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SATA ports on motherboard

HenrikTJ
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Im a first-time-builder. I have a question about SATA ports on motherboards... What is the purpose of them? I tried searching around and found that they are used for connecting HDDs and bigger SSDs, but is that their only use?

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SATA data is used for drives 

SATA power is used to power a lot of things not just drives. 

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1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

SATA data is used for drives 

SATA power is used to power a lot of things not just drives. 

okay, so there is sata data, and then there is sata power... i was up until this point only familiar with the type of sata you get from the psu

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Just now, HenrikTJ said:

okay, so there is sata data, and then there is sata power...

Yep.

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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SATA Data cables are for transferring data, mostly used for storage drives like SSDs and HDDs. 
 

Sata Power can be used for lots of things,  it powers drives but can also power accessories like fan controllers, rgb controllers, etc. 

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