Molex connector is the vernacular term for a two-piece pin and socket interconnection. In such a connector, cylindrical spring-metal pins fit into cylindrical spring-metal sockets. The pins and sockets are held in a rectangular matrix in a nylon shell.
What are the 3 types of connectors?
Electrical connectors are classified into three types based on their termination ends: board-to-board connectors, cable/wire-to-cable/wire connectors, and cable/wire-to-board connectors.Mar 2, 2021
What do Molex cables connect to?
The Molex connector is used for power connections for a disk drive in a computer as well as for other computer components such as CD-ROM's, graphic cards etc. The Molex connectors bring DC power to the drives inside a PC case.
What is the 4 pin power connector for on motherboard?
The 4-pin Fan power connector is found on motherboards within a computer case. This connector provides power to cooling fans and is typically used on the fan that cools the CPU.
Can I use SATA to Molex?
With a simple molex connection, you can attach up to 4 SATA devices.
What is better SATA or Molex?
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).Dec 6, 2012
Do motherboards have Molex?
The 4 pin molex power connector on motherboards is found near the PCIe 16X slot is used for additional power for the video card in that slot. The manual explains it is there for modern, high power consuming cards, which do not have their own power connector on the card.