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How many drives can I connect to one power cable?

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By teddyteddyteddy
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Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I've been looking around for a while and haven't found the answer. 

I just ordered a new hard drive (seagate barracuda 2tb hdd). I already have a 240gb ssd and a 1tb WD blue hdd. 

I realized that I don't have any of the extra psu cables with me, so my only option would be to power all 3 drives with the same cable. Would that be fine? or should I try to get a hold of another cable for my power supply?

My power supply is an EVGA supernova 850 g2. Thanks!

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easy to power 3 drives with one cable, no problem

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3 drives? One of which is an SSD? You're beyond fine. An old NAS of mine had 6 or 7 older mechanical drives running off of one SATA connector. Yeah, times were different. 

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23 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

easy to power 3 drives with one cable, no problem

 

18 hours ago, ProjectBox153 said:

3 drives? One of which is an SSD? You're beyond fine. An old NAS of mine had 6 or 7 older mechanical drives running off of one SATA connector. Yeah, times were different. 


Thanks!

XEON E3 1231v3 | GA-Z97MX GAMING 5 | XFX R9 290 | 16GB RAM | CRUCIAL MX100 256GB | WD BLUE 1TB | EVGA SUPERNOVA 850W | CORSAIR 350D

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