Cable Sleeving Guide

[Lu(ky]

Guys noob question on the sleeving from MDPC X store. Shows my total at $111.00 Euro how much is this in US. I tried google but it says something like $2,000US. Trying to figure out the amount in US? Thanks...

[illidan]

1 Euro = 1.4594 U.S. dollars

[Baulten]

That's about $160 USD. Not $2000 I assure you

[dualbrain]

Conversion via google is easy. Type:

xxx EURO to USD

or

xxx USD to EURO

But it's a shame how weak the USD turned. It started 1:1 to Euro. All the best to the US currency!

[shawnoen]

Best currency conversion site is www.xe.com

[kwscore]

ya i buy poor sleeve i dont like big one see in soft light looks better anyway thx guys

[Equinediver]

I've seen some mention in here about Charles' guide to joining cables, so they don't show, anyone know where it is?

[downlinx]

well, here are few pics of my sleeving, yea i know its not the greatest but hey it works for me for this budget build im doing. This is the $6.99/100 foot paracord, it no were as good as the MDPC-X sleeving but hey when on a budget improvise like a modder. I am in no way a photographer, i will leave that up to my wife when im done, since she is a photographer and knows how to use the dslr.

[kwscore]

nice work dude

[Burdoror]

What is the material they are made of? Looks awesome

[Kenjiwing]

That paracord looks pretty cool.

[fhantastic]

grey and black - i think its a very good combination

[mattlef]

grey and black - i think its a very good combination

shhh, don't show to much of it lol you'll ruin my big upcoming build log surprise :P.... damn... I've already said too much

Either way... my god does that look amazing...

[downlinx]

i have some updated close up shots of the cabling with the paracord sleeving for you guys to see, most wont like it but some will.


as always comments are welcome.

[lowfat]

Can it be stretched tighter? It looks rather bulky.

[Baulten]

It doesn't look too bad. I agree that it's a bit bulky... but overall... not too bad for the price.

[neonblingbling]

Hmm, not bad! I like how you cannot see the wire colors through the sleeving. I'm glad I went ahead and got several cords. Now I just need cheap, colored heatshrink...

[mcp]

[dualbrain]

Very good transition sleeve-job MCP

[Crypticl]

Here are my weapons of choice

On the top are (cheapo 20 in 1) needle nose pliers and a staple bent in half
On the bottom are tweezers to remove molex cables


closeup of molex removal, do one side then the other.

closeup of pin removal. Stick the staple in one side then the other side then it slips right out (for me anyway)

[DavidCruciaL]

hello all.

I came across these forums a week ago and have finally decided to start modding my tj09 case

The first thing I want to do is sleeve all the cables in the case (Then paint the inside black).

I have the corsair HX620W modular power supply and Iam having trouble with the 8-pin and 240pin cables. Been using a bent staple and a spare modular cable for practice but only some of the cables want to come out.
How far and how much force is generally needed to get the staple in and the cable out?

I will buy the sleeving from www.mdpc-x.com but I dont want to spend £40-£50 if I cant get the pins out!

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Equinediver]

All sleeving here now, so time to get to work

[fhantastic]

hello all.

I came across these forums a week ago and have finally decided to start modding my tj09 case

The first thing I want to do is sleeve all the cables in the case (Then paint the inside black).

I have the corsair HX620W modular power supply and Iam having trouble with the 8-pin and 240pin cables. Been using a bent staple and a spare modular cable for practice but only some of the cables want to come out.
How far and how much force is generally needed to get the staple in and the cable out?

I will buy the sleeving from www.mdpc-x.com but I dont want to spend £40-£50 if I cant get the pins out!

Any help would be much appreciated.

If you want i can get the pins out for you, if you are intrested send a PM to me

Otherwise you need a remover like the original Molex and if you pull you have to pull absolut straight.

[Crypticl]

hello all.

I came across these forums a week ago and have finally decided to start modding my tj09 case

The first thing I want to do is sleeve all the cables in the case (Then paint the inside black).

I have the corsair HX620W modular power supply and Iam having trouble with the 8-pin and 240pin cables. Been using a bent staple and a spare modular cable for practice but only some of the cables want to come out.
How far and how much force is generally needed to get the staple in and the cable out?

I will buy the sleeving from www.mdpc-x.com but I dont want to spend £40-£50 if I cant get the pins out!

Any help would be much appreciated.

If you saw my post above i have to stick about 80% of the staple length into each side of the pin. When i do it, its easy for half, then i push down a little bit more. when i push down the second time is it a little bit harder but not impossible. Just takes practice and a technique that works for you.

[Crypticl]

Here is a screenshot for ya DavidCruciaL, showing how much of the staple goes into the pin: