Splitting SATA power for many drives

doozyeff

Junior Member
May 5, 2010
11
0
0
Hi all !

I'm currently running a couple SSD's and a couple HDD's in my main workstation, and they are all currently powered off a unique SATA power connector that are provided by a couple of cables from the PSU.

With an imminent upgrade to Sandy Bridge / Z68, I'm looking to add at least another two disks to be used for various tasks, and I don't have any more unique connectors, so I was thinking of Y-splitting the existing ones to provide the additional power required.

For example, using this sort of Y-splitter: http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com.../dp/B002N2EHVQ

However I am pretty dumb when it comes to PSU's, power, voltages and all that. Do SSD's and hard disks draw a low enough amount of power to make Y-splitting the power safe, or could this lead to two disks pulling too much at once and causing a hardware failure?
 

Cerb

Elite Member
Aug 26, 2000
17,484
33
86
You'll be fine. Personally, for a more solid connection, I'd just get a 4-pin molex to 2 SATA adapter, instead of SATA to SATA. I don't know of any devices that currently use the 3.3V.