Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s Cables?

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So I was wanting to know a few things. I read about the issue with shielding SATA cables and was thinking about running my SATA cables under my MOBO so they are out of the way. I didn't know if

a. There is a maximum length that SATA 3.0 Gb/s works at ? I don't want to lose stability.

b. Is it ok, as far as interference goes, to actually run the cables under the MOBO?

c. is there a difference between a SATA 300 (if there is such a cable) cable and a SATA 150 cable? I do not have it in front of me now but I could have sworn that when I was plugging in my WD1200JS into my Gigabyte 8i955x Royal that it (the MOBO guide or a sheet that came with the MOBO) said that I had to use the cables provided with the board as they were SATA 300 cables and that normal SATA cables would not work.

I asked a local computer shop, whom I don't buy parts from for a reason, about the speed thing and they said there is no difference.

Can anyone back up the claim or answer those question?
 
The SATA II Electrical specification Revision 1.0 places a limit on the SATA Gen2i cable at 1 meter. (Gen2i is the specification that is relevant for connecting a drive directly to a controller within a computer).

There is no electrical or physical difference between and SATA and SATA II cable.
 
well after bein inspired by aeon.x2 I took out one of my hard drive bays and turned the second one sidways allowing me with still enouth room to put something down there when i start my liquid cooling project. Since I was able to turn them, I have much more room for the extra power cables to be tucked away and I was able to run the existing SATA cables to the MOBO on the other side of the bay stand. It looks alot cleaner now than I was able to do before and when DangerDen gets in the x18/x19 block, I will proceed to purchase my stuff and start cooling.

Hopefully I wont have to wait much longer, otherwise I will just try to find a x18 block somewhere else if I get too impatient.
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1001724
 
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