I've got a small 9-bay tower with three 5in3 cages for a total of 15 drives. It's a small case, so space is limited. Does anyone know where to get inexpensive, short SATA Latching cables? I've found a ton of the right angle ones, but I need straight to straight, or side to straight due to my cages. The cheapest I have found is around $3 each shipped. I'm sick of the 18"+ cables that have turned my case into a rat's nest with only 6 drives. I'd hate to see it with all 15 drives installed.

Monoprice is the best source of cables.  The new standard length appears to be 18 in, though, which I understand is not very short.  I don't know of a good source of cables shorter than 18 in.

Weird. They do still carry one 10 inch cable. Nothing like the variety I remember last time I shopped.

 

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10226&cs_id=1022602&p_id=2887&seq=1&format=2

 

Cooldrives has 5 and 9inch under $1.5.

http://www.cooldrives.com/lasaii30sida.html

 

They import some strangely cool stuff sometimes, too.

Ebay...?

 

12 inch...  http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12in-Latching-SATA-Cable-LSATA12-/360302613537

 

6 inch... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6in-Latching-SATA-Cable-/360338213566

 

Probably worth shopping around.  Note also that many vendors use metric dimensions (30cm or 15cm for these lengths) so you may need to tweak your Ebay searches.

Monoprice was the first place I looked, but they only have 18"+ cables with the exception of that lone blue UV 10" cable.

 

I scoured ebay earlier today, and I found a few, but since I need differing sizes, shipping from  multiple listing gets pricey fast.

 

I found some at the following sites:

 

http://www.performance-pcs.com

http://www.satagear.com

http://www.frozencpu.com

 

I think it'll end up being around $3 shipped for each cable which isn't terrible, but when you consider places like MEritline have a 5 pack of 18" cables for 99 cents shipped it kind of stings.