Question AIO power

[delu5on]

I am looking to upgrade to iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX. This comes with Corsair’s Commander Core in which you can plug in your fans and the AIO pump. The Commander Core unit then gets power from a sata cable.

The question is, can I plug this into an existing SATA cable which is currently powering and SSD only? Essentially a splitter sata cable.

thanks all in advance,

 

[Paperdoc]

Yes. Many PSU output cables are designed with several (2 to 4) SATA output connectors on one cable strip, so you may already have an unused connector for this.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

can I plug this into an existing SATA cable which is currently powering and SSD only?

yes.
i've never had any trouble daisy-chaining SATA power cables.

 

[delu5on]

Thanks, I was thinking that maybe a SATA cable might only be able to deliver so much power and the pump and 4 fans + the SSD would take it over the limit.

 

[Paperdoc]

Those loads will not come close to the limits, so don't worry. In fact, they may not even be on the same lines. The pump and fans for sure will draw power from the 12 VDC lines. I expect the SSD uses power only from the5 VDC lines. No overlap at all. But for reference, EACH voltage source (12 V and 5 V) in a SATA connector is limited separately to 4.5 A, a lot more than the load you are doing.