eSATA to internal SATA

[sphinx99]

I have a motherboard with a couple of unused external eSATA ports I'd like to use for internal 3.5" drives. Am I correct in assuming that I can use something like the below Monoprice cable to just run from outside the case to an internal drive?

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p..._id=1022603&p_id=3750&seq=1&format=4#feedback

Assumption is that I'm powering the drives off the internal PSU, and I just want to use that external SATA port for data.

 

[450]

I don't see why it wouldn't work. I've done the opposite, and its been flawless.

 

[s0rce]

I have a 16gb SSD connected via eSATA-SATA as my OS drive in my ZFS server. The 4 internal SATA ports are filled by the 4x 2TB data drives. Works perfectly.

 

[Old Hippie]

I've done it and it works just fine.