PSU'S not enough sockets for 5 HDD ?

[Cap'n Jack Sparrow]

So the case is Kolink Ethereal. I have installed 3 ML120 and 2 ML140 fans hooked up to the board and 1 R9 280 GPU with one 6 Pin and 1 one 8 Pin connector.

The problem is. No PSU seems to have enough connectors, i'm trying to add 5 HDD as the case allows it, and the customer loves Seagate HDD.

It's overkill, but does the game allow this many HDD with one GPU in the system.

Some GPU have one 6 Pin and one 8 Pin, some two 8 Pin, some maybe two 6 Pin.

Then dual GPU may need upto 4, meaning you really can't install many HDD at all

[Johnny M]

Originally posted by Cap'n Jack Sparrow:

So the case is Kolink Ethereal. I have installed 3 ML120 and 2 ML140 fans hooked up to the board and 1 R9 280 GPU with one 6 Pin and 1 one 8 Pin connector.

The problem is. No PSU seems to have enough connectors, i'm trying to add 5 HDD as the case allows it, and the customer loves Seagate HDD.

It's overkill, but does the game allow this many HDD with one GPU in the system.

Some GPU have one 6 Pin and one 8 Pin, some two 8 Pin, some maybe two 6 Pin.

Then dual GPU may need upto 4, meaning you really can't install many HDD at all

The HDD uses a complete different connector to a GPU, so it doesn't matter how many GPUs you are plugging in. Have a search through and find one that says SATA with more than 5. There definitely are PSUs that have 5 or more

[Cap'n Jack Sparrow]

I know the connections are different. I was basically mentioning what other devices were connected in the system.

That is not the point i was trying to make. Sorry. I should have been more clear.

None of the PSU's i tried, the expensive 750W / 850W ones from EVGA, Corsair would plug in 5 SATA drives.

The PSU descriptions in the game shop are very vague. We can't even filter by amount of sata connections.

The only information given is, Wattage, Length, Type, Size. This is no help. ?

[Johnny M]

Originally posted by Cap'n Jack Sparrow:

I know the connections are different. I was basically mentioning what other devices were connected in the system.

That is not the point i was trying to make. Sorry. I should have been more clear.

None of the PSU's i tried, the expensive 750W / 850W ones from EVGA, Corsair would plug in 5 SATA drives.

The PSU descriptions in the game shop are very vague. We can't even filter by amount of sata connections.

The only information given is, Wattage, Length, Type, Size. This is no help. ?

In that case, I don't think there are any PSUs in game that support that many after searching on Google. So I think your out of luck, only option is to remove some drives, or add some NVME drives to make up for it.

BTW IDK if you are new to the game or not, but you don't need to go that overkill with the build, it won't give you a massive increase that's worth spending that much. I think in the game the only one that can support that many is a 1600w. I am going to go onto freebuild rn and check.

Edit: I just check and used a RM750 which had 5 so I was wrong with the part of it only being 1600w, but you should def be able to find one that will support 5

[Johnny M]

I was also able to plug in 1 GPU and the 5 different HDDs and SSDs, so just take a closer look lol

[Cap'n Jack Sparrow]

Hey again. Really appreciate you helping with this. It was overkill lol. I was just testing how far i could take the G SKILL 4400 RAM OC and so far 520MHz!! That's monster!

[Johnny M]

Originally posted by Cap'n Jack Sparrow:

Hey again. Really appreciate you helping with this. It was overkill lol. I was just testing how far i could take the G SKILL 4400 RAM OC and so far 520MHz!! That's monster!

All good, but yeah even tho its kinda overkill there definitely was PSUs that are capable so idk if you found one yet

[Cap'n Jack Sparrow]

In the end, to speed up progress on some other pending jobs, I just lost a few HDD. And thanks again. :)

[Johnny M]

Originally posted by Cap'n Jack Sparrow:

In the end, to speed up progress on some other pending jobs, I just lost a few HDD. And thanks again. :)

All good, at least you know now that you CAN use them all haha