Are all SATA cables the same????

[Sipster]

Just wondering....I've been using the same sata cables I got with my old Asus P4C800 Deluxe years ago. Have they changed the cables for Sata 3.0 or Sata 2, whatever it's called?

 

[Godofdestrcution]

nope

They are all the same.

 

[Sovereign]

They are? They don't have a bandwidth restriction on older cables (only designed for 150MB/sec transfers or something)?

 

[Dew]

The cables are all made the same. The physical connectors and conductors are exactly the same. The only thing to worry about is getting a poorly made cable that introduces errors into the line, but I have yet to run across any since SATA came out.

 

[Sipster]

The cables are all made the same. The physical connectors and conductors are exactly the same. The only thing to worry about is getting a poorly made cable that introduces errors into the line, but I have yet to run across any since SATA came out.

Thanks!.......I just wanted to make sure I wasn't losing any performance.

 

[ChingChang]

they're all pretty much the same.. I used to think some were not shielded but the ones I didn't think were shielded I took apart and they actually are (just very thin 'ground' wires used).