Connecting 2 SSD's and one HDD

Brute36

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I am planning to purchase new bigger SSD but I am not sure how to connect it. Here is my setup:

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K
MB: ASUS P8Z77-V LX
GPU: Club3D AMD Radeon R9 280X
Hardboards: 60GB SSD + 1TB SATA
Optical drive: HL-DT-ST BD/DVDRW
Power Supply: Chieftec 600w CFT-600-14CS

At the moment there are only two 4-pin peripheral and floppy power connector slots available in the power supply. In the motherboard there is one SATA 3G_4 slot available.

Can I connect the new SSD to a 4 pin power connector + SATA 3G_4 slot? Do I need to connect the new SSD to the other hardboards with a SATA cable?
 
First of all forget about any manipulation of your PSU. Your power supply is more than adequate to provide all the power needed by the components of your system.

Connect your new SSD to the motherboard's SATA 6G_1 connector. (I'm assuming, of course, that you will want that SSD to serve as your day-to-day bootable working drive).
Assuming you plan to use the 1 TB disk as a secondary drive that will be in more use than the 60 GB SSD, connect that HDD to the motherboard's SATA 6G_2 connector. If, on the other hand, you plan to utilize the 60 GB SSD more frequently than the 1 TB HDD, connect the SSD to the SATA 6G_2 connector.
Your third disk - be it the 1 TB HDD or the 60 GB SSD - should be connected to the SATA 3G_1 connector.
Your optical drive can be connected to one or the other vacant SATA connectors.

That above would be the best arrangement as a general proposition. Actually it probably doesn't really matter to which ports you connect your secondary devices, but do connect your new SSD as indicated above. While your motherboard contains 6 SATA connectors two of them - the SATA 6G_1 & 2 connectors - support the latest SATA 3 devices (6 Gb/s) while the other 4 SATA ports support SATA 2 devices (3 Gb/s). But you shouldn't experience any negative real-world speed impediments with your setup.
 
Thank you for the answer!

I connected the new 256 GB SSD to the power supply by using a 4-Pin Molex Male to 6-Pin PCI- Power Adapter Cable and Molex SATA Power Adapter Cable. At the moment the new SSD is connected to the mothrboard's SATA 3G_4 slot. I have installed Steam and some games to the new SSD and they are working very fast. I will propably try the 6G_2 slot for the SSD as you suggested to see if I notice any difference.
 
I'm really at a loss to understand what you are doing. Your new 256 GB SSD will serve as your boot drive, right? And the other two drives will serve as secondary drives, yes? Do I have all of this right?

Why are you connecting the new SSD in the manner you have described? I'm really at a loss to understand why you are undertaking that configuration. Is there any reason you do not wish to simply connect that SSD to the motherboard's SATA 6G_1 connector and be done with it?