Round IDE Cables?

[Guest]

I had a nightmare just now moving my IDE devices about to get my CDRW drive workign at full whack.

I've been looking around and there seem to be <b>round</b> IDE ATA100 cables about. Made by someone called eurotech.

Anyone know somewhere to get these from in the UK? I reckon these'd make my PC alot tidier/cooler.

If you haven't seen them - <A HREF="http://www.euro-tech.co.uk/brandnew.php?brand=Eurotech" target="_new">http://www.euro-tech.co.uk/brandnew.php?brand=Eurotech</A>

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[hammerhead]

Umm, apologies if I've misunderstood something, but...

There is a button on the page you posted a link to, <i> 'where to buy' </i> detailing UK retailers, that might be a good place to start

 

[Red_Zealot]

Rounded cables work great, and they look nice, too. Just make sure the ones you get have no obvious flaws.

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[AMD_Man]

But don't get anything longer than 24".

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[Guest]

Yeah, i looked through those links (the ones that deliver to mainland UK or are close to me anyway). Of the five i checked (including dabs and watford) they don't actually sell them as far as i can see. So them exhausted, i'm going to try and ring eurotech now, i'll let you know the result.

Yeah, round cables seem cool, i was looking at 36" ones. Does performance degrade badly with length then?

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[Guest]

Right, rang eurotech and they supplied me direct.

Bought two round 90cm ATA 100 IDE cables (they support ATA133 as well) and one round 45cm FDD cable for £27.96 including VAT and delivery to Surrey.

If you want some, ring them on 0870 458 0011 or email on sales@euro-tech.co.uk

Reckon they're just the thing!

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[AMD_Man]

Yes, 36" is too long, you might experience noticable slow downs or in the worst case, data corruption.

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[kindlr]

Hmm.. 90/2.5 = ~36 in, right? You may want to change that..

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[AMD_Man]

yes, 90cm is too long!!

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[Guest]

Eurotech assure me that:
1) they sell <b>loads</b>
2) that they've never had one back due to problems

He seems to be sure they'll be fine, i hope they are, i'll tell you and you can mock me if they arn't.

Anyway, i found another place that sells them for those in the UK, wish i'd looked there first, they sell a nice bundle pack of cables. Here's the <A HREF="http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?subcat=8" target="_new">link</A>

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[AMD_Man]

They probably will (for the most part) but it'll significantly slow down your hard drive.

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[Guest]

Cool, tell you what. I'll run some HDD benchmarking before and after I put them in and i'll publish the results here. At least if i've screwed up, i can stop anyone else doing the same.

Anyone know a good benchmarking prog? Either just for HDDs, or i wouldn't mind a decent one that can do everything, any thoughts?

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[Guest]

Well, got me cables.

I've benchmarked before and after installation with Sisoft Sandra's disk util.

C:
index before - 11168
index after - 11519

I'm not sure the increase isn't a bit erroneous, but it didn't look like they've slowed down atall from that so I tried EzeCD's transfer rate tests:

Before

c:
small files 5499 KB/s
large files 14596

I: (winME root)
small files 8675
large files 27739

After

C:
small files 5744
large files 14486

I:
small files 8489
large files 24504

So there is a performance hit (i'm more convinced by the straight data transfer test).

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[Guest]

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[Guest]

Wow! They've got loads of them... nice!

So, what's the opinion? Should I dump me roundies for me flatties? I'm not sure if i'm gonna notice a small performance hit like that when i'm only running an Athlon 500 anyway.

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