Which SATA cables would you choose?

[taisingera]

I have a small case, NSK4400 and the hard drives are right near the SATA ports. Which would you choose, 6" straight cables or 10" one side angled cables (to HDDs)?

 

[SonicIce]

listen to your heart

 

[jpeyton]

Monster SATA cables. They offer 100x the performance for only 10x the price.

 

[Bob Anderson]

The shortest cables offer the least airflow resistance.

Go short.

-Bob

 

[engiNURD]

i would think short, and single right angled: http://svc.com/gc10akm12.html browse their other cables, too, in case you find one thats a better fit.

 

[lobbyone]

Cables that work

 

[Alone]

10" would allow for better cable management, if that's a concern.

 

[Old Hippie]

Monster SATA cables. They offer 100x the performance for only 10x the price.

If ya don't quit spreading that around, everybody will know the secret.

 

[taisingera]

I've decided to go with 10" right angle cables for both drives after taking an 18" cable and going through the motions inside the case of how a 10" and 6" would fit.

They should have made SATA cables round and more flexible than what they are.

 

[bendixG15]

Originally posted by: taisingera
They should have made SATA cables round and more flexible than what they are.

Right, thats why i stay with the flat 80 wire jobs 😉

 

[Lord Evermore]

I think rounding them makes it harder to shield the individual wires from interference from the others. Yes they usually work fine in the real world, but the design is looking at theoretical use.

But they're already pretty dang flexible, and in fact it's only a matter of what an individual manufacturer does. There's no rule about how stiff a plastic they have to cover the wires with. (If you're really good with a hobby knife, shave some of the coating off.) Bare wires would be fine with just the PVC coating like a PSU wire. They're certainly better than working with IDE cables.