One cable was an expensive Adaptec SATA cable that came with a RAID card, another a cheapo 36-inch (just short of the maximum length of 3.3 feet while another tested was a tiny pig-tail SATA cable ...

The SD11G5 supports a maximum of 2 SATA drives on the motherboard and in the case, yet, Shuttle only includes a single short SATA cable. Finding a SATA cable under 30cm is exceptionally difficult ...

Shuttle includes specifically short SATA cables and even a SATA and power adapter cable for the optical drive - a nice touch!