Question

Can I safely power two hard drives (Western Digital VelociRaptor WD30000HLFS 10k RPM) from a single molex connection using a LP4 molex to 2 SATA splitter? The machine's power supply can easily handle the total power requirements of the rig, but I'm unsure of running two faster, 10k RPM drives off a splitter.

Answer 1

Yes.

In the days when everyone wanted me to put neon lights everywhere, I used quite a few splitters. If you want to use a lot of splitters and extras, try to spread it around e.g. don't have an extension off an extension when there is another one just going straight to a optical drive. - put one on each.

But anyway, these sort of adapters are perfectly safe. I have even used Star tech ones as well. I had no idea they were an international company!

Answer 2

in a word, yes.

im using a 'DIY' MOLEX splitter for 3 sata drives, no problem.

based on this concept:

Answer 3

Yes, it is safe. You should only worry when you begin to put Molex splitters into Molex splitters. I noticed that my 350W PSU couldn't start the PC with 20 HDDs.