Not all AWG 18 is equal...

I wouldn't order cables, especially from ModDIY as they are pretty lousy when it comes to QC.

Cables are generally readily available at electrical retail stores and considering the small saving, I would recommend to have a look at them before buying. As you said, all cables of the same WG are not equal and show variation in threads material, wall material, wall thickness, etc...If you can just go to a retail store with a piece of the cable you want to match and have a look at them by yourself, as said earlier you won't save much by ordering anyway. Just my 2cts, cheers

I'm actually European as well, even though I live in Asia...

Thinner gauge cables might be difficult to find, but personnaly I never had the issue back there, however I was living in the biggest city, which generally makes things easier to find.

I am know living in HK and I generally do not recommend ModDIY as they tend to source their items from the cheapest Chinese suppliers. Don't get me wrong, whatever cable you find in Europe or the US are Made in China, but there are severral levels of quality. Knowing the HK market and having buy a few times from them, I tend to be very cautious with this company, however they have good delivery service and supply hard-to-find connectors.

Most stores will go at least as low as 16WG, and personnaly when I can use this gauge, I go for it. You will hear here and there that is it difficult/impossible to sleeve 16WG properly but that's not true, you just have to grab the right sleeve diameter. I just finished my build, and all cables from my Enermax PSU were 16WG, I sleeved hundreds of cables withotu any issue.

I keep thinner gauges for cables I can't re-crimp because I'm lacking the right connectors. If you sleeve your cables or don't mind the color you really should be able to find a good product in retail stores.

It's not ridiculously easy to find either, I had to try over twenty stores to find the right one here in HK, but I found 16/18/20WG in most of them, as I said it sometimes just not the right cable even though the WG is correct (very thick or ultra thin wall, etc...), but at least I can have a close look at cable prior to throwing some bucks

hmpth.


I'm going to make some custom modular cables for my HX750 (SATA power, really short GPU cables, etc), and I was hoping to use some 300v McMasterCarr generic 18awg cable. Hopefully their product isn't subpar like ModDIY's stuff obviously is...