IDE Cable

[doodle dee]

PTS also has great prices on IDE cables, plus they got UV black cables, no one else has em, here's a link to the IDE cables:

http://www.shoppts.com/roundidecables.html

yeah, i would have to agree and say go with rounded IDE cables for better airflow.

 

[fury36]

Are these any good? : http://www.svc.com/van18hdd1.html, and could i get two of these, and then just plug one in my h/d and one in my dvd-rw, im just wondering because its labeled master on one of the ends.

 

[mike4realz]

yah their good. especially if they are shielded. they're just labeled that way and don't get confused about it. they're very straight forward. as you can see the other end says "System Board" which basically it goes to your motherboard. the other end goes to your hd/cd-rom device.

 

[fury36]

Can i use two single device IDE cables for my Hard-Drive and DVD-RW? Because if i use a dual one the plugs wont reach.

 

[TheMajor]

Do you mean plugging a single IDE cable in each IDE channel? Or do you mean 2 seperate cable for one channel?

 

[fury36]

I ment each into an IDE Channel.

 

[TheMajor]

I don't think so. Try putting it in backwards, although I am not sure it works that way. Or see if you can buy xtra long cables.

 

[fury36]

So i deffenetly cant use two Single IDE cables for my Hard-Drive and DVD-RW?

 

[TheMajor]

Where do you want to plug them in on your motherboard? There's only one connector per channel.

 

[doodle dee]

Im guessing you have at least 2 channels on your board. One should be dedicated to the hard drive and the other channel for all other components like optical drives. SVC and PTS both have good prices on cables, and my suggestion for you would be to go for any of the braided silver or copper cables since they provide better shielding. The UV cables are usually braided silver, so you should be ok with that as well.