SATA cable standards...

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Is there any reason that a cable for a SATA2 drive will impede the performance of a SATA3 drive? ie. Can I use the same cable for both devices?
 
i bought sata 3 cables when i bought my rampage 3 extreme...now i feel violated with the knowledge that i could have used any sata cable....they cost me like £30 for 4 asaka cables aswell
 
cammy5477 said:
i bought sata 3 cables when i bought my rampage 3 extreme...now i feel violated with the knowledge that i could have used any sata cable....they cost me like £30 for 4 asaka cables aswell
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You were violated with extreme prejudice.

Every motherboard I've ever bought came with 4-6 SATA cables. Always used them and never had a problem.

I've got loads of the little buggers now.

Red seems a very popular colour with Asus though I got some nice white ones with my latest MSI boards.
 
Surveyor said:
You were violated with extreme prejudice.

Every motherboard I've ever bought came with 4-6 SATA cables. Always used them and never had a problem.

I've got loads of the little buggers now.

Red seems a very popular colour with Asus though I got some nice white ones with my latest MSI boards.
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the cables were round and good quality...better than those flat ones but i still feel violated ;)
 
I got this sata to esata cable which is 3m. Its plugged in and its transferring a file at below 1meg/sec (600kb even) now which is much slower then my old normal esata setup did with the same drive.

Is this because the cable length is too long or something else

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-041-OK


Should I have got the 1.8m cable listed instead, I did not think to check the max length as surely they would not sell it beyond working spec

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-025-AK
 
silversurfer said:
I got this sata to esata cable which is 3m. Its plugged in and its transferring a file at below 1meg/sec (600kb even) now which is much slower then my old normal esata setup did with the same drive.

Is this because the cable length is too long or something else

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-041-OK


Should I have got the 1.8m cable listed instead, I did not think to check the max length as surely they would not sell it beyond working spec

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-025-AK
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Out of spec. cables of various kinds have always been available, and must work enough of the time to be worth manufacturing/selling.

As stated the maximum theoretical cable lengths for SATA and eSATA are 1.0m and 2.0m respectively. You’ll probably get away with slightly longer cables, but at 3.0m I'm surprised that it works at all. If it's working correctly there shouldn't be any reduction in speed.

If you're just using a simple adapter that converts a spare internal SATA socket into an external eSATA socket then the safe cable length is only 1.0m, and that includes the length of cable that’s part of the adapter. You'll probably get away with longer cables, but it'll be guess work.
 
Wow, I totally didn't know that they weren't different. Glad I didn't go buying any extra "Sata 3" cables. >.<
 
If it's working correctly there shouldn't be any reduction in speed.
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That was my thinking also. This is a bit like those special HDMI cables that cost 80 quid and are gold plated. Total bs, either it works or it dont surely ie. its digital

Anyhow I've tried this same cable and same drive on another much older and slower computer and it zips away. Full motion video streaming, whatever just how esata should be

So 3m of internal to external sata connection does work fine at least on some computers. [From reading on it, its down to the cable quality and it must be very well shielded to sustain the link and this cable is very sturdy very thick compared to normal sata so..]

However its not working on a Gigabyte X58 UD5 rev.1 very well Not sure if its the drivers or bios or chip handling that port number
 
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