Sun Microsystems Serial ATA cable kit

Advantages: Sturdy. Good Quality.
Disadvantages: Compatible with SecureConnect hard drives only.

...I recently bought one of these cables to connect my hard drive (also WD – Western Digital) to my motherboard. I had never used SATA before and was only familiar with IDE cables – the annoying thick ones that are a pain to connect. Unlike IDE cables, SATA leads can only be plugged in one way at both ends. This cable holds the power connection stable too. This cable can only really be used on Western Digital hard drives, but they are a leading manufacture and highly recommended. Both WD Raptor and WD Caviar SE Serial ATA drives use this unique connection, but there are also other SecureConnect compatible hard drives out there. The main reason you would buy this rather than any old SATA cable is because of its SecureConnect design which holds it in place nice and tight. I have a WD raptor drive, and following the usual hard drive... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Larrge Capacity, Price
Disadvantages: Compatibility

...on the top, and the sides sizzled a nice 54° at its peak. Maxtor states that the drive’s tolerable operating temperature peaks at 55°C, so the temperatures are not a problem, certainly no higher than other 7200Rpm drives, as long as it is properly cooled. The drive is also near silent, even when I put my ear to it during testing it was hard to hear noise coming from the drive. So, 200GB of space, Serial ATA, blistering speed, what more could you want? Not a lot. As you can see by the tests this drive is among the fastest in its class, offers an almost unfillable amount of storage space, and due to its Serial ATA interface it is easier than ever to install (and manage the cables!). I would recommend this to anyone who is building a new modern system, or a fast workstation machine, or if you are simply upgrading to increase the hard drive... Read review

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Advantages: Dual Channel Memory Controller, Sound-Storm with digital output, Serial ATA support, Great Overclocking
Disadvantages: South-bridge can sometimes get a little warm

...After looking around the market, and getting totally bamboozled with terms such as AN7 this A78N that and NF7 the other I decided to look for a motherboard that not only had a good feature list, but one that was within my price range. The first thing that you notice about the Abit NF7-S when you remove the motherboard is the fact that it has more features than you can shake a stick at. Serial ATA support for both single and raid drives, 5.1 Digital sound with AC3 encoding support thanks to the nvidia soundstorm and of course a nice northbridge cooling fan. When you open the box, you will notice a few items here that you will not really get with other motherboards - These are a Serial ATA cable, and a serielle adaptor. This adaptor allows you to use an IDE based hard-drive on the serial ATA channel and thus use a thinner cable... Read review

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