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Is it safe to use molex to PCIe adapter?
Two molex to pci-e 6 / 6+2 would be safer as then you’d have at least two wires carrying current to the pci-e connector. With two molex connectors, each molex connector would carry half the maximum 75w watts, so around 38 watts or around 3.2A per wire, which should be quite safe.
Is 2x molex to 6 pin safe?
not really no. If it doesn’t come with a 6-pin, it can’t properly provide the power a 6-pin needs.
Are Molex connectors safe?
An improperly-manufactured molex to SATA adapter can pose a serious safety risk. And we don’t just mean that you can lose your hard drive. Under the “right” circumstances, your computer can catch fire.
What is PCIe 8pin?
This is an 8 pin version introduced with the PCI Express 2.0 specification released in January 2007. These high-power cards draw most of their power from the 12 volt rail so this cable provides only 12 volts. These are sometimes called “PCI Express cables”.
Is it safe to use Molex to 8pin?
Yes, using an adapter is safe.
Which is better Molex or SATA?
Technically Molex can carry much more power than the SATA power connector. Molex has 2 power pins (one 5V and on 12V pin), each can deliver 11Amps for a total of 22Amps. The other 2 pins are ground wires… SATA power connectors has a total of 15 pins of which 9 are power pins (3 x 3.3V, 3 x 5V, 3 x 12V).
What does the PCIe plug into?
PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express) is an interface standard for connecting high-speed components. Every desktop PC motherboard has a number of PCIe slots you can use to add GPUs (aka video cards aka graphics cards), RAID cards, Wi-Fi cards or SSD (solid-state drive) add-on cards.
Are all PCIe cables the same?
Disclaimer: The only difference between Type 3 and Type 4 cables is the pinout of the 24-pin ATX cable; all other cables (SATA, PCIe, etc) are the same.
How much power can I draw from Molex?
54 watts
The ATX standard for SATA or Molex connections is rated for 54 watts. Each SATA/Molex connector provides three 12v pins at 1.5 amps each, for a total of 4.5 amps. 12 volts, times 4.5 amps, equals 54 watts able to be provided by a SATA/Molex connector.