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USB 3.2 front panel to SATA3 compact cable?

dLife_dt
By dLife_dt
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My SFF case blocks access to the SATA ports on my ASRock b550 itx board, so I would like to plug a 2.5" HDD into the front panel connector on the motherboard (officially a "Front Panel Type C USB 3.2 Gen2 Header"). Something exactly like this except:

 

(1) the SATA connector end is quite "tall". There's only one place I can fit the HDD and it accommodates only ~5mm of clearance in that dimension. The whole thing will be entirely within the case, so no need for a connector shroud etc

(2) this cable (on moddiy) is really long (I only need ~20cm) and pricy

 

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Any thoughts on a cable (or sequence of cables) that could save me while maintaining ~5gb/s?

Thank you!!!

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what about plugging a right angle connector into the sata port?

like this:
18in SATA to Right Angle SATA Cable - SATA Cables | Canada

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8 minutes ago, tkitch said:

what about plugging a right angle connector into the sata port?

like this:
 

I wish; the clearance is literally 1-2mm 😞

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