Can a sata cable power both the optical drive and a hdd

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Caribou Lou

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I built my gaming pc about a month back and im considering adding an ssd drive for windows then using my hdd as storage. However i also have an optical drive and my psu only has 2 sata cables. 600w corsair Psu. Therefore is it possible for me to power both the hdd and the optical drive off one sata cable that has 3 connectors along it. Also as windows is oem as long as it is the same motherboard i can move windows to the ssd from the hdd? Thanks in advance.
 
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Power yes, data no.

You can easily power multiple SATA devices off the same power cable. As you know for data you will need a dedicated cable for each SATA device.

SATA devices are low power (less than 12 watts) devices. That's why you can power multiple devices from the same cable.
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Power yes, data no.

You can easily power multiple SATA devices off the same power cable. As you know for data you will need a dedicated cable for each SATA device.

SATA devices are low power (less than 12 watts) devices. That's why you can power multiple devices from the same cable.
 
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