What do I plug this into

By BulletSponge
December 26, 2020 in Troubleshooting

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1285883-what-do-i-plug-this-into/

Go to solution Solved by bellabichon, December 26, 2020

That looks like a SATA power connector to me.

Posted December 26, 2020

It came with a adapter but I don’t know what to plug it into what do I do to get it to work the same adaptor in the image but a cooler master one that came with the td500

Main Pc: CPU: ryzen 5 5600x Motherboard: Msi b450 gaming plus max RAM: 32gb corsair vengeance ddr4 3200mhz ram GPU: Nvidia rtx 2070 SUPER 8gb Case: cooler master td500 PSU: corsair 750watt bronze80+ Cooling: Kraken x53 aio Storage: wdblack snd750,3tb wd blue hdd

2nd Pc: CPU: ryzen 5 3600 Motherboard: Gigabyte AB350M-Gaming 3 RAM: 16gb 3000mhz gskill Aegis GPU: Nvidia gtx 1650super 4gb Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB Airflow PSU: corsair cx 550watt 80+ bronze Cooling: Vetroo V5 CPU Air Cooler Storage: adata su635 240gb ssd, seagate 750gb 7200rpm hdd

3rd pc CPU: i7 2600 Motherboard: asus H61M-E RAM: 16 gb ddr3 1333mhz GPU: nvidia gtx 1060 3gb Case: thermaltake versa h18 PSU: evga 450watt 80+ bronze Cooling: Cooler Master I70C (Copper Core) Mini CPU Cooler Storage: crucial mx 500 500gb ssd, wd blue 1tb 7200rpm hdd

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Posted December 26, 2020

Solution

That looks like a SATA power connector to me.

Main PC:

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White)

Peripherals/Other:

ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2)

Laptop (Dell XPS 13):

Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch).

Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents.

PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders

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Posted December 26, 2020

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1 minute ago, bellabichon said:

That looks like a SATA power connector to me.

So it plugs into sata

Main Pc: CPU: ryzen 5 5600x Motherboard: Msi b450 gaming plus max RAM: 32gb corsair vengeance ddr4 3200mhz ram GPU: Nvidia rtx 2070 SUPER 8gb Case: cooler master td500 PSU: corsair 750watt bronze80+ Cooling: Kraken x53 aio Storage: wdblack snd750,3tb wd blue hdd

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Posted December 26, 2020

1 minute ago, Dancam38 said:

So it plugs into sata

Yes. It should plug into the SATA power connector that comes from your power supply. On my Corsair RM750x, the cable looks like this.

Main PC:

Peripherals/Other:

ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2)

Laptop (Dell XPS 13):

Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch).

Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents.

PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders