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25 minutes ago, PROHTC said:

Hey Guys,

                I am in the process of building a new PC. It will be my first time and I have done my research regarding the building aspect but have one issue. I will be using 3 SATA Drives (1 SSD and 2 HDD's). The problem is that my motherboard and PSU both come with only 2 SATA Cables. I could obviously buy more cables but since the PSU is a fully modular one I would be hesitant as I have heard there can be serious issues if the cables are not compatible. I tried researching and a couple things came up such as daisy chaining or using splitters however I have no idea how to go about it. I would really appreciate if you could help me in solving my problem. The links to the PSU and MOBO are below. I don't think that the entire specs of the system are required but if you do feel free to ask. 

 

MOBO: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-Z790-TOMAHAWK-WIFI/Specification

PSU: https://www.msi.com/Power-Supply/MAG-A850GL-PCIE5

 

Help would be appreciated.

Did you actually LOOK at the PSU cables?  There are multiple connectors on each cable.

 

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Also, just get the data cables off Amazon or any other seller, they're cheap.

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Hey Guys,

                I am in the process of building a new PC. It will be my first time and I have done my research regarding the building aspect but have one issue. I will be using 3 SATA Drives (1 SSD and 2 HDD's). The problem is that my motherboard and PSU both come with only 2 SATA Cables. I could obviously buy more cables but since the PSU is a fully modular one I would be hesitant as I have heard there can be serious issues if the cables are not compatible. I tried researching and a couple things came up such as daisy chaining or using splitters however I have no idea how to go about it. I would really appreciate if you could help me in solving my problem. The links to the PSU and MOBO are below. I don't think that the entire specs of the system are required but if you do feel free to ask. 

 

MOBO: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-Z790-TOMAHAWK-WIFI/Specification

PSU: https://www.msi.com/Power-Supply/MAG-A850GL-PCIE5

 

Help would be appreciated.

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25 minutes ago, PROHTC said:

Hey Guys,

                I am in the process of building a new PC. It will be my first time and I have done my research regarding the building aspect but have one issue. I will be using 3 SATA Drives (1 SSD and 2 HDD's). The problem is that my motherboard and PSU both come with only 2 SATA Cables. I could obviously buy more cables but since the PSU is a fully modular one I would be hesitant as I have heard there can be serious issues if the cables are not compatible. I tried researching and a couple things came up such as daisy chaining or using splitters however I have no idea how to go about it. I would really appreciate if you could help me in solving my problem. The links to the PSU and MOBO are below. I don't think that the entire specs of the system are required but if you do feel free to ask. 

 

MOBO: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/MAG-Z790-TOMAHAWK-WIFI/Specification

PSU: https://www.msi.com/Power-Supply/MAG-A850GL-PCIE5

 

Help would be appreciated.

Did you actually LOOK at the PSU cables?  There are multiple connectors on each cable.

 

image.png.4b2328cc4b50a62e1d8090fd1e919d10.png

 

image.thumb.png.bb0100c66c00a089c883eafa014902b5.png

 

Also, just get the data cables off Amazon or any other seller, they're cheap.

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You have a molex cable. You can get molex to sata power adapters for next to nothing.

 

edit : Also, what Dedayog said. Each cable have multiples connector on it. Not just one.

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2 minutes ago, PROHTC said:

Thanks for the pointing out the answer. I appreciate it. That was exactly why I was confused in the first place because it had multiple connectors but it said 2 cables. 

You will still need to buy a 3rd SATA data cable, unless you already have one.

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4 hours ago, TetraSky said:

You have a molex cable. You can get molex to sata power adapters for next to nothing.

 

edit : Also, what Dedayog said. Each cable have multiples connector on it. Not just one.

There is a saying, "Molex over SATA, Lose all your data"... 

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