Hi guys,

As the title says, I'd like to get custom PSU cables made for my PC, but I hear different things. What are some good places that won’t make my PC turn to ash? That’s not exactly the style I’m going for.

Hello I am new here and I am an absolute slut for bare metal finishes, one of the best looking in my opinion being raw copper, now obviously having un-insulated cables impossible for A LOT of reasons for power supply cables but, I am wondering if anyone has ever made or experimented with clear insulation to show off the off the cables such as clear screened flex-4g4 (the only search result i could find that isnt chinesium shit), essentially a single core version of this product without the cables sheen is what I'm imagining

Hello.

Posting after a long time. One of my customers has asked me to do cable sleeving for this psu -https://www.gigabyte.com/Power-Supply/GP-AE850PM-PG5-rev-10#kf

I am not sure if it works same as other AP series of the same psu brand. So, I am looking for the exact PSU pinlayout diagram. If anyone has it please share it with me.

Thanks in advance.

Iori

TL;DR - I would buy custom cables from Mainframe Customs again. Their product is well made and under their new management they are responsive and completed my order in a timely manner.

I needed a custom cable and had trouble finding what company to go with and wasn't sure what this would look like in the end because this was my first time buying a custom cable like this. So I thought I'd share my experience with Mainframe customs just to add a recent data point. I also didn't want to make custom cables myself on this build for time reasons and having sleeved a couple cables before I just don't like dealing with the tiny pins and getting the sleeving terminated at the perfect length, ha.

I was creating an all white build and so wanted white connectors on my cables and Mainframe customs was like one of two companies I found that would do custom colors with white connectors. I was hesitant to choose them though given the bad experiences I was finding people were having with them. But I saw that they had been bought by a another company and when I sent a couple questions their way they responded, so I opted to move forward with them.

My order was processed in a timely manner and arrived 11 days after I ordered it. This is the cable that arrived: https://imgur.com/a/mainframe-customs-24-pin-cable-sC3E7Jf

It seems very well made and the colors are great! They are made so that the inner set of wires is shorter so they have a nice radius to them. You see that gap there in the image between the two rows only because I spread it out a bit, all the wires lay together nicely when its curved more.

Image of it making the bend from the motherboard to the back side. I had to coax it into bending that tightly but after some assistance and adjusting where the cable combs are at it seems to be staying there nicely now once everything is in place.
https://imgur.com/a/mainframe-customs-24-pin-cable-white-build-A7qPS51

It also wasn't clear how long this extension was going to be when I ordered it but I was hoping for short because I was building into a mITX case with a top mounted powersupply. It is just short enough to fit this case nicely to lay flat on the back side as you can see in this image. Wish it'd have been a smidge shorter but this works. It's having no issue fitting behind this back side panel when installed without bulging the panel outward.
https://imgur.com/a/mainframe-customs-24-pin-cable-cable-management-HapYeMo

Like theres a top and bottom of the connector when you crimp, does it matter which way faces which when I push them into the connector?

Hello, as the title says I struggle a lot when making custom cables due to them being slightly shorter/longer than the others.

I tried measuring them with a ruler with bad results just like I described them above.

Is there a better way tool/way to precisely measure the length of the cables?

Even if it the tool/way costs some money it's not a huge problem unless it's crazy expensive.

Thank you.

I’m thinking about getting the big sleeves from MDPC and using one sleeve for each entire cable. I can’t find many/any pictures of this approach, individually sleeved wires are way more popular… is that because it doesn’t really make a good-looking result?

Looking at sleeving my ASUS Strix 1000W White PSU. Has anyone done one before?

The manufacturers site says it has high performance copper pins for the pci-e. Which atx pins should I buy? Also who sells connectors in white?

I looked around a bit on amazon and I’m not seeing what I’m looking for. Im moving cases and want to do some custom sleeving/length cables again. It’s been a few years but last time removing the pins was the bane of my existence. Do they make kits that have all the connectors I would need, pins, and crimpers all in a kit somewhere I can just make fresh cables with? It seems like a lot of trouble to source all the parts individually (I’ve done that for some 3D printer cables I needed to make and it was a headache)

I had a custom cable made for my PSU referencing the appropriate pinout diagram. I'm sure the cable was built correctly but:

• can (and should) I verify it's delivering the proper voltage at the correct pins, before plugging it into my GPU?
• is a PSU tester or a multimeter better for what I'm trying to achieve?
• other than looking up YT, is there a resource I could read to get better info on how I should test it?

Hey folks, I am trying to find Psu cables for the Psu in title but seems none making since it has 'special' connectors, anyone have any idea if this will get fixed? Thank you in advance

I've got a Corsair SF750 (2024) for a home server. Unfortunately, the Molex and SATA (power) cables are not long enough. I've maanged to get some extensions but the jankiness is killing me.

I usually buy my stuff at https://www.cable-sleeving.com/ but they don't have type 5 connnectors. So I would like to get a recommendation from the experts on a good place to get them.

Thanks in advance.

Need the SATA cable, can't find it anywhere online.

The small size says it's good down to 2.0mm wire diameter, while XTC is only good down to 2.2mm. I thought this meant small would have a smaller resting size, thus would grip my 2.4mm diameter wire (15 AWG, also from MDPCX) tighter.

But that seems to not be the case. No matter what I do, the XTCs that came in my sample kit fit, maintain shape, and look better than the classic sleeves I just received a full set of.

Still, I keep hearing that the classic smalls are the way to get the best and most rigid fit. Just by stretching. But no matter how I yank, they always just return to their loose, floppy state. It's just my feel, but I doubt a little piece of heat shrink is going to keep them stretched well for the foreseeable life of these cables.

What gets me even more is that I received a singular piece of classic small in my sample kit, and it was the black one. I disliked the look of it, but put it down to the colour shining too starkly. Upon further inspection, it was ugly because of both that stark shine and that it had a loose weave. It just didn't occur to me that all but 1 of my small sleeves would be XTC. It's entirely my fault, but I still want to find some sort of solution.

I'm trying to find a way to cope here. What can I do, if anything, to stop regretting this $400 purchase? If I can't achieve the same tightness as XTC, my options are to either deal with the disappointment of less than perfect cables for probably 10+ years after 2 years of agonising over it, or buy a new set and suffer a total loss of nearly $400. That's not something I can easily do. I would really like to hear there's something I can do, some advantage of classic over XTC that I'm just not seeing.

Look at the 8 pic PCIe/ATX

I'm buying connectors from MDPC-X (bought a few before) to sleeve cables for my upcoming upgrade. My new PSU will be a Seasonic 850W Focus GX. Looking at the image, it looks like those 8 pin ports (housings?) are non-standard. I've looked at both PCIe and ATX/EPS connectors, and the image doesn't seem to fit either one.

Specifically, from the orientation of the picture, notice the top right and bottom right pins of each cluster of 8 pins. The top rights are all hexagonal (sniped corners) and the bottom rights are full squares. Full meaning there is no gap for a plastic bridge thing on the connector.

An ATX connector would have a square top right pin and no bridge below. A PCIe connector would have a hexagonal top right pin, but with a bridge below. No connector has both a hexagonal top right pin and no bridge.

My current PSU is an old X series 750W. Looking at the PCIe ports, they all have that little gap for the bridge. In this orientation, it's the top left pin. This is accurate to reality.

Could it be the Focus GX image on Amazon is just a render with an error, not an actual picture of the physical product?

Hi I'll try to keep this as short and sweet as possible. I've never made any cables before and i am very overwhelmed with what sleeve sizes to buy and what tools. Ive been watching guides and it's be a lot of how to sleeve but not sizes. I've bee trying to ask other people and I'm in the sleeving discord but I'm not getting anywhere. Is there someone here who could possibly help and i could message from time to time for advice. This is my first time and I'd really like to not ruin my pc.

Hello.

I am posting here to get some good suggestiions. Please help me out. I make custom cables for PC and sell them to different clients. One of my clients has send me this video -

https://reddit.com/link/1h4ryc2/video/babtm766we4e1/player

In the video you can see he is explaining that whenever he connects the GPU 8 pin extension cable with the adapters for his 4070 RTX, the PC turns on but no display is shown in the monitor. But here is another video of him using the stock psu cables -

https://reddit.com/link/1h4ryc2/video/0uob1yx6we4e1/player

On this video you can see his display turns on and it works smoothly while using the stock power supply cables. What could be the problem here? My extensions or any other component?

I am using 100% virgin copper wire inside the sleeve and the client has Acer Branded Bronzze 750w fully modular power supply (no official website).

Can anyone please explain the situation here?

Thanks in advanced.

Iori

I am using a chinese wire stripper that had really great reviews, the quality looks and feels great as well. The only issue is that once you've pressed it stays that way until you have pressed all the way through. Only way to release it, is with a small safety thumb lever. Uncomfortable and slows down the procedure. Maybe this is normal for all crimpig tools and I'll just have to get used to it

This is my first crimp ever, on the third picture you can see a "wing" protruding, idk if that's an issue. I want to double check with you guys before I continue crimping! Thanks a lot!

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