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swordfish1

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can somebody please describe how this cables look like (from the rectron price list):

GC-SATA21 GIGABYTE® SATA Data Cable - 2 connectors
GC-SATA41 GIGABYTE® SATA Data Cable - 4 connectors

thanks
 
You are missing it. A Sata cable does not have multiple connectors. A single cable services a single drive and uses a single connector on the motherboard. When they say "4 connectors" they mean the motherboard has four connectors for Sata on it. Which means you can plug in 4 drives.
 
pookfuzz said:
You are missing it. A Sata cable does not have multiple connectors. A single cable services a single drive and uses a single connector on the motherboard. When they say "4 connectors" they mean the motherboard has four connectors for Sata on it. Which means you can plug in 4 drives.
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no this are cables, nothing to do with motherboards
 
Person said:
They are packs of SATA cables (2 in a pack and 4 in a pack)
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ok then, that makes sense, but the descriptions is stupid, they should have said pack of 1 or 2 or 4 cables ... so does 4 connectors mean 2 cables x 2 connectors each? or does it mean 4 cables, with 2 connectors each? It is so confusing!
 
swordfish1 said:
ok then, that makes sense, but the descriptions is stupid, they should have said pack of 1 or 2 or 4 cables ... so does 4 connectors mean 2 cables x 2 connectors each? or does it mean 4 cables, with 2 connectors each? It is so confusing!
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I take it that they are the standard SATA cable with one connector at each end. And there are 4 Standard connectors in the larger 4 pack.
 
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