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Question about IDE - SATA adapters

I am planning out my first retro-sleeper project based around a Pentium II. I want to minimize the amount of visible wires. lol Please check my understanding.

What I am thinking is to get an IDE - SATA adapter or two for the SSD and a CD drive. Not sure if I can daisy chain from one of these adapters.

My understanding is these boards are basically pass through. But they want you to route the power through them instead of directly hooking the power supply to the drive.

It would look like this:

1. Plug adapter into MOBO 2. Plug power supply into the adapter jack. 3. Run SATA power and data cables from adapter to the drives.

[This is one of the adapters I am considering.](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081YP2S5R?smid=A2OKSEIX7OEK0B&th=1)

Have you guys done this? Am I even correct? I'm open to other options as well.

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