Question SATA Power sources

[Bassai Dai]

Hi all.

 

I have a Lenovo Y520T - 25IKL Motherboard, which only has 2 x SATA power outputs (it has 3 x sata data connectors). I have recently installed a new slave HDD to increase storage. Unfortunately, in the short term, I have had to "Borrow" a SATA power cable from my DVD RW Drive.

 

In order to get a 3rd SATA power connection, what are my options?

 

Other notes. My Power supply is adequate, but not amazing, and I also have 2 redundant cables (Pictured).

I don't really see myself using the DVD drive an awful lot, but would like to one day

 

Thanks in advance guys

 

 

[minibois]

3 minutes ago, Bassai Dai said:

In order to get a 3rd SATA power connection, what are my options?

SATA power splitter would probably be the only thing I could recommend. Molex to SATA is not really recommend anymore.

Be sure to check if your PSU doesn't just have its cables tucked away somewhere.

3 minutes ago, Bassai Dai said:

Other notes. My Power supply is adequate, but not amazing, and I also have 2 redundant cables (Pictured).

That's part of the cable hanging next to it, called PCIE 6+2 pin.

Some GPU's need a 6 pin, some need 6+2 pin (often called '8 pin'). Those may be redundant in your build, but for some GPU's they are needed.

4 minutes ago, Bassai Dai said:

I don't really see myself using the DVD drive an awful lot, but would like to one day

You could also look into an external enclosure.

[Bassai Dai]

Hi Minibois, thankyou for that feedback.

 

It turns out it is the SATA data cable that I need, I have a spare Sata power cable (Got confused)

[Bassai Dai]

 

Its whatever that is

 

But I only have 2 spaces on my motherboard

[Sakkura]

If your motherboard has a spare PCIe slot, you can use a PCIe SATA controller card like this. I would recommend using one of the SATA ports on the motherboard for your boot drive, and using the controller card for storage drive(s).

[Bassai Dai]

Oh I see, I only have 1 PCI-E slot. Thanks though