Powering an ssd

Flyer01 · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:15

I'm going to connect my Crucial M4 512GB sad to my Titan Spinosaur later. I'm popping into a shop to buy a 6GB/s sata cable. Do I need to buy a separate power cable to power it or do I connect it to one of the free cables coming out of the PSU? I know, I should have looked before now. Lastly, what is a suitable length of sata cable for inside a desktop.

Thanks

Flyer01

Flyer01 · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:15

Obviously that should read 'ssd'

CinderzFTW · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:26

The power adapter for an SSD is the same as any Sata HDD dude.

But use a Sata 3 6gbps cable and plug it into your sata 3 6gbps port on your motherboard.

Simples

opstrat · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:52

i thaught all sata data cables were the same speed?

CinderzFTW · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:54

Nope there are Sata 2 and sata 3 cables on the OcUK website

mickyflinn · 23 Jan 2012 at 12:58

There is no difrence between sata 2 and sata 3 cables, just the that they have been tested to 6gbs transfer rate.

Deception · 23 Jan 2012 at 15:41

Don't forget to plug it in the Intel Sata 3 port and not the Marvel one. What motherboard are you using? Atleast then we can tell you which port is the Intel one

Flyer01 · 23 Jan 2012 at 15:46

Cheers Cinders,

I purchased the cable and a molex adapter.

Flyer01

Opstrat,

Regarding the cable differences, whilst 3 and 6 GB/s sata cables look similar, modern ssds can be limited by 3GB/s transfer rates.

CinderzFTW · 23 Jan 2012 at 15:49

Flyer01 said:
Cheers Cinders,

I purchased the cable and a molex adapter.

Flyer01

Opstrat,

Regarding the cable differences, whilst 3 and 6 GB/s sata cables look similar, modern ssds can be limited by 3GB/s transfer rates.

Don't worry about it dude. What we are here for

Flyer01 · 23 Jan 2012 at 15:51

Deception,

It was the Gigabyte UB4 or UD4 but that got replaced by Overclockers in the recall with an Asus equivalent which I can't recall presently.

Flyer01

beejjacobs · 23 Jan 2012 at 15:51

Regarding the cable differences, whilst 3 and 6 GB/s sata cables look similar, modern ssds can be limited by 3GB/s transfer rates.

yes they can but my understanding was the cable is the same, it is just the port used which matters.