Sata power cables same as Molex???

[wun911]

The new skinny SATA power cables do they suply exactly the same amout of electricity as a normal Molex????

Can a SATA power cable be cut and "re-pinned" to form a molex power connector?

My PSU has 4 sata power connectors I only have 1 HD so I would like to convert the SATA power connectors into a molex powerconnectors.

(My raptor HD can take both SATA power and molex). And I hear there is no diff in preformance no matter how you power it up. (correct me if im wrong)

Im running out of molex connectors needed for 6 panflo fans!

 

[sturm]

why not daisy chain the fans. They wont pull that much power to warrent haveing them on different leads.

 

[weekendwarrior]

Yeah, man. Daisy chain, or buy some Y-splitters, or SATA<->Molex adapters. Cutting into your wire harness to add fans is a short-sighted idea.

 

[wun911]

Yeah I could daisy chain em but I have 6 hi speed pan flows (about 15 wats each) thats almost 100wats total from daisy chain.....

Ive been told not to put my fans into the 3 pin MB fan headers because the MB wont provide enouff power....



I will prob try to attach all 6 fans onto one molex

 

[waylander]

WTF kind of fans did you find? I looked on the Panasonic website and there is no 120mm fan that takes more than 6.12W.

http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/appliance/pdf/fba12g.pdf

But that 45db each and 118 cfm that's nuts to put in 6 of them.

 

[pengwin]

WTF kind of fans did you find? I looked on the Panasonic website and there is no 120mm fan that takes more than 6.12W.

http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/appliance/pdf/fba12g.pdf

But that 45db each and 118 cfm that's nuts to put in 6 of them.

he never said it was a 120mm.

 

[waylander]

I don't really care whether he said it was 120mm because they suck the most juice anyway.... the highest power for an 80mm is less than 4w. So unless he's found some source of 250mm 15w fans I still think he has his power requirement wrong....