I wanted to stock up on SATA cables - to have as spares, etc. - but when I search newegg I see such a wide range of prices I have to wonder if there's any reason to spend $16.99 on a SATA cable?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200091
It's an angle connector, which can be useful sometimes, and it's 24" long...but $16.99?
Meanwhile I still see choices (on newegg) for SATA, SATA2 and SATA3 cables. Why? I thought they were interchangeable. When I bought my MSI board it came with 2 white SATA 6Gb/s cables, the other 4 SATA cables were black. I asked around at the time and was told the only difference is the color.
Anyway - what cable do you guys buy? Anyone use Okgear? I never heard of them. This is what I want I guess...metal latch, straight-to-straight, 18" should be enough...What do you think?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812123287
btw I was in Best Buy last night, they had 1 SATA cable for sale from Dynex - $19.99. Each. In case you're curious here's the product:
http://www.dynexproducts.com/products/cables-cords-adapters/DX-C102131.html
Thanks for any thoughts or recommendations you can share, I appreciate it.