Reddit reviews StarTech.com 18in SATA to Right Angle SATA Serial ATA Cable - 18in SATA Cable - 18 SATA Cable - 18in angled SATA Cable

You can get SATA cables with a 90 degree angled connector, that should solve your issue of sneaking them under the GPU to have more than 2 HDD's. Here is a very cheap one.

looks like the sata connectors don't fit well with the acrylic case, you may want to use angled connectors such as this one

to plug in the harddrive you will need a cable that looks like this , come come in variour colours

http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com-Right-Angle-Serial-Cable/dp/B0001Y8UI4

and they plug into the motherboard slots that look like this , can also be different colours

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cables+to+plug+in+hdd&espv=2&biw=2560&bih=1318&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihkMKbjcPJAhXGOxQKHZvcC2sQ_AUIBygC&dpr=0.75#tbm=isch&q=sata+slot+motherboard&imgrc=5kiJk-6xu007JM%3A

and the power connector looks like this coming from the psu

http://www.pimfg.com/ifaq/images/satapowerfaq.jpg



and the both go in the back of the Harddrive

I’m not Canadian, but I’ll try to help.

This PC is a great build with an awesome CPU and a decent GPU but lacks both an SSD and 16 gigs of RAM, both necessary for future-proofing. (The SSD is necessary now, but you can hold off with 8 gigs of ram) Sadly, I can’t find builds that are less than 1k CAD with anything similar or better than this with more RAM or an SSD.

I recommend getting a separate SSD like this. (You can always do the cheaper 250 gb variant for less money). I recommend this SSD because it is one of the fastest and comes with amazing Windows 10 cloning software. this guide is how I installed mine (just ignore the laptop specific parts like removing the battery. You can then order a SATA wire like this one to install your SSD. (If you don’t know where in the case you should put your SSD, just use 3M or double sided tape and tape it someone aesthetically pleasing on the bottom of the case.

The sata cables should be obvious where to install (on the right side of the motherboard, usually stacked on top of each other, slightly above or below the GPU), otherwise, you can look up your motherboard to find the SATA slots. Then just install the cloning software and follow the guide. When you need more RAM, look at the PCs ram slot and order another 8 gig stick (if there is only 1 stick of 8 gigs), otherwise, just order 16 gigs of any DDR4 ram you want. I’m sorry you need to do work to get a fully future proof machine, but remember this isn’t 100% needed, just highly recommended. (Plus you can save 100 bucks from your paycheck a few weeks from now for the SSD, you don’t need it the second u get ur pc. Good luck, let me know if you need any help!

P.S You don’t even need a big SSD, just something to hold Windows 10 and programs like Steam and Chrome. Big stuff like games can go on the HDD

Internal SATA Cable?

I got curious and went digging for it. On December 29, 2012 I ordered 3 sata hard drive cables ($2.99 each at the time) and a hand blender. Total for the order was $51.48 with $50 coming from a gift card from my mom as a Christmas gift. The shipping address was my place of work because we're in a remote community without door to door mail service. I'm pretty sure all 4 pieces shipped separately.

Edit: It was indeed smh

When I was working for a national retail chain a few years back, the manager explained how they had a standing deal with a courier service that would make weekly trips between stores. They got charged a $1 per package on top of their regular deal, so there wasn't that much incentive to limit how much they ship. Canada Post is definitely propped up by their parcel business, of which Amazon is a large component.

Considering the story that broke in Europe on Prime Day this year (or at least that's when I first heard about it) how their warehouse workers aren't allowed to talk to their coworkers or sit or take breaks, I don't see why those workers would have an incentive in making things smoother especially if the automated systems are the ones that are prompting this sort of inefficiency.

As far as I know, those drives can use standard cables. You may want a right-angle SATA cable, however, if you don't have a lot of cable management space behind where your hard drives go. These are usually bundled with the motherboards that you buy at retail stores, so you may have some already.

What are trying to do that requires a 90 degree bend? Can you use the ones with the 90 bend at the connector end like this?

StarTech 18in SATA to Right Angle SATA Serial ATA Cable (SATA18RA1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001Y8UI4/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_y2ZQub01FSXAM

Oh, I thought all angled cables were the same size, but if this is smaller than these I wouldn't mind giving it a try.

As for the external HDD, I'll most likely be using it to store recorded videos/songs and other media and whatnot.

As for upgrading the mobo, in the case of this cable not working, is it worth the hassle to try replacing it while keeping the CPU? If not, I can probably handle using an external HDD for now as a new CPU certainly isn't in my budget for the time being.

Ohh an angled sata connector. Something like this ?

Just an SATA cable. You need to poewr it too, but your PSU should have an SATA power cable built in.

Here is one from Amazon.

Here is another with a 90 degree angle on one side. This is helpful if you have a drive that's sideways in the case (the connector faces one side and not the back).

Amazon seems to have the best cable prices.

I posted before, but I quickly realised I can add a lot of performance for only a bit more money.

Here goes the build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor | £443.99 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler | Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler | £90.96 @ Dabs
Thermal Compound | Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste | £15.37 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Motherboard | Asus Rampage IV Extreme EATX LGA2011 Motherboard | £305.98 @ Dabs
Memory | Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory | £135.95 @ Ebuyer
Memory | Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory | £135.95 @ Ebuyer
Storage | Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk | £137.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage | Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk | £137.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage | Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | £122.74 @ CCL Computers
Video Card | Asus GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) | £791.98 @ Dabs
Video Card | Asus GeForce GTX Titan 6GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) | £791.98 @ Dabs
Sound Card | Asus Xonar Phoebus 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card | £143.14 @ Dabs
Case | Cooler Master Cosmos II (Black) ATX Full Tower Case | £284.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Case Fan | Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans | £21.01 @ Aria PC
Case Fan | Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 37.9 CFM 120mm Fans | £21.01 @ Aria PC
Case Fan | Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan | £14.99 @ Aria PC
Case Fan | BitFenix Spectre LED 47.4 CFM 200mm Fan | £15.25 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply | Corsair 1200W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply | £235.13 @ Amazon UK
Optical Drive | Lite-On iHOS104-06 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Drive | £24.09 @ Ebuyer
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) | £67.19 @ Aria PC
Monitor | Asus VW228TLB 21.5" Monitor | £136.66 @ Amazon UK
Monitor | Asus VW228TLB 21.5" Monitor | £136.66 @ Amazon UK
Monitor | Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor | £469.50 @ Amazon UK
Other| Headset: Corsair CA-9011112-WW Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 USB Gaming Headset | £73.50
Other| Keyboard: Razer Deathstalker Expert Gaming Keyboard | £70.00
Other| Mousepad: Razer Goliathus Omega | £10.00
Other| Mouse: Razer Naga Hex | £60.00
Other| 2x SATA Cable | £5.52
Other| HDMI Cable | £5.00
Other| 2x DVI Cable | £12.00
| | Total
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | £4916.52
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-21 08:44 BST+0100 |

The CPU is extremely powerful- it has 6 cores, 12 threads and 12MB of L3 Cache. The clock is a bit low, so I would highly recommend overclocking it to 4.2-4.5 GHz.

The motherboard is called Rampage Extreme. Just... it's called Rampage Extreme for fucks sake. Has all the features you can potentially want from a motherboard and will allow for good overclocking.

32GB of really fast RAM. The standard for gaming is 8GB-1600MHz, however that does not make a lot of sense when you have 12GB of vRAM alone.

512GB of fast SSD storage for the OS, games and other important stuff. 2TB HDD for mass storage.

2 of the worlds most powerful graphics card. Combined they can max out every game on the 1440p monitor and even games that don't support SLi will do fine on a single TITAN (mostly because games with really need a ton of power support SLi). The clocks are low thought, so using GPU Boost 2.0 or overclocking is essential.

A high-end sound card for all your sound needs.

The cooling system: The fans/radiator for the CPU watercooling on the top, 200mm LED fan on the front, the 140mm fan on the rear side, the first kit of 120mm fans on the side and the second kit of 120mm fans for cooling the 2 SSDs and the HDD. The case has a fan controller so that's a plus. I also put high-quality Thermal paste.

The power supply, while 1200 Watt is 80+ Platinum certified, so it should be really efficient.

I put in a Blu-ray drive in case you want to watch Blu-ray.

We talked about the peripherals, but taking a look at your profile you are a LoL player and I decided to put in a mouse for MOBAs. It should also do well in all kinds of games.

I also added in the cables. As far as I know the motherboard comes with only 2 sATA cable and you have 4 sATA devices (the SSDs, the HDD and the Blu-ray player). The HDMI cable is for the 27" monitor and the DVI cables are for the other 2 monitors.

Questions?