Hey Everyone, This is Steve from Gamers Nexus.net and Today We're Looking at a Lot of SATA Cables

A whole lot of them. So, I posted a video about a year ago saying that there were fake HDMI to VGA cables and I called them fake because they were passive. They did not have an active converter in them, so they could not convert the signal from a digital signal to an analog signal. In this video, I commented that SATA 3 branded cables and SATA 2 branded cables were also fake. The interface SATA 2 versus SATA 3 is very different. It's about two times different in fact in transfer rate, but the cables are the same. The spec has not changed for data throughput on these cables since their inception effectively.

And the only thing that's changed is this little clippy thing on the end that was added more recently in the updated SATA spec to make it lock into the drive. So some people disagreed with us on that statement that SATA 3 cables, so-called air quotes, were the same as SATA 2 cables in performance and I decided to finally take some time and back up my statements. So we tested each of these cables. I'm not going to count them right now but there's a lot of them tested all of them they range from $48 to $12 for a cable and spoiler alert, there's no difference at all between the $12 cables and the $0.48 cables.

Finally Vindicated or I guess I should say finally proof has been provided to substantiate my claims and this is nothing groundbreaking. This has been known for a very long time other media outlets have done on the same tests. If you look at our test, there's less than half a percent error in some of these results 532 megabytes versus 531 or 531 versus 533, less than half a percent. That difference comes from things like host processes in the background or uh inconsistency with the software itself. The Benchmark they're not 100% consistent it's not indicative of performance differences with the cables it's just margin of error during test.

So hopefully that provides some validation to those comments you do not need to spend $12 on a SATA 3 cable, fact you could spend about $0.48 on a cable and get the same performance. The only difference is going to be on things like the clip here at the end which is a new SATA spec and all that does is make your drive more secure there might be some build quality differences maybe you get more connection Cycles out of a $3 cable versus a $40C cable but $12 on a cable is insane for SATA, you do not need to spend that. There will be zero noticeable difference to you as a user there will be zero noticeable build quality difference versus a $5 or $3 cable.

And the only thing that might be different is sleeving people like Bit Phoenix will sleeve the cable custom completely different story at that point you're buying Aesthetics so that is the performance analyzed for SATA cables. I hope that answers some questions please comment below if you have other items myths whatever that you'd like us to debunk on the channel and I will do so, I will see you all next time.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone this is Steve from Gamers nexus.net and today we're looking at a lot of SATA cables a whole lot of them so I posted a video about a year ago saying that there were fake HDMI to VGA cables and I called them fake because they were passive they did not have an active converter in them so they could not convert the signal from a digital signal to an analog signal in this video I commented that sata 3 branded cables and SATA 2 branded cables were also fake the interface SATA 2 versus sata 3 very different it's about two times different in fact in transfer rate but the cables are the same the spec has not changed for data throughput on these cables since their Inception effectively and the only thing that's changed is this little clippy thing on the end that was added more recently in the updated SATA spec to make it lock into the drive so some people disagreed with us on that statement that sata 3 cables so-called air quotes were the same as SATA 2 cables in performance and I decided to finally take some time and and back up my statements so we tested each of these cables I'm not going to count them right now but there's a lot of them tested all of them they range from 48 to $12 for a cable and spoiler alert there's no difference at all between the $12 cables and the 48 Cent cables so finally Vindicated or I guess I should say finally proof has been provided to substantiate my claims and this is nothing groundbreaking this has been known for a very long time other media Outlets have done on the same tests if you look at our test there's less than half a percent error in some of these results 532 megabytes versus 531 or 531 versus 533 less than half a percent 37% difference in those results that difference comes from things like host processes in the background or uh inconsistency with the software itself The Benchmark they're not 100% consistent it's not indicative of performance differences with the cables it's just margin of error during test so hopefully that provides some validation to those comments you do not need to spend $12 on a sata 3 cable in fact you could spend about 48 cents on a cable and get the same performance the only difference is going to be on things like the the clip here at the end which is a new SATA spec and all that does is make your drive more secure there might be some build quality differences maybe you get more connection Cycles out of a $3 cable versus a 40 C cable but $12 on a cable is insane for SATA you do not need to spend that there will be zero noticeable difference to you as a user there will be zero noticeable build quality difference versus a five or $3 cable and the only thing that might be different is sleeving people like bit Phoenix will sleeve the cable custom completely different story at that point you're buying Aesthetics so that is the performance analyzed for SATA cables I hope that answers some questions please comment below if you have other items myths whatever that you'd like us to debunk on the channel and I will do so I will see you all next timehey everyone this is Steve from Gamers nexus.net and today we're looking at a lot of SATA cables a whole lot of them so I posted a video about a year ago saying that there were fake HDMI to VGA cables and I called them fake because they were passive they did not have an active converter in them so they could not convert the signal from a digital signal to an analog signal in this video I commented that sata 3 branded cables and SATA 2 branded cables were also fake the interface SATA 2 versus sata 3 very different it's about two times different in fact in transfer rate but the cables are the same the spec has not changed for data throughput on these cables since their Inception effectively and the only thing that's changed is this little clippy thing on the end that was added more recently in the updated SATA spec to make it lock into the drive so some people disagreed with us on that statement that sata 3 cables so-called air quotes were the same as SATA 2 cables in performance and I decided to finally take some time and and back up my statements so we tested each of these cables I'm not going to count them right now but there's a lot of them tested all of them they range from 48 to $12 for a cable and spoiler alert there's no difference at all between the $12 cables and the 48 Cent cables so finally Vindicated or I guess I should say finally proof has been provided to substantiate my claims and this is nothing groundbreaking this has been known for a very long time other media Outlets have done on the same tests if you look at our test there's less than half a percent error in some of these results 532 megabytes versus 531 or 531 versus 533 less than half a percent 37% difference in those results that difference comes from things like host processes in the background or uh inconsistency with the software itself The Benchmark they're not 100% consistent it's not indicative of performance differences with the cables it's just margin of error during test so hopefully that provides some validation to those comments you do not need to spend $12 on a sata 3 cable in fact you could spend about 48 cents on a cable and get the same performance the only difference is going to be on things like the the clip here at the end which is a new SATA spec and all that does is make your drive more secure there might be some build quality differences maybe you get more connection Cycles out of a $3 cable versus a 40 C cable but $12 on a cable is insane for SATA you do not need to spend that there will be zero noticeable difference to you as a user there will be zero noticeable build quality difference versus a five or $3 cable and the only thing that might be different is sleeving people like bit Phoenix will sleeve the cable custom completely different story at that point you're buying Aesthetics so that is the performance analyzed for SATA cables I hope that answers some questions please comment below if you have other items myths whatever that you'd like us to debunk on the channel and I will do so I will see you all next time\n"