SATA Blu-Ray Drive Adapter

[Doogals]

I have a full size 5.25" internal Blu-Ray drive that uses SATA connectors for power and data. I recently added a second HDD which means the two SATA ports on my motherboard are occupied, and I only have three PCIe slots (one x16 and two x1).

I need to add a PCIe USB 3.0 card with a 19/20 pin header for the front USB 3.0 ports on my case, and with a graphic card installed in the x16 slot that only leaves me with one open slot remaining (which I would like to leave open for a future OTA HD antenna tuner). So I would like to avoiding adding a PCIe SATA card just for connecting my optical drive.

I'm thinking about using a SATA to USB 3.0 adapter (link below) to connect my optical drive to a rear panel USB 3.0 port on my motherboard, and then powering the drive with a SATA power connector from my PSU.

http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-5-25-INCH-Converter-Activity-USB-DSC9/dp/B00DQJME7Y

I won't need to use the external power supply that comes with the adapter.

Any thoughts on this setup?

 

[R_1]

if you have a free usb 2.0 header on your motherboard you can use this
http://www.amazon.com/Koutech-Header-Pin-Dual-Type-A-Adapter/dp/B003UIM142%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduckduckgo-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB003UIM142
this way the wires will be in the case.

the one you showed will work

 

[johnnyb105]

You can also buy if your board has a empty PCI slot not PCI-E YOU can get a sata card made for a PCI slot as well.

 

[Doogals]

My Blu-ray drive has a "burst transfer rate" of 1.5 Gbps and a sustained rate of 62.93 MBps.

Would that rule out using USB 2.0 at 60 MBps? Or would USB 3.0 might be an option at 5 GBps?

Also no PCI slots available, just the three PCIe slots I mentioned. Motherboard is an ASRock Q1900M:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q1900M/

 

[R_1]

My Blu-ray drive has a "burst transfer rate" of 1.5 Gbps and a sustained rate of 62.93 MBps.

Would that rule out using USB 2.0 at 60 MBps? Or would USB 3.0 might be an option at 5 GBps?

Also no PCI slots available, just the three PCIe slots I mentioned. Motherboard is an ASRock Q1900M:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q1900M/

yes and yes
I was trying to keep the cables internal.
the only other option I can think of is a combo sata & USB3.0 card and an external tuner. the combo card would give you more options than just a 3.0 or SATA card.
http://www.amazon.com/Sienoc-Combo-Ports-extender-Adapter/dp/B00F920IYW/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1451965273&sr=1-6&keywords=usb+3.0+sata+card+20+pin
but the external tuner may be a deal breaker