- Apr 5, 2016
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I'm looking to upgrade an old PC with a new hard drive, this PC is about 8 years old, it doesn't seem to support sata power and only has 4 pin molex cables (and a couple 6 pins)
New hard drives have 8 pin connectors or sata power and I assume I cant just take 2 of the 4 pin cables and plug them both into the 8 pin slot on the hdd so I was looking around for adapters but I'm not sure what adapter I would need
This adapter appears to be what I'm looking for: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200061
But i just want to make sure
Upgrading the power supply isn't an option, any advice would be appreciated, thanks
TLDR;
Old PC doesn't have power cables that are compatible with new HDDs, looking for the right adapter to make it compatible
New hard drives have 8 pin connectors or sata power and I assume I cant just take 2 of the 4 pin cables and plug them both into the 8 pin slot on the hdd so I was looking around for adapters but I'm not sure what adapter I would need
This adapter appears to be what I'm looking for: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200061
But i just want to make sure
Upgrading the power supply isn't an option, any advice would be appreciated, thanks
TLDR;
Old PC doesn't have power cables that are compatible with new HDDs, looking for the right adapter to make it compatible
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