It is 1 x female to 4 x male.

quickymart:

 

Ah I didn't refresh the page in time!

 

I actually had a look at one of those yesterday but I don't think it would work - it would need to be female SATA on one end and male SATA on the other to connect to the optical drive...unless there's a connector on the motherboard I could use for it? (I had a quick look but couldn't see one).

 

it is female on one end

also you cant get power from the motherboard for SATA drives or Optical drives, it needs to come from the PSU from either a sata connector or a molex to sata conversion cable

dcsharp:

Spyware:

 

PBTech sell SATA power splitter cables, either split from 4 pin molex or SATA power.

 

Yep. I’ve had to use one of these (if not this, then something really similar) in the past, actually it might be in my z4.

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CABSTT2061243/StarTechcom-PYO4SATA-4x-SATA-Power-Splitter-Adapte

Works fine.

Looks like a nice upgrade OP, hope it’s all going well!

Thanks, have ordered one of these now, let's see how it goes 🤞

Jase2985:

 

also you cant get power from the motherboard for SATA drives or Optical drives, it needs to come from the PSU from either a sata connector or a molex to sata conversion cable

 

Unless it's a 12VO system. 😀