I am new to custom builds and have the following system:
My question; I have 6 black SATA on my board (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and 4 grey SATA (6, 7, 8, 9) on my board. I know that the black SATA are controlled by the Z87 chipset, while the others are Marvell.
I have installed one OS (win 7) on my 250GB SSD and another OS on the 120GB SSD. The 2TB is used as a storage drive.
My questions:
1) What SATA port on my board should I be plugging my drives into; does it matter the order? (e.g. Win 7 on 0, Win 8 on 1 and 2TB on 2... or can I mix; Win 7 on 0, Win 8 on 3 etc). Does it matter whether I use Marvell or Z87?
2) For power; I have 2 power cables coming off the PowerSupply; one is feeding both SSDs, one is feeding my HDD; does it matter what part of the chain they are connected to?
3) There is a ATX4P (PCIe Power Connector) on my board; do I HAVE to use this? It seems to run fine without it being connected to my powersupply (and frankly, I kind of need that power for my drives, as the way the case positions the drives, it is difficult to daisy chain them)
Corsair Obsidian 750D
250GB SSD
120GB SSD
2TB HDD
GA-Z87X-UD5H MotherBoard
Corsair CS550M Modular Powersupply
My question; I have 6 black SATA on my board (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and 4 grey SATA (6, 7, 8, 9) on my board. I know that the black SATA are controlled by the Z87 chipset, while the others are Marvell.
I have installed one OS (win 7) on my 250GB SSD and another OS on the 120GB SSD. The 2TB is used as a storage drive.
My questions:
1) What SATA port on my board should I be plugging my drives into; does it matter the order? (e.g. Win 7 on 0, Win 8 on 1 and 2TB on 2... or can I mix; Win 7 on 0, Win 8 on 3 etc). Does it matter whether I use Marvell or Z87?
2) For power; I have 2 power cables coming off the PowerSupply; one is feeding both SSDs, one is feeding my HDD; does it matter what part of the chain they are connected to?
3) There is a ATX4P (PCIe Power Connector) on my board; do I HAVE to use this? It seems to run fine without it being connected to my powersupply (and frankly, I kind of need that power for my drives, as the way the case positions the drives, it is difficult to daisy chain them)
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