SATA power cable query - okay to attach multiple drives to the same power cable?

[Wololo_n00b]

Hi guys! I hope you are keeping well. I just have a quick question if anyone has the time!


So at the moment I have a HDD and an SSD on my PCS desktop that are connected to the same SATA power splitter cable. Haven't had any issues with them for the past year or so and they seem to be working fine.

I just recently purchased a 1 TB 870 EVO that I plan to add, but I was just wondering - are there any potential issues with attaching all three drives to the same power splitter cable? Or should I ideally attach this new one to a new power splitter cable (I do have an extra one from the mobo pack).

Should I be worried about potentially overloading the one cable, is that a thing? Haven't found too much clarity about this online yet. The PSU is the 1000W RMx as below, haven't quite found specs for the cables specifically though.

I remember when fitting the last SSD that it was sort of finicky, and there wasn't a huge amount of space, so while it might be convenient to have them all on the same cable I don't want to do anything too risky.

Thanks for any help!!



TL;DR: Do you reckon it's probably okay to attach the three drives to the same power splitter cable? Or should I ideally use a new cable?





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[SpyderTracks]

Hiya

Should be absolutely fine on SATA power, doesn't actually draw much.

I've got about 6 HDD's and 2 SATA SSD's running from 3 SATA power cables daisychained, and it's been like that since 2014, never had an issue, not even a failed drive.

 

[Wololo_n00b]

Hiya

Should be absolutely fine on SATA power, doesn't actually draw much.

I've got about 6 HDD's and 2 SATA SSD's running from 3 SATA power cables daisychained, and it's been like that since 2014, never had an issue, not even a failed drive.

Ahh nice nice, that's great, thanks for the quick reply!