Which plug are you supposed to use for the SATA power cable?

[ITnonsavy]

I got the EVGA Supernova 550 G2. It came with the SATA power cable but it have 3 same connectors...I'm not sure which one to use to plug my hard drive. The 3 connectors attached together looks like a "Z" shape. I only know the other end of the cable plugs to the power supply...not sure about the "Z" shaped connectors.

Thanks.

 

[Nuwan Fernando]

You can connect any cable that gives you a SATA power connector. Then if you have multiple SATA power connectors on the same cable, you can connect any of those connectors to your Hard DIsk.

 

[ITnonsavy]

You can connect any cable that gives you a SATA power connector. Then if you have multiple SATA power connectors on the same cable, you can connect any of those connectors to your Hard DIsk.

Thanks.

Umm...I heard something about slave and master drives. Do people still use that?

 

[Nuwan Fernando]

That's only for older IDE interface where you connect two drivers to a single cable. With Sata there's no master or slave.. Good luck.

 

[dingo07]

is your hard drive an SSD? if it is, then you will see the slim L shaped power connector on the SSD - that's what that power cable is for, SSD's

 

[ITnonsavy]

is your hard drive an SSD? if it is, then you will see the slim L shaped power connector on the SSD - that's what that power cable is for, SSD's

I have a SSD and a hard drive. The SSD will be the one with OS and the hard drive is for storage.
I have the 3 header SATA cable, can I connect two of the headers on both or do I have to use two different 3-header SATA cables?

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/13-07-23/bc050_w_h_2.jpg
The cable I'm referring to is the top one.

 

[BadAsAl]

You can connect more than one drive to the power cable in the picture, in fact, it is designed to allow you to do just that. That cable will handle 3 SATA drives and 1 IDE drive. You can hook the SSD to 1 of the SATA connectors and the HDD to the other and off you go!

 

[dingo07]

yes, as BadAsAI said, you can do that. However, I would use a cable that has less connections on it if you have one.
typically a good power supply has 2 separate power cables that are only for SATA drives