SATA III Cables

[Darkninja462]

I have been wondering do the cabels actually make any difference to SATA I to SATA II to SATA III ?

Surely it is the same amount of wires and connectors ?

Regards
-Ninja

 

[Greeny1994]

I was wondering the same. Its the same connector on each end, and you cant get faster "wire"

 

[chippy08]

Nope- a SATA cable is a SATA cable, although some may be made better than others, there's only one standard which works for SATA I, II and III.

 

[Darkninja462]

So why do there seem to be different versions of the same thing, or is it a scam :O haha

 

[Orcvader]

Wires are the same but the chips on the ends of the wires aren't. Each SATA version just sends signals differently.

 

[Darkninja462]

Wires are the same but the chips on the ends of the wires aren't. Each SATA version just sends signals differently.

There are chips at each end, didn't know that.

 

[Surveyor]

SATA 3 cables are possibly better quality though most cables will work fine up to SATA 3 speeds.

Occasionally you do see someone having problems getting the full speed using a cheap cable.

 

[chippy08]

So why do there seem to be different versions of the same thing, or is it a scam :O haha

Its all down to making money i suppose if you search google theres a few tests done with different cables and there conclusion that it makes no difference and the only difference i have found is that some makes of cables give that slight extra speed than other makes.

I have had some old sata 2 cables which gave me 5mb extra speed over the sata 3 cables that came with my Asus z68 motherboard.

 

[FRAGMAYO]

so same as everything else, they do this to make more money


GRRRRR

 

[Defy Belief]

Because a lot of people will buy them before doing any form of research, common assumption to think oh I have sata 3 on my mobo now best get some sata 3 cables.

 

[Puppetmaster]

I watched a video awhile back from Linus, basically there is no difference between sata cables