Personally I would advise against the rounded sata cables, when you need to fit them in the ports right next to each other they often conflict in terms of the space available, especially when there are 3 ports close together. Most boards now have good positioning with the ports on the side stacked in two's but with my old board *link* it was a pain considering I had 4 hard drives and optical drive.
flat seem nicer to route anyway, they go down nice behind the metal joint in-between the cable management holes. And the length hasn't been a problem for me always used the ones i get with my MB, as long as they are black.
flat seem nicer to route anyway, they go down nice behind the metal joint in-between the cable management holes. And the length hasn't been a problem for me always used the ones i get with my MB, as long as they are black.
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I was about to pull the trigger on a new case, but I instead decided to replace the side-panel (w/window) I was using because it was beaten up a good bit. 
One also needs to tighten those screws well without stripping the aluminum screw holes - that already happened on the other side which then I used a regular hard drive type screw which has the heavier threads.
