Whats the diff between Molex power and SATA power?

[se7en.hu]

Hey guys what is the difference between using the standard Molex power and SATA power for a SATA HDD?

Thanks :)

[murfster]

Hey guys what is the difference between using the standard Molex power and SATA power for a SATA HDD?

Thanks :)

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I don't think there is a difference as far as the power is concerned. The rails should still be pushing the same power. I think it's more of ease of connectivity than anything else. Since the SATA power connects, I loath the molex connectors.

[JiveMasterT]

the connectors are different. just look at them.

[se7en.hu]

the connectors are different.  just look at them.

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yeh well I knew they look different. Was just wanting to know whether there was any performence difference. Thanks guys

[twiglet]

yeh well I knew they look different. Was just wanting to know whether there was any performence difference. Thanks guys

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yes, they output special SATA power. this makes devices run twice as fast.

[+LogicalApex MVC]

yeh well I knew they look different. Was just wanting to know whether there was any performence difference. Thanks guys

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Theres is no performance difference because the power is coming from the same PSU for both connectors...

[betadan]

from what i understand t

he new connector make the drives hot-swappable, motherboard and chipset permitting

[vincent]

yes, they output special SATA power. this makes devices run twice as fast.

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:rofl:

seriously though no difference is there just the interface but as far as performance, increase or decrease. Nothing :sleep:

[fatgirl319]

this here

[S.MULLA]

just make sure you dont plug in both..cuz that will damage your hdd permanently :o

[shihchiun]

i doubt one hard drive would have both. it's either an ide/pata drive or an sata drive, never both.

[Linkinfamous]

That sounds like a challange to me, shihchiun.....

....now where's that duct tape?

[S.MULLA]

western digital's come with a 4pin and a sata power connector.. :/ and only one sata serial connector..

[twiglet]

i doubt one hard drive would have both. it's either an ide/pata drive or an sata drive, never both.

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incorrect. my wd raptor and caviar drives have both.

[tkyoshi]

Maxtor DM Plus 9 SATA Drives also have Both connectors onboard.

[se7en.hu]

Thanks guys :) And yeh my drive is a WD and has got SATA power and Molex. Thanks though the reason I wanted to know this is because I cant use the SATA power because the graphics card is too long and is in the way of the SATA power interface, however the Molex is on the other end so it will work great. So Thanks dudes :D

[lostspyder]

All the sata conector is is a molex conector in a difrent interface.The pin locations are a little diffrent too. Id actualy perfer to use molex (they seem to be more secure)

[tkyoshi]

Well part of the reason for the SATA connector not being as snuggly is because it was also ment to be hot-swappable so it's easy to remove and plug in.

[A10]

Both connectors are there because the drive is using a bridge chip so it's essentially a IDE drive so the legacy molex will still be there. The difference between the two is that the legacy molex provides +5v and +12v the newer sata molex provides +3.3,+5v and +12v. If the drive is a native sata drive such as Seagate, newer Maxtors and others then it won't have the legacy molex.

[b0zm4g]

one starts with an "m" and the other starts with an "s"

[Ridgeburner]

most SATA hard drives have both, the molex connection is just usually covered up though, but can have the cover popped off to use it.