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USB 3.5" HDD that uses USB-PD (no additional power supply)

I am searching for an external USB-C HDD 3.5" enclosure (for a single disk) that only requires one USB-C cable, no additional power supply. USB-PD (Power Delivery) allows devices to query ...
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How can I power SATA HDDs given this motherboard?

First-time asker here (let me know if there's a better stack for this) I recently bought a secondhand Lenovo ThinkServer TS460, intending to run a home media server on it using UnraidOS. Here's Lenovo'...
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do i need to upgrade my power supply after adding a new hdd drive?

I have a pc with this configuration and my power supply is 650W do I need to upgrade my power supply if I add a Western Digital Blue 4TB Hard Disk Drive? core i5 10400F, Asus TUF 2060, WD Blue 1TB, ...
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Why using an adapted 15-pin SATA connector, my Hard Disk does not turn on?

I have bought this cable in order to use a separate USB adapter to power my desktop hard disk (3,5") At one end is a normal USB male connector, and on the other end is an adapted 15-pin plug. ...
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How would you power multiple 3.5" hard drives without using an ATX power supply?

The idea is to grab an Intel NUC and plug one of these SATA to M.2 adapters into the M.2 port to connect four 3.5" HDDs as part of a build-your-own NAS project. The NUC however, cannot power the hard ...
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Intel i9 7980XE Are these parts compatible? [closed]

I am looking to go big on cores and have bought the Intel i9 7980XE 18 core processor. I'm trying to find a sane list of parts that will be compatible - I haven't built a computer for about 10 years ...
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