![]() V.5.0 FAN ACCESSORIES Check your mbd and fan power ratings if you want to use the 3-pin "Y" connector. Most motherboards have about a 6w. maximum power output from their 3-pin headers. USING TWO 3-PIN FANS MAY EXCEED THE MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT. FAN ACCESSORIES PRICES DATA CABLES Other than getting the drives laid out for best cooling or your configuration needs, getting cables of the right length for tying back is the most important thing one can do to maintain a good cooling setup. It's tedious to do, even confusing about how to execute folds and bends, but it pays off. CABLE LENGTHS AND DATA LOSS: there seems to be no issues of data loss for floppies or for standard IDE cabling up through PIO3/ATA33/whatever. There is speculation about the ATA66-100 specs--just how much loss is there at 24" or greater? Simple 'field tests' I have done here using the HD benchmarking in Norton Utilities show no dropoff at 24" lengths, and a dropoff about 10-15% of the time with a 36" cable--e.g., out of ten tests, one or two drop back to ATA-33. You should know that the ATA-66 standard does currently limit you to a maximum length of 18". Generally, this is not a problem for any of the cases if you are using the internal 3.5" brackets or drive cages or a lower 5.25 external bay. For the cases sold here, it is relatively easy to do internal case detailing using standard ribbon cables. By folding over, bending down and tying back the cable to the right side of the case by using the cable ties provided in the finishing kit. ROUND CABLES - I will be stocking round cables as well in the near future--specifically, I am looking at getting a custom-length, single / dual ATA66-100 cable suitable for use in the GENIE. That case would be best served by such a cable. SCSI: no plans for them. DATA CABLE PRICES OTHER CASE ACCESSORIES Ordering Information |