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#Trying to expand system with HDD using PCIe 8 pin Female to SATA power
potent carbonBOT
sweet palm
sorry
I want to expand my system and I see a spare PCI-E 8 pin just sat doing nothing. It looks like it could be a part of the cable that goes to my graphics card, but it could just be two 8 pin connectors cable tied together. I'm planning to get a PCIe 8 pin female to SATA power to try and power a HDD that I took from my old Xbox One. Will that work, or will my RTX 3050 fry?
Trying to expand system with HDD using PCIe 8 pin Female to SATA power
Never mind. I had another SATA power cable anyway. Oopsie doodles on my part.
rocky barn
I want to expand my system and I see a spare PCI-E 8 pin just sat doing nothing....
i wouldn't use the drives from a Xbox One, i've heard they don't play nicely on PC due to firmware and the obvious ones being speed
sweet palm
yeah i know
but i like having more space
it's gonna be a temporary measure while i wait to get a 2.5" SATA SSD
rocky barn
If you've got spare slot M.2 slot that's probably a better place to start
sweet palm
m.2 is expensive and that's money i dont really have
potent carbonBOT
:tada: Congrats @sweet palm, you levelled up to 3! :tada:
sweet palm
i use an m.2 for my boot drive
so this is really just for extra game storage and such
the drive in my xbox one was this one
rocky barn
m.2 is expensive and that's money i dont really have
If you're after a 1TB or 2TB sata you can get an NVME usually for 5 to 10 pound more
sweet palm
If you're after a 1TB or 2TB sata you can get an NVME usually for 5 to 10 pound ...
true true but i also have no job and no money atm lmfao
so i'm trying to save money where i can
every penny counts
rocky barn
👍
sweet palm
update to this: xbox hard drive worked. turns out i obviously had some SATA power cables, i just couldnt find them at first