I posted something like this in 'components' but it looks like there's more sata related topics on this board soo
I have a sata hard drive being powered by a 15 pin sata->4 pin connector->psu
The issue is I want to use that 4 pin connector to make up the second needed for a 6 pin pci e adapter for a gtx 660
There is one unused sata power cable which seems to be exactly the same size and shape as the hard drives connection but instead it has 12 pins as opposed to 15, and another identical 12 pin one powers the optical dvd drive
Ive trawled google searches and cant find anything referencing 12 pin sata cables so I registered today just to try and get a seasoned opinion, would said available 12 pin sata work ok in the hard drive and free up the 4 pin connector i need?
any help would be amazing , would rather not have to shell out on a different psu on top of a new graphics card!
I have a sata hard drive being powered by a 15 pin sata->4 pin connector->psu
The issue is I want to use that 4 pin connector to make up the second needed for a 6 pin pci e adapter for a gtx 660
There is one unused sata power cable which seems to be exactly the same size and shape as the hard drives connection but instead it has 12 pins as opposed to 15, and another identical 12 pin one powers the optical dvd drive
Ive trawled google searches and cant find anything referencing 12 pin sata cables so I registered today just to try and get a seasoned opinion, would said available 12 pin sata work ok in the hard drive and free up the 4 pin connector i need?
any help would be amazing , would rather not have to shell out on a different psu on top of a new graphics card!
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