Cable length for the Antec SX1030

[blues008]

Hey all,

I'm thinking of buying rounded cables for my new Antec SX1030, and was wondering if you could let me know what size I need to get. Is 18 inches enough?

Thanks!
blues

 

[rondeemc]

18 is fine. Even if you have a raid board with the connections on the very bottom it still easily reaches the harddrive cage.

 

[blues008]

So an 18 inch will reach the topmost CDROM from the motherboard as well?

blues

 

[dadx2mj]

I have the SX830 and my hard drive in a cooler which mounts in the top 5.25 bay. I have it hooked up with an 18" ATA cable if there was one more bay on top it would not make it

 

[GrInNer]

18" is more than long enough.

How do the round cables work with ATA100? I've made a few rounded cables for ATA66 drives with good results, but have been hesitant to convert or buy an ATA100 due to the fact that the signal bleedover that was solved by the grounded line in the 100 cables might be reintroduced in a rounded cable.

 

[HL]

I dunno about some of the newer IDE specs, but in the past 18 inches was max. There was a possibility of signal degredation beyond that.

 

[tracerbullet]

I'd say it depends on the motherboard. 18" will reach the top but barely. If your IDE's are fairly high with the board installed, you'll make it. You may have to line your CD's up an the order that the cable can reach them though (in case you like them a certain way - one over the other - you may not get it). However if your IDE's are low in the board it won't quite go.

I've got the MSI Turbo R, and it makes it, but they are stretched tight. No room to push them out of the way to get to a jumper from the back.

If the longer ones (24?) will work as far as length criteria / signal loss, then I'd recommend one of them. to reach that last spot. An 18 for the low drive, a 24 or whatever for the upper one.