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Hello,
I was thinking of buying some used hard drives for my personal use/beginning to make a photo backup server. I plan to back up my current pc storage onto these drives and then reinstall Windows on my PC. I'm not too worried about the drives failing, as I plan on moving a lot of the stuff back, and nothing too important is on my PC anyways. However, I am seeing issues about possible Pin 3 issues with SATA drives, and frankly am quite confused. I've been struggling to understand the SATA version history and the compatibility with these drives and newer power supplies. Here is my power supply and the drives I planned to use. I was wondering how to tell if I would need to cover the pin 3 to keep the PWDIS feature from shutting the drive off.

Power Supply: Corsair CX-M 650W
Drives I was considering: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBMZZTM6?tag=synack-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1
 

If anyone would be able to confirm if these drives should work right out of the box, or if I would need to cover the pin 3 with some tape or whatnot, I would greatly appreciate it. I'd prefer to buy some drives that I wouldn't have to do this to.

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