Across the range only the ASH-S1 hub and the Aurora Learn cover draw SATA power. Everything else runs from a board header or an existing supply lead. That makes the SATA count a short check rather than a whole wiring exercise.
Wiring anxiety usually comes from assuming every accessory needs its own power feed. Across the whole AsiaHorse range, only two products actually draw a SATA plug, and knowing which two turns a full wiring audit into a thirty-second check.
Only the ASH-S1 fan hub (R349) and the Aurora Learn cable cover (R599) draw SATA power, each because it carries its own onboard controller. Everything else in the range - fans, sleeved cables, lit extensions, the standard Aurora cover kit - runs from a motherboard header or from the existing power supply leads it extends.
The ASH-S1 hub is a controller box in its own right - nine PWM fan ports and nine 5V 3-pin ARGB ports, driven by a remote with twenty lighting presets - and running that many outputs needs its own power feed rather than borrowing from a board header. It draws SATA for exactly that reason. The Aurora Learn cover is the other one: unlike the standard Aurora cover kit, the Learn version ships with its own SATA-powered controller and remote carrying over 124 lighting presets, so it needs the same kind of dedicated feed the hub does.
Everything else in the range runs off connections you already have without adding a new load to the SATA chain. Lit accessories - the RAM cover, the M.2 heatsink, the standard Aurora cover kit, the Hydrus cables - all take power and sync from a single motherboard 5V 3-pin ARGB header, which most current boards carry at least one of. The sleeved cable kits and non-lit extensions do not draw power at all in the sense of needing a feed; they simply extend the leads your power supply already provides. None of that touches a SATA connector.
If a build runs both the ASH-S1 hub and an Aurora Learn cover, that is two SATA positions used - one each. Most SATA power leads coming off a supply carry three or four connectors along their length, so a lead already feeding a couple of drives typically has room to spare for two more small devices. It is still worth counting before ordering rather than assuming, particularly in a build with several drives already claiming positions on the same lead.
Fans themselves, whichever family is chosen from the case fan range, draw from fan headers on the board or from the hub's own PWM ports rather than from SATA, so they add to your header count without touching the SATA question at all. Keeping those two counts separate - SATA positions for the hub and Learn cover, headers for fans and lighting - is what stops a wiring plan from getting tangled, since a shortage in one does not necessarily mean a shortage in the other. A quick look through Evetech's case accessories range shows how few products in this category actually carry the SATA requirement once you separate them out this way.
Only the ASH-S1 hub and the Aurora Learn cover, each of which brings its own onboard controller that requires a dedicated supply feed.
A 5V 3-pin motherboard header for lit accessories, and the existing power supply leads for the sleeved extension kits.
One each, so a build running the hub and a Learn cover at the same time occupies two positions along the supply's SATA leads.
Commonly three or four along their length, so a lead already serving a couple of drives often has a spare position free.
No. That version takes power and sync from a single motherboard header, which is part of what keeps its installation simpler than the Learn version's.
Fans draw from fan headers or from the hub's own ports, so they add to the header count rather than to the SATA count.
It is a short check, and a build with no free SATA position needs that sorted before either the hub or the Learn cover can be wired in.
Wiring up an AsiaHorse hub or lit cable cover? Have a look at Evetech's case accessories to plan exactly how many SATA and header positions your build will need.
Only the ASH-S1 hub and the Aurora Learn cover, each of which brings its own onboard controller that requires a dedicated supply feed.
A 5V 3-pin motherboard header for lit accessories, and the existing power supply leads for the sleeved extension kits.
One each, so a build running the hub and a Learn cover at the same time occupies two positions along the supply's SATA leads.
Commonly three or four along their length, so a lead already serving a couple of drives often has a spare position free.
No. That version takes power and sync from a single motherboard header, which is part of what keeps its installation simpler than the Learn version's.
Fans draw from fan headers or from the hub's own ports, so they add to the header count rather than to the SATA count.
It is a short check, and a build with no free SATA position needs that sorted before either the hub or the Learn cover can be wired in.
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