AMC Model CATA100-363 36" IDE Cable - OEM

Pros: Really long, if you have a hard to reach drive, this is perfect. Also, the distance between the 2 drive ends is fairly long (~10") so if your drives are far apart this will fill the gap.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Too long for my case, I should have measured before buying, but for this price I can't complain about my mistake

Pros: works. good long distance between master and secondary connectors. good for hooking up 2 PATA(IDE) devices to my intel board that only has 1 PATA(IDE) interface.

Cons: almost too long. but isn't that the point?

Overall Review: used in a mid-tower case w/ a modern board with only one PATA(IDE) interface. perfect if you are hooking up hard drive/DVD and can't use SATA

Pros: The perfect cable for my big tower case. Great for mounting DVDs in the top bays.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Some have complained that this cable is too long. For me it's perfect. If it is too long for you, just fold it in a zigzag back over itself and loosely wrap with electrical tape.

Pros: Nice and long. I bought this to use on my workbench computer where I'm constantly swapping drives that need to be recovered. It makes it very easy to do the work outside the chassis.

Cons: Plastic retainer clip on one plug cracked after first use. In my case, no big deal. But if it happened to someone in a more permanent setting, it might be a problem.

Overall Review: It's nice... it's long... and it's old school... but it does what it's supposed to do.

Pros: Longest IDE available without ordering a custom made cable. Works fine for my remote mount DVD drive.

Cons: Its not round.

Overall Review: Some say its too long for a hard drive but I have yet to prove them right.

Pros: Very long for weird setups. I used this on my friend's computer who needed to hook up an IDE DVD drive and an IDE HDD on the same cable and the HDD was on the bottom of the case. It was long enough to easily get the job done!

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: I got this and a dvd drive on the same day. This was sent "egg saver" 3-7 day shipping and the dvd drive was sent UPS, however I received this cable today and won't receive the drive until tomorrow. That is pretty sad UPS.....

Pros: It's an IDE (PATA) cable. It did its job. Not a lot more you can ask for. Nice and long to deal with the akward drive configurations found in some cases.

Cons: Being a ribbon cable it takes up a good deal of space. Not really a con since you can clearly buy a sheathed cable if that works better for you.

Overall Review: While IDE is quickly growing obsolete, its nice that a reliable product can be found to make legacy components work without hassle.

Pros: It's a long PATA cable that doesn't cause any performance issues.

Cons: none