You decide to add three new hard drives to your computer so that you can increase the amount of storage on it. When you install them you find enough SATA connections on the motherboard, but it is short one SATA power connector. What is the easiest way to add a SATA power connector to the system?

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23 November, 20:57

You decide to add three new hard drives to your computer so that you can increase the amount of storage on it. When you install them you find enough SATA connections on the motherboard, but it is short one SATA power connector. What is the easiest way to add a SATA power connector to the system?

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Braeden · Answer 1

You can use a Molex to SATA power adaptor.

Explanation:

A power supply may only include 5 or less SATA power cables, but most of the time it will have 2 or 3 spare Molex connectors.

An adaptor is the fastest an even cheapest solution to add an additional hard drive without having to change your power supply or do any other complicated process.