Date: October 22nd, 2003.
Article by: Roger (Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: Highpoint Technologies & AC Ryan

AC Ryan SATA Xneon EL SATA Cable

As an additional bonus, I was handed an AC Ryan SATA Xneon cable to review.


The timing couldn't have been more perfect. Seeing as I was digging around the box anyway, specifically the SATA channels, I just had to run some extra benchmarks while using this wire.

The package consists of the EL wire, as well as 2 screws and an adhesive pad. The wire is extremely well built. The lightwire is built into the entire cable so that it is very well illuminated. The transparent sleeving is actually very flexible. I found I could bend it into a specify corner and it held its form very well. With a longer length, I would have been able to do some fairly creative case modifications. As it was, I was limited due to the sample's size.

The internal wires are wrapped in silver meshing to help block the electro magnetic interference (EMI). Always important.

Let's get into more benchmarks, shall we.

34886kB/s in Sandra and 47885.8kps in HD Tach. 2.7% CPU utilization.

Still faster than our parallel test! Obviously the AC Ryan cable doesn't slow down performance. As for its appearance, well here is what it looks like in nighttime settings.

Sweet.


Like I said, I would have liked a longer length to play with, however even this one adds a nice touch to a modded box.