High quality SATA cables?

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Currently have the cables that I got for 25 rupees each from a computer shop while buying hard drives.

I’ve been running into issues with a few of these cables now. They work well for a while but because they are in a cabinet which runs 24x7 (my NAS+homelab), it seems they just go bad after a while causing HDD restarts and data corruptions.

One my HDD start-stop count went over 7k due to these bad cables.

The cables that came with the RAID card seems to be superior quality. But I have half my drives connected to RAID card and the other half to motherboard for redundancy.

Where can I get high quality SATA cables ?

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Foxconn does make those cables.

https://megajaipur.com/filtered?search=sata%20cable&description=true

Irrespective of cables if you are building something to work 24x7 - you need to monitor the stats. Cable could be faulty you need to secure the connection properly, anything a little bit loose could probably yank the connection.
Are you talking about the power or the data cable ?

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Get it from motherboard box from PC store or old computers. It is better to buy used than new in these cases as getting good quality cables other than HDMI is almost impossible in India. Even getting a laptop power cord, the club shaped one, is almost impossible in good quality. I finally asked my laptop repair guy to sell me an old original cable from an HP charger.

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Getting cables from motherboards is a good idea, I have many such cables lying around that came with motherboards and never used. you can check locally or someone from TE can help.

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What length do you want?

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I normally use the server and workstation cables which come with branded PC .

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I think if it’s above 15cm, it should be okay, needs to reach from the hard drive to the mobo sata slot

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You asked for high quality here it is. https://www.digikey.in/en/products/detail/3m/5602-44-0142A-200/3867869

Part number is - 5602-44-0142A-200

Length is 200mm.

High quality shielded SATA cable from 3M.

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Datasheet

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Some parameters

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How to order?

Order from semikart by adding it’s part number. Choose the vendor mouser for the cheapest price.

The price will be ₹1271 for one cable. Including shipping + customs + everything delivered to your door.

Buy only 1 first.

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From 25 rupee cable to 1271.

That is just 5000% more expensive.

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Fedus makes some good quality cables, better than OEM. Had Acer Predator cable faulty replaced it with fedus.

Not 5000% difference lol

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I have some lying around that came with my old Asus Z170 motherboard. I can post pics if you want.

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I have Supermicro SATA cables up for sale here

These are INR 250 a cable, but feel free to negotiate if you need multiple.

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That is extremely high quality, maybe if one day I’m building my own data centre xD

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Sure, please DM with pics and prices.

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If willing to sell, please DM with prices ?

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Found these sata cables - UGREEN SATA 3.0 Cable – High Speed Data Transfer – Ugreen India

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Ugreen is usually good quality. I would buy these if I needed them, although I would try to get them locally. I would get them cheaper and faster.

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It shouldn’t take more than 2-3 days to reach you, it is India based.

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It would be better to wait if someone can offer them locally