SATA Help, w/ pic

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Hey guys just wondering if this is the only cord that I need? Just the orange 1? Cause on the HD there is another connector. Thanks

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(Besides the 4 pin, power adaptor) - Edit

 

[a123]

there's one more, the power cord, the one next to the sata.

 

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The (4 pin silver prong's) power adapter? or is there another?

 

[thealmightyone]

You have a choice of using:

A molex-style power cable (goes onto the 4 big pins).
Or a SATA power cable. Plugs in directly next to your SATA data cable.

Never ever plug in both.

 

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Will I lose/gain Performance by using the Molex/SATA power cable(s)?

 

[thealmightyone]

Of course not. They're just power cables.

 

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Ok, cool. Thanks guys for all your support.

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[palidon112]

Will I lose/gain Performance by using the Molex/SATA power cable(s)?

not sure what you mean by that.. but neither one will perform better than the other, but as thealmigty said don't plug both of them in

 

[PohTayToez]

A little off topic but not worth making a new thread:

Why did they even create the SATA power plug when Molex works fine?

 

[thealmightyone]

The SATA plug is much easier to attach than the Molex version. Plus, the SATA plugs have 1 extra wire than Molex plugs (at least, for me they do). No idea what it's for, maybe an extra ground wire.