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8/23/12 at 2:00am
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Hey guys, so im going to have to shorten the cables for this psu, Im guessing the best way would be to take appart the connectors, pins and cables; Cut the cables, then repin and then re-sleeve them? redface.gif

Since i dont know anything about sleeving, if i was to sleeve the cables, what diameter sleeve would i need for the 24 pin and the rest of the cables (8 pin, sata, molex etc)? something like 1/2 inch for the 24 pin and 1/4~1/8 for the rest?

Any help would be appreciated biggrin.gif

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10/19/12 at 3:06pm
I was thinking about doing the exact same thing. With cable ties and mounts I was thinking about shortening the molex to where it was only just long enough to get outside of the PSU. Was going to shorten the SATA cables quite a bit too since I just ordered some 5" SATA cables. Possible drill a hole in the side of the PSU and mount the SSD/HDD there with zipties or something. Undecided with the GPU/CPU cables.

My only concern with this is that I have nothing more than a soldering iron, cheap sleeving, and heatshrink. No specialized tools, experience or anything else for that matter.

This looks cool but it is definitely out of my budget/skillset:
http://www.ocxph.com/forum/index.php?topic=823.0

Edit:
Hoping I didn't necro-bump this too much.
Edited by Ryleh - 10/19/12 at 3:10pm
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10/20/12 at 1:30am
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I was thinking about doing the exact same thing. With cable ties and mounts I was thinking about shortening the molex to where it was only just long enough to get outside of the PSU. Was going to shorten the SATA cables quite a bit too since I just ordered some 5" SATA cables. Possible drill a hole in the side of the PSU and mount the SSD/HDD there with zipties or something. Undecided with the GPU/CPU cables.

My only concern with this is that I have nothing more than a soldering iron, cheap sleeving, and heatshrink. No specialized tools, experience or anything else for that matter.

This looks cool but it is definitely out of my budget/skillset:
http://www.ocxph.com/forum/index.php?topic=823.0

Edit:
Hoping I didn't necro-bump this too much.

oh wow, i def didnt expect a response after about a week, just so happens i just checked the psu section tonight tongue.gif gah i still havent got around to shortening any the cables yet though.

I did some research (since i have no experience with sleeving/ psu mods or what not) seems that you have to desleve/pin the cables and clip the ends to the desired length, solder on new pins, heatshrink, sleeve and heatshrink again.

... I think i got the process right redface.gif

Another thing i was thinking of was replacing the molex with a smaller connector like a square 4 pin or something, hmm..

That psu though looks REAlly nice! hah out of my skill set as well biggrin.gif

+rep for the response ! biggrin.gif
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10/22/12 at 2:50pm
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I was thinking about doing the exact same thing. With cable ties and mounts I was thinking about shortening the molex to where it was only just long enough to get outside of the PSU. Was going to shorten the SATA cables quite a bit too since I just ordered some 5" SATA cables. Possible drill a hole in the side of the PSU and mount the SSD/HDD there with zipties or something. Undecided with the GPU/CPU cables.

My only concern with this is that I have nothing more than a soldering iron, cheap sleeving, and heatshrink. No specialized tools, experience or anything else for that matter.

This looks cool but it is definitely out of my budget/skillset:
http://www.ocxph.com/forum/index.php?topic=823.0

Edit:
Hoping I didn't necro-bump this too much.

oh wow, i def didnt expect a response after about a week, just so happens i just checked the psu section tonight tongue.gif gah i still havent got around to shortening any the cables yet though.

I did some research (since i have no experience with sleeving/ psu mods or what not) seems that you have to desleve/pin the cables and clip the ends to the desired length, solder on new pins, heatshrink, sleeve and heatshrink again.

... I think i got the process right redface.gif

Another thing i was thinking of was replacing the molex with a smaller connector like a square 4 pin or something, hmm..

That psu though looks REAlly nice! hah out of my skill set as well biggrin.gif

+rep for the response ! biggrin.gif

PM if you go ahead with it. I'd like to know your measurements, tools, etc#. Chances are I won't have the money to go towards something like this for a while so there'd be no harm in planning ahead. A decent soldering iron kit, soldering assistant, wick, etc# is only $25-ish on amazon but if I were to do it it'd want to do it right. Having just gotten my short sata cables in the mail I'm quite anxious though, haha.
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