- Jul 25, 2008
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Hi,
I hope I did not include too many questions in one post, but I am presenting as seen because I think all the questions can be answered.
One of my internal HDDs failed a few days back and so I started looking at my disk drives cable configuration behind the MB and I am confused. It is kind of a rats nest of high quality fabric cables that connected to all types of SATA and Molex connectors that go to multiple places, often the PSU. I cannot believe how much I have forgotten in the two years since I built this computer, the first computer I ever built. On the MB side it looks super neat and tidy, but not so much in the back, as I said.
My first question is how to I refer to the cables that connect to the HDD or SSD drives? They are both considered SATA connectors, right? I know the there is the SATA connector that plugs into either the SATA 6.0 or 3.0 connectors and these have 7 pins. The other SATA cable the runs from the drives is a 15 pin SATA connector, right? How do I refer to this cable? I am assuming there is a way to write about the various SATA connectors without having to write out their pin count, right?
Right now there are two 15 pin SATA connectors attached to a number of different cables that eventually lead to the PSU. I have two drives running off a cable that leads from my H100i liquid cooling system to the PSU. I was thinking that maybe that is not such a good idea. Maybe I should have nothing on the cable that leads from the cooling unit to the PSU, or does that really not make any difference? I am not sure if the HDD that failed was connected to this liquid cooling cable connector because I unplugged the SATA connectors when I was troubleshooting initially, before I realized the hard drive was shot, or connected to the CPU liquid cooling unit.
What I was thinking of doing was buying a cable from Amazon (I think Amazon has competitive prices in comparsion to sites that strictly sell computer parts such as TigerDirect though I am not against buying from other sites.) that would allow me to plug four SATA drives on one cable and that would eventually run to the PSU. I have included a link below to view the cable that does what I desribed above. The cable ends with a Molex plug though I am not sure it is female or male. I also would need to know what type of cable I would need to make the Molex plug go into another cable that would lead to the PSU (if there is a fabric version that would be better but not an absolute). I have a number of 8 slot parts available and 1 SATA port available on the PSU.
Here's the cable I am thinking of buying: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B46XL28/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3SBMII1UOWP1P&coliid=I23T4T75915RUP&psc=1
I should say that I want to stick to using the high quality fabric cables if for the simple reason that they are easier to bend to squeeze the SATA connectors to the drives. I have read some reviews on none fabric cords and they have said it can be difficult to attached four drives that are mounted on top of each other.
I would really appreciate feedback on my questions and how I should proceed because I am not sure what configuration would be best. Thank you in advance for your help.
I hope I did not include too many questions in one post, but I am presenting as seen because I think all the questions can be answered.
One of my internal HDDs failed a few days back and so I started looking at my disk drives cable configuration behind the MB and I am confused. It is kind of a rats nest of high quality fabric cables that connected to all types of SATA and Molex connectors that go to multiple places, often the PSU. I cannot believe how much I have forgotten in the two years since I built this computer, the first computer I ever built. On the MB side it looks super neat and tidy, but not so much in the back, as I said.
My first question is how to I refer to the cables that connect to the HDD or SSD drives? They are both considered SATA connectors, right? I know the there is the SATA connector that plugs into either the SATA 6.0 or 3.0 connectors and these have 7 pins. The other SATA cable the runs from the drives is a 15 pin SATA connector, right? How do I refer to this cable? I am assuming there is a way to write about the various SATA connectors without having to write out their pin count, right?
Right now there are two 15 pin SATA connectors attached to a number of different cables that eventually lead to the PSU. I have two drives running off a cable that leads from my H100i liquid cooling system to the PSU. I was thinking that maybe that is not such a good idea. Maybe I should have nothing on the cable that leads from the cooling unit to the PSU, or does that really not make any difference? I am not sure if the HDD that failed was connected to this liquid cooling cable connector because I unplugged the SATA connectors when I was troubleshooting initially, before I realized the hard drive was shot, or connected to the CPU liquid cooling unit.
What I was thinking of doing was buying a cable from Amazon (I think Amazon has competitive prices in comparsion to sites that strictly sell computer parts such as TigerDirect though I am not against buying from other sites.) that would allow me to plug four SATA drives on one cable and that would eventually run to the PSU. I have included a link below to view the cable that does what I desribed above. The cable ends with a Molex plug though I am not sure it is female or male. I also would need to know what type of cable I would need to make the Molex plug go into another cable that would lead to the PSU (if there is a fabric version that would be better but not an absolute). I have a number of 8 slot parts available and 1 SATA port available on the PSU.
Here's the cable I am thinking of buying: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B46XL28/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3SBMII1UOWP1P&coliid=I23T4T75915RUP&psc=1
I should say that I want to stick to using the high quality fabric cables if for the simple reason that they are easier to bend to squeeze the SATA connectors to the drives. I have read some reviews on none fabric cords and they have said it can be difficult to attached four drives that are mounted on top of each other.
I would really appreciate feedback on my questions and how I should proceed because I am not sure what configuration would be best. Thank you in advance for your help.
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