 

Is there a way I can attach more drives without replacing psu?

 

i.e. maybe a cable that can attach to 8 drives at once? or can i plug a sata cable into the vga port on psu?

 

[Blue4130]

If your psu has the power, get some sata splitters. 1 to 4 are pretty easy to find.

 

https://www.amazon.com/SATA-Power-Splitter-Cable-Adapter/dp/B0086OGN9E?th=1&psc=1

[OrionFOTL]

Why wouldn't you include the name of your PSU from the very beginning?

[shinegull]

6 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

If your psu has the power, get some sata splitters. 1 to 4 are pretty easy to find.

 

https://www.amazon.com/SATA-Power-Splitter-Cable-Adapter/dp/B0086OGN9E?th=1&psc=1

Im already using those.  8 drives already connected with 2 cables, im trying to connect more than that

[shinegull]

5 hours ago, OrionFOTL said:

Why wouldn't you include the name of your PSU from the very beginning?

Sorry, psu is an evga g3 650 watt

[Blue4130]

1 hour ago, shinegull said:

Im already using those.  8 drives already connected with 2 cables, im trying to connect more than that

There is only one sata plug natively on each psu cable? Most psu's have more. With the splitter I linked, I could hook 12 drives to each psu cable on my system. 

[OrionFOTL]

2 hours ago, shinegull said:

Sorry, psu is an evga g3 650 watt

Your PSU has two slots for SATA cables and one slot for a Peripheral cable, but all those three slots actually use the same pinout.

That means you can buy a third SATA cable for EVGA G3/G2 from EVGA's store or elsewhere, and connect it to the Peripheral slot on your power supply.

[shinegull]

12 hours ago, OrionFOTL said:

Your PSU has two slots for SATA cables and one slot for a Peripheral cable, but all those three slots actually use the same pinout.

That means you can buy a third SATA cable for EVGA G3/G2 from EVGA's store or elsewhere, and connect it to the Peripheral slot on your power supply.

ok that would probably work for me.

[shinegull]

13 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

There is only one sata plug natively on each psu cable? Most psu's have more. With the splitter I linked, I could hook 12 drives to each psu cable on my system. 

how do you hook up 12 drives to one cable?

[Blue4130]

40 minutes ago, shinegull said:

how do you hook up 12 drives to one cable?

With the splitter i Iinked to. My psu cable has 3 sata plugs on it. Add one splitter to each plug. 3x4=12 drives. 

[shinegull]

2 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

With the splitter i Iinked to. My psu cable has 3 sata plugs on it. Add one splitter to each plug. 3x4=12 drives. 

so something like this?

 

https://www.newegg.ca/p/N82E16812119915?item=N82E16812119915&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googleadwordsca-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwordsca-pc-_-pla-_-cables+-+sata+%2f+esata+cables-_-N82E16812119915&gclid=Cj0KCQjwoKzsBRC5ARIsAITcwXG52ESERYclSxFXfdOUS3oOHPLisyPCFRBcbj5_Zlzd9P1Wh63BQNgaAkTmEALw_wcB

[Blue4130]

1 minute ago, shinegull said:

so something like this?

 

https://www.newegg.ca/p/N82E16812119915?item=N82E16812119915&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googleadwordsca-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwordsca-pc-_-pla-_-cables+-+sata+%2f+esata+cables-_-N82E16812119915&gclid=Cj0KCQjwoKzsBRC5ARIsAITcwXG52ESERYclSxFXfdOUS3oOHPLisyPCFRBcbj5_Zlzd9P1Wh63BQNgaAkTmEALw_wcB

Yes, that is the exact thing (under a different brand name) that I linked to.