Question How long SATA cables for big tower (Corsair 7000D Airflow)?

[ArcticWind]

For a clean build.

 

[Ralston18]

Define "clean build".

Overall, I expect that you simply want the build to look nice. Fair enough.

What do you consider nice?

For the most part longer cables are better than trying to stretch, crimp, bend, twist, and overall fitting in shorter cables.

Especially if later on there is some need to reroute cables......

Use longer cables to ensure that the cables do not need to be stretched, crimped, and otherwise forced into place for the sake of cosmetics. Excess length can be folded into itself and thus not as noticeable.

For the most part focus on system performance and not the cosmetics.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

 

[Zerk2012]

For a clean build.

It really don't matter they just need to reach the drive since all the connections for the drives will be behind the motherboard tray.

Basically they will run from the motherboard SATA port through the case slot next to them then to the drive so all you will see is before the slot for the cable.

EDIT if you really wish for clean then just use M.2 drives then no wires at all. Depends on the motherboard as how many it will support.

 

[ArcticWind]

It really don't matter they just need to reach the drive since all the connections for the drives will be behind the motherboard tray.

Basically they will run from the motherboard SATA port through the case slot next to them then to the drive so all you will see is before the slot for the cable.

EDIT if you really wish for clean then just use M.2 drives then no wires at all. Depends on the motherboard as how many it will support.

Thank you! 50cm cables should do? Angled connectors for the drives? 25TB M.2 would be a "little" to expensive. 😉

 

[ArcticWind]

Define "clean build".

Overall, I expect that you simply want the build to look nice. Fair enough.

What do you consider nice?

For the most part longer cables are better than trying to stretch, crimp, bend, twist, and overall fitting in shorter cables.

Especially if later on there is some need to reroute cables......

Use longer cables to ensure that the cables do not need to be stretched, crimped, and otherwise forced into place for the sake of cosmetics. Excess length can be folded into itself and thus not as noticeable.

For the most part focus on system performance and not the cosmetics.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

Thank you! 🙂