[Al Skierkiewicz]

Eric,
I am going agree with Mark here. Your first priority is being able to drive the robot. Everything else is secondary and useless if the robot is not driving.
One thing that many teams ignore is the minimum bend radius on the cables they are using. When you violate this simple concept, the conductors inside the cable begin to migrate and degrade cable performance. Conductors tend to pull out of connectors as well. On cheap cables I have seen wire shorts when the cable is bent at less than rated minimums.