- Oct 16, 2014
- 21
- 0
- 4,520
I have a DVD burner, HDD, and SDD to connect to a motherboard. I have 6 SATA ports on the motherboard, so running 3 cables (1 to each SATA device) from SATA ports 1, 2 and 3 would be simple.
I have some good looking SATA cables, but at one end they have 3 plugins. Is there anything I should be aware of when trying to bundle up multiple devices on a single SATA port on the motherboard?
Would it be better to use separate cables and ports for each individual SATA device?
I'm mainly asking because the unneeded SATA plugs at the end would look a bit sloppy just hanging around. I'm also not 100% sure which of these end plugs would be best to use, but I assume its best to use the first in line (closest to the motherboard connection, not the one at the end?)
Could there be issues with setting boot order if everything is plugged into a single SATA port on the motherboard? The motherboard is EVGA Z87 Classified (http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=152-HW-E878-KR)
I know this is a big question for a trivial issue, but I could not find this information anywhere else, answers here might help others in the future.
Thanks
I have some good looking SATA cables, but at one end they have 3 plugins. Is there anything I should be aware of when trying to bundle up multiple devices on a single SATA port on the motherboard?
Would it be better to use separate cables and ports for each individual SATA device?
I'm mainly asking because the unneeded SATA plugs at the end would look a bit sloppy just hanging around. I'm also not 100% sure which of these end plugs would be best to use, but I assume its best to use the first in line (closest to the motherboard connection, not the one at the end?)
Could there be issues with setting boot order if everything is plugged into a single SATA port on the motherboard? The motherboard is EVGA Z87 Classified (http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=152-HW-E878-KR)
I know this is a big question for a trivial issue, but I could not find this information anywhere else, answers here might help others in the future.
Thanks
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram