I purchased a SATA power cable from PPC's... it plugs into a Molex on your PSU and provides two SATA power connectors... nicely sleeved and heat-shrinked for $10. Good deal? Not really...



Applying 12V to the 5V lead on a pair of Raptors is a good way to brick them.

Naturally, although PPC's QA sucks arse, they aren't willing to do anything.

So the moral of this story is... don't be a dumb-ass like me and assume that PPC's does QA on their custom cables... test them yourselves.

Sadly for me, their attitude on this makes me want to buy elsewhere whenever possible. This is sad because there are few vendors with the selection of modding supplies that these guys carry. Oh well!