Are there any reliable right-angle adapters/cables for SATA power ports?

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I have multiple SATA drives that my case angles right against it's back side-panel, this means that the cables are mashing against the panel and I am very worried it can bend/fray the cables or crack/break the SATA connectors on the drives. So I got right-angled cables for my drives. Issue is though, I was only able to find cables for the DATA connection of my drives, not the power. For some reason all sorts of cables and adapters to connect the data cable of your drives at a right angle are available, but not power. (What's the point then? Wouldn't you need BOTH to be right-angle if one of them is?)

I mean, I was able to find some very shoddy stuff. Adapters that split a single SATA power cable into two like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C2TJ82P/

Or ones that use molex instead like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DJ654GN

Or terrifyingly, one that splits a single SATA connector into FIVE like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09P4RQSNS

I am pretty sure the ones that split the cables are likely going to pull too much current, especially since I am going to be connecting these to 7200 RPM 3.5 HDDs for a RAID setup, it's not like I am using low-power SSDs or something.

On top of that, all of those and the one example of a right-angle cable I could find all looked like they used the cheap molded cable manufacturing method, which apparently is a fire hazard, especially for what I am going to be using them for:



Is there ANY type of reliable right-angle connector for SATA power? There are literally thousands of of right-angle connectors of all types for the data port, but bizarrely almost nothing for the power port, and the few I could find all look like potential fire hazards. Since I am going to have five HDDs in my RAID setup that will be on 24/7 I don't want to risk using random cheap cables that can risk a fire.
 
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Unfortunately, they aren't made anymore, but you can take a risk at ebay for some Silverstone CP02/04 cables (working from memory on the model number might be off). They're splitters but well made with some extra magic in the psu end. I have had several on my server for years with 3.5" WD blacks and not a single issue.
 
Or you can buy sata power pins and a connector shell and make your own, if you're somewhat confidant. Or you can get modmymods, moddiy, etc, to make some for you.
 
There's also the kind of sata power connector that just clamps on the wires like the pins in a rj45 connector, but those kinda scare me.

Edit: Here ya go, https://modmymods.com/mmm-5-pin-sata-push-in-female-connector-black-mod-0248.html

Don't have to order from them, but that's what you're looking for. Strip the wire, line it up, and push the cap on. Can do multiple on a single cable, just gotta make sure your PSU and the wires can handle the load.
 
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Or you can get modmymods, moddiy, etc, to make some for you.

I tried looking at places like cablemod that might have or be able to make a connector with all right-angle SATA cables for my PSU, but they strangely did not have a right-angle option.
 
Josh (Brony) over at modmymods (hereafter "mmm") was really cool, pinned some 2p mini power connector wires for me, just had to get him the part from mouser bc they didn't have it. Did a real good job, too--nice clean crimp.

The guys at cablemod would probably do the same if you ask them. They had to make a custom item in the mmm shop for me to place my order, might be something similar there (if they don't just write it up manually).

Edit: Oof, their website crashed--too many connections. Can email their support inbox at [email protected] if you want to see if they can help you. That's how I got the ball rolling on my order.
 
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I actually asked Cablemod before if they have any options for right-angle SATA power and they said that they don't.
 
this is what you want to do,
SATA poer cabling.jpg
 
Correct, that is what I want to do. Issue I can't FIND those right-angled SATA cables. If I have to make my own, I have no idea where to even start. Plus how I would even begin to plug them into my modular PSU.
 
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