Quick ? about SATA cables

[Zick]

Are the SATA II cables that can handle 3GB/s a waste of money.
Just wondering if a regular SATA cable will be fine for a SATA II hard drive.

 

[dandragonrage]

Yes they will work fine

 

[Zick]

Sorry I guess I worded that wrong. I know they will be fine but would I see any kind of performance gain by going to a SATA II cable?

 

[dandragonrage]

Nope. Only difference will be a locking connector.

 

[Zick]

Thanks

 

[xenotype]

Just advertising. Theres no improvement.

 

[Michael Daly]

If the difference is a locking connector, that's an improvement.

 

[DeathFromBelow]

If the difference is a locking connector, that's an improvement.

The eSATA cables are more rugged, and some manufacturers make regular SATA cables that clip into place, but I don't think there's an official locking SATA 2 cable.

Some places mislabel eSATA as SATA 2:
http://www.topmicrousa.com/kb-108a.html

 

[Michael Daly]

Strictly speaking, what everyone calls SATA2 is not SATA2. SATA2 is not a technology level or release, it's a committee. What most people call SATA2 is just SATA at 3Gbps instead of 1.5Gbps.