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Short SATA where?

Sahakiel

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Unsure of where to post, so stuck this here.

Case: Antec P182
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H

Situation: I have hard drives mounted in the removable front caddy. Before anyone asks, yes, the bottom caddy is full and so are the 5-1/4" bays above. I connect those two drives to the motherboard headers. However, since there is literally about 2" between the header itself and the hard drives, I end up with a lot of cable folded behind the caddy. Thankfully, 10" or 12" cable seem fairly common, so the upper and lower drives will have those replaced fairly soon.

Problem: I am having trouble finding short SATA cables online that don't charge an arm and a leg. By short I am referring to 6" or less. I would like to purchase more than a couple, for replacements and future use. However, I am not keen on paying $10 shipped per cable.
I have checked newegg, mwave, monoprice, svc, frozencpu, endpcnoise, amazon, all the major retailers I can think of. Few carry extremely short cable and none are selling for what I consider a practical price. Especially annoying is the fact that shipping is constant per unit.

Question: Basically, are there any minor merchants that are reliable, trustworthy, and stock extremely short SATA cable, preferably with at least one right angle head, that actually sell them for a reasonable price in large, but not bulk, quantities? I am looking for somewhere around $10-$20 for 4-6 cables.
 

Blain

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Problem: I am having trouble finding short SATA cables online that don't charge an arm and a leg. By short I am referring to 6" or less. I am not keen on paying $10 shipped per cable.
I have checked newegg, mwave, monoprice, svc, frozencpu, endpcnoise, amazon, all the major retailers I can think of. Few carry extremely short cable and none are selling for what I consider a practical price. Especially annoying is the fact that shipping is constant per unit.
Why not go to Ebay?
I don't have any connection to that seller, but he/she has a 99.7% rating on over 12,500 transactions.
They also have a quantity of 6 cables for $23.70 and offer free shipping.
They aren't 90 degree connectors, but you can get them for a huge discount compaired to where you've already looked.
 
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alaricljs

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Left angle to straight, 4-14" in 2" increments: $1.89 http://www.cpustuff.com/sata-cables...traight-sata-cable-4-inches-to-14-inches.html

Right angle to straight, 4-14" in 2" increments: $1.89 http://www.cpustuff.com/sata-cables-right-angle-to-straight-4-inches-to-40-inches.html

Straight version, same story... $1.89: http://www.cpustuff.com/straight-to-straight-sata-cable/


They're on resellerratings with a 10/10 but not many reviews.... but I'd buy from them. For 8 cables, looks to be about $10 shipping from CA to the NY, so $25 total.