The Official PC building thread - 4th Edition

The only other trend I can really draw is that, somewhat counter-intuitively, the latched cables are far less reliable than the standard red ones. To be fair though, when you let low quality brands like Akasa loose with the design of something, it'll usually end up worse than the reference, in this case the S-ATA standard. I may get intermittent dropouts with cheap eSATA cables, but the £6 Akasa cable only lasted a couple of months before failing altogether, and it was hardly ever used.

 

NO, NO, NO, you can get free cables in ALL colors! Red is not the cheapest!! I have some yellow cables with latches that suck compared to some of my red cables. But I also have so shaty red cables without latches. Even the cables that aren’t great still work but if I bend them around excessively I can cause them to go bad. I have thousands of FREE cables from all the computer building I've done and like stated prior have built too many PC's. I have cables in some of my own PC's that are 5 years old now and I've replaced drives it those PC's with no problem what so ever, however I'm careful with my wiring.

Maybe it is the moon cycle that is causing your cabling nightmares, or you have not sacrificed an animal lately? LOL

 

LOL! Sam is doctor Jeckyll

 

If that's so drastically wrong, do you have the paperwork? I can get 20 red cables for £3, cheaper than any other cables I've found

 

ALL of my cables are FREE which is what you've complained about so there is your paper work! Secondly money doesn't always equate to quality. I can buy Belkin cables from Best Buy for $40 but go to MonoPrice and pay $2 for the same quality or even better.

If you are having problems you need to look at what you are doing wrong and stop blaming the cables because you shouldn't be having the problems you are. First do not bend the cables more than a 90 degree bend in two inches. Don't tyrap the cables overly tight. And don't manhandle cables.

 

Well, when I said before they were the cheapest, I meant to manufacture, not in terms of retail. Most of the cables I expect anybody uses are freebies.

 

Is the color of the wire casing an indicator of the quality wire inside it?

A certain beer had a promotion where they changed the can logo and color for a few weeks.
Was i suddenly being sold bad beer since its container changed?

When the company that sells the good cables dressed in yellow decide to make other colors to match different mobos and cases, do they put inferior wire inside or just change the sleeve color?

 

No they don't, not on that bases.

Beer(s) changed glass bottle colors from clear or green to brown as light can cause some beers due to their process to go bad or get skunky just like a Lager if not kept cool does. As far as cans of beer go it would be more the materials used, type of metal and thickness, but dark colors on a can in excess could hold more heat so there maybe something to that as well I just haven't heard that one before.

 

Stevo,
I've seen red ones that appear to have no lock at all, yet they snap in like there's a detent ball and a spring or something. They are red and work great. More flexible and thinner than other cables. They either came from BioStar or Foxconn!

Russ

 

I haven't got those yet but I like the sounds of them. Much smarter to have a flexable latch system and less adpt for someone like me to pull them off without depressing the latch lever.

Nice!
Stevo

 

I know what russ is talking about. I've come across at least one of those. I forget which computer though :S

 

I've seen at least one of those before as well, I don't remember it failing.

 

Those are most definitely Biostar cables. One of my friends is a long time Biostar fan(ever since their formidable T-Force line) and he swears by their cables. He's had very good luck with all his Biostar hardware.

I think there is some credibility to telling cable quality by color. Red cables are definitely the cheapest type but then you have to consider an OEM building better cables in the same color ala the above-mentioned. I would generally put any of my Gigabyte cables near the top of the list, both the orange and blue. Conversely I've had two three red cables failed. Two of them causing the drive to drop in and out, and the third one the plastic housing on the connector simply broke brand new out of the box... and it was an ASUS. So I would group ASUS cables near the bottom being the most poorly constructed cable I've used so far.(not a shot at ASUS).

I did have some UV reactive cables for a while in my TT Armor but changed them out when I got my DFI board. Funny enough I put Gigabyte cables on the DFI and am still sitting on unopened DFI cables.

 

seriously, are we really having a conversation where colour makes a difference? next we will be saying painting stripes on a car mkes it faster

 

I understand where the color argument comes from. Red ones are widely used (obviously generic). You find them typically coming with specific equipment. Unless you're talking gigabyte where you receive blue or yellow. At least in my case

 

Very true, color has nothing to do with you see more red because that is what they used first and primary. Colors changed for window type cases and basically marketing reasons, none other. Again I have thousands of cables and color means nothing nor should it unless you think mythology & superstitions are fact as a couple here seem to.

Wait let me rub my crystal ball…. LOL

When people can't explain something they make things up and that is where this is going!

 

I resent that accusation

 

LOL, OH OH, the sparks are starting to fly, sparks are cool, lets not start a fire though.

 

You should if that is what you believe!