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The thought occurred to me this morning to mod my server a bit. I'm not thrilled with how it looks right now inside (although it's not too bad), namely the HD's SATA power that I want to change. I have a modular PSU (NZXT Hale 650W) powering it, and I want to know if it's possible to take 3 of the connectors off one string and put them on the other so one string can power 7 HD's. I don't want to kill the PSU or drives by doing this though.
Anybody know if I can do this? I can post pics of what I intend to do if it helps.
UPDATE: When I posted the OP I forgot that I was currently using 1x3 and 1x4 splitters off one string of molex connectors from the PSU to power all the drives (plus 2 fans on that same circuit). When I realized that I went ahead and just spliced the connectors onto the cable. It works fine. It's for a server that's up 24/7 so drive power up draws rarely matter and it's very rare all drives will be hit at the same time.
So, yes you can do it without issues.
Anybody know if I can do this? I can post pics of what I intend to do if it helps.
UPDATE: When I posted the OP I forgot that I was currently using 1x3 and 1x4 splitters off one string of molex connectors from the PSU to power all the drives (plus 2 fans on that same circuit). When I realized that I went ahead and just spliced the connectors onto the cable. It works fine. It's for a server that's up 24/7 so drive power up draws rarely matter and it's very rare all drives will be hit at the same time.
So, yes you can do it without issues.
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