Storage Solutions Sata II cable suggestion

[Happy Singh]

Hi TE
I need suggestion for buying some new good quality sata II cables
can i get some detail about these cable, that why are they so expensive.

Newegg.com - Nippon Labs Premium 36" (3 ft.) SATA II Cable with locking latch for SATA I and SATA II Hard Drive Model SATA-L1-R - Cables

Newegg.com - StarTech 18" Latching SATA Cable M/M - Straight Model LSATA18 - Cables

Will need more options

 

[saqib_khan]

Why dont you get them from your local computer dealer. I think they are costly because they are long in size.

 

[Happy Singh]

Why dont you get them from your local computer dealer. I think they are costly because they are long in size.

Local dealer are having those normal cables each of Rs 20/- i don't want those

 

[saqib_khan]

I have used both these type of cables, and I dont feel any difference in speed.

 

[Happy Singh]

I have used both these type of cables, and I dont feel any difference in speed.

So no fun in buying so expensive cables

 

[saqib_khan]

^^ Yeah.. but I wonder why no one else is commenting, so we can know from their experience.

 

[madnav]

0 customer reviews on newegg too... and specifications don't claim anything more than a standard cable does..

its like psychological marketing... overprice them so that customers would buy and check what's the fuzz

by the way... that same thing is priced cheaper on it's manufacture's page here StarTech.com - Latching SATA Cables

 

[axeman]

Look for SATA cables with Clips on the end. Those would be a good buy.

 

[rajndra]

Not sure, whats so great about those cables ? I bought a few from KMD which have locking clip, are UV Blue (no idea what it means) and one of them has a right-angled clip.

 

[Happy Singh]

So is there any high end sata cable comes for desktops? or why these SATA2 Cables w/Locking Latch / UV Blue - 18 Inches (2514) - Rs. 150 at http://www.techenclave.com/dealers-paradise/do-case-modding-104557.html is so expensive than normal which comes in rs 20 or 40 each

 

[psyph3r]

No differences seen in my personal experience.

 

[rajndra]

I think some are costly becoz they use gold-plated/copper or good quality wires (similar to what they say in HDMI cables). The cheaper ones may be using ordinary conducting material, hence cheap.

I think one should not gamble with Data by using a cheap SATA2 cable. Data is more important, if you need to store it properly.

 

[g2]

Normal ones are as good as these. BTW buy your SATA cables as short as u can get. Turns out they are very poorly shielded. Here' the link for further reading ATA-ATAPI.COM -- Serial ATA (SATA) Shorter length means minimum cross talk

Only invest if they have latching clip or are right angles ones (guess useful if u have diff hard disk orientation) & even these kind are available cheap in the market these days.

Also never tie them up together or with other power/PATA cables. I did that before & it gave me disk/controller errors. Also dont bend them

 

[madnav]

errr

wrong place..

mods please clean this