Should I get an SATA II cable or just regular SATA (Serial ATA/150) cable for an ODD?

#1

Optical drives are Serial ATA/150 / 1.5Gbps, right?

Thinking of getting an OEM drive (Pioneer DVR-212BK)… just want to make sure I’m not doing something stupid with the cable…

Thanks very much!

#2

Any SATA cable should be fine considering the relatively low burst rates of optical drives.

#3

There are really two different type of SATA cables?

#4

as far as my googling revealed, the answer to that is no!

any sata cable made to the “standard” is sata 2 capable

#5

Thanks Chewy :bigsmile:

#6

Thanks for the answer, and responses, everyone!

After making my post, I also ran across this thread at Tom’s Hardware, where they were discussing the same thing: http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/Sata-II-Cable-ftopict178063.html

The SATA II type cables do have a metal latch, I guess some people have problems with the plugs getting loose and falling off.