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Power sata cables

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April 27, 2014 11:28:42 AM

I have 3 strips of sata power cables does the same sata power cable HAVE to be hooked up to the hard drive AND the optical drives?

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a b G Storage
April 27, 2014 11:35:27 AM

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April 27, 2014 11:46:05 AM

So I can have the optical drive one 1 strip and hard drive on another and have the last strip just tied in the back? they dont have to be on the same strip together and have 2 left over?
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a b G Storage
April 27, 2014 1:11:48 PM

You shouldn't be sweating over that kind of thing, so long as you have all your hardware connected to power (so that they work) it doesn't really make a difference. The optical drives don't use up too much power because they are not running all the time like your hdds are, so you don't have to worry about overloading one particular rail. I personally use as few "strips" as possible to have the inside of my case tidy and the airflow clear.
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