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πŸ”Œ CableCreation 2-Pack Internal Mini SFF 8643 SATA Cable Review

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Description of πŸ”Œ CableCreation 2-Pack Internal Mini SFF 8643 SATA Cable

This Mini SAS (SFF-8643) to 4x SATA Cable, SFF-8643 is host , connect to the motherboard or RAID Controller with Mini SAS ports. 4x7Pin SATA is the target , connect to the hard drives with SATA port. Before you buy this cable , please make sure the Mini SAS (SFF-8643) on your motherboard or RAID Controller. If the Mini SAS (SFF-8643) on your backplane, this cable will not work with them. SFF-8643: the new connector uses less PCB real estate and allows higher port density for internal hosts and devices. Hybrid versions of these new cables will allow for a smooth transition from 6Gb to 12Gb. Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is a high-speed data storage interface designed for high-throughput and fast data access. Cable Length 1.6ft/0.5M.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Excellent Cables for Highpoint 3720

These cables work great when used with Highpoint 3720 and 8WD Red drives. If there is a way to improve it, it would be to make each end of the cable a little longer, or route it a little further back. From the 1st to the 4th cable it was very crowded.

Pros
  • Easy Install
Cons
  • Confused

Revainrating 1 out of 5

What I Needed in Computers & Accessories

I wanted to fit SATA drives in a 2.5" drive cage in a hardware radial card on a Supermicro server. I was able to use this cable to go from a port expander on the backplane to a SATA enclosure and create a raid-0 for the OS partition. The Intel software raid was causing problems (crashes).

Pros
  • Regular Price
Cons
  • Upgradeable

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Ordered 3 and 1 was bad

Of course I just started building after closing the return window. I ordered 3 sets in total. 1 was installed and worked fine for several months before a new build was started with two other cables and one of them failed. Wanted plenty of time to track it down to the cable. It happens I think, but it's a shame I can't get it back anymore.

Pros
  • Excellent overall performance
Cons
  • Have doubts

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Quality cable suitable for computer accessories and peripherals

Works as advertised. The cables look premium and are flexible enough to be routed through the cable holders inside the server - as is standard when buying such cables; Before you buy, make sure you're buying the right type and check the connector types on each end. My usage was to connect an internal RAID card to 4 SATA hard drives with a mini SAS connector.

Pros
  • Certified
Cons
  • Cable shorter than others

Revainrating 4 out of 5

There are cheaper cables but this one lasted about 6 months as expected. - Update

About 6 months ago I bought 2 of these cables. Worked as expected until recently. The P4 cable on one of them suddenly stopped working and started making mistakes. I am contacting the seller to get a replacement. Will be updated later if/when replaced or not. Update 3/5/21: I contacted the seller and he responded fairly quickly and sent me a new one which still works as expected. Upgrade to 5 stars.

Pros
  • Nice look
Cons
  • Some flaws

Revainrating 5 out of 5

There are cheaper cables but this one lasted about 6 months as expected. -Update

I bought 2 of these cables about 6 months ago. Worked as expected until recently. The P4 cable on one of them suddenly stopped working and started making mistakes. I am contacting the seller to get a replacement. Will be updated later if/when replaced or not. Update 3/5/21: I contacted the seller and he responded fairly quickly and sent me a new one which still works as expected. Upgrade to 5 stars.

Pros
  • Cable length 1.6ft/0.5m
Cons
  • I can't remember but there was something

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Slim, flexible but a bit fragile

I've bought a lot of CableCreation cables over the last year. I was very happy with the cables I used with my old SAS2 card/expander so it made more sense to buy more when I was upgrading to a SAS3 card (9260-8i to 9361-8i). As mentioned, the SFF-8643 connector doesn't seem to fit very well in the expander. This caused the cables to unexpectedly detach from me, resulting in a spam of ASC errors, which initially misled me into thinking it was a hardware or cable failure. Once I snap them in…

Pros
  • This Mini-SAS (SFF-8643) to 4x SATA Cable, SFF-8643 is a host that connects to a motherboard or RAID controller with Mini-SAS connectors . Target is 4x7pin SATA, connect to hard drives via SATA port
Cons
  • Not sure