SC Modding #3: Custom Cables
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- This is a detailed custom wiring guide. Custom wiring takes a system to another level. There is a lot of time and effort involved but it is definitely worth it. The best thing about custom wiring is creating cables which are the correct lengths so that you have no extra wiring mess to hide. I have covered many of the different aspects of custom wiring in previous videos but I have never done a full guide. In this guide I focus on custom wiring for an entire build, not just the wiring for the core components.
I start this video by covering the necessary tools and materials. I then move onto stripping, crimping, sleeving and installing connectors. Below I have included links to everything needed to do custom wiring.
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MDPCX Crimpers:
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Scissors:
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MDPC-X ATX Connector Remover:
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Connector Remover Kit:
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PSU Tester:
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MATERIALS:
16AWG Wire Black:
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18AWG Wire Black:
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22AWG Wire Black:
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MDPC-X Sleeving:
www.icemodz.eu/...
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Heatshrink:
www.icemodz.eu/...
Pins:
www.icemodz.eu/...
Connectors:
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Performance PCS Custom Wiring:
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Caselabs MDPC-X Sleeving:
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20:25 Life lesson right there "Make sure you choose the correct hole on the strippers"
+Weini123 made my day, thank you!!!
Your video's perfect, and not to long at all. I have a short attention span, but I can still sit through your lengthy video's, because you explain everything we would need to know. You can't second guess custom wiring, for the health of your expensive components or the aesthetics. (The whole point of custom wiring) Good job. 10/10
Best wiring guide on TH-cam. Thanks so much for teaching us how to do heat shrink-less sleeving.
Always wanted to know how to do that. Looks much easier & nicer without the heat shrink.
+AFTER DARK Cheers. Yep I much prefer shrinkless. We will have a lot of new wiring supplies on our store very soon. Keep an eye out.
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i didn't even know you had a store man, definitely be purchasing though you from here on, since you bassed in aus also :) be quicker & i rather support locals with talent like yours. Keep up the great work man & look forward to more content from you :) tc & look after yaself.
I built my first PC just over a year ago and got the bug after only a couple of months!! thought umm what can I do next? watched so many many vids on upgrading to water cooling but have to say I'm never thought of going this far!! but I have to say this level of thought of the finer detail make me respect this level of custom builds. I've got s fare way to go!! great videos watching an expert with regards to water cooling and beyond which is why I started watching.
I love that tip of melting the heat-shrink then pulling off the excess, it's so much better than the superglue method, cheers for that !
I know its a long video, it was the only way I could cram in all the necessary details for custom wiring. If you want to do custom wiring its all here, if not this will probably bore you. Singularity Computers Client Build 20 'Event Horizon' Build Log: Part 3 coming up in a few days.
+SingularityComputers
Really nice work man , I learn so much from you.Only my wife is less happy with this expensive hobby lol
luckily she is very sweet to me
+SingularityComputers about the sata data cables, you should try the akasa proslim cables
these cabels have a two piece construction on the connectors, so they can be opened
and the best thing is that they work nearly the same way as 90° sata or hdd power connectors
you just cut the original cable to length and push it in ;) now you have custome length sata data :D
u the best thank
+SingularityComputers for me isn't a problem the length of the video. When learning something, the time used is never wasted. keep up this splendid work.
+SingularityComputers I'm absoltuely loving your Tut videos. This one just made me feel super giddy inside. I've been building custom PC's for about 13 years now (as a hobby) I'm finally stable enough to build one and fully mod it. I just can't help but be excited to know I finally get to do all of the things I've wanted to do for so long.
Great video bud. I just ordered a bunch of stuff to start making custom cables for my pc and your guides on this are really helpful.
Honestly make the videos as long as you want. I love to watch your videos and for me the longer the better. The longer it is the more information you get from it.
I was reading up and researching lately, and Lutroo usually takes crazy glue and puts a little dab of it on the actual wire when he puts on the sleeving. He presses it so it can stick, and then he pulls the wire to appropriate sleeving distance. He clips it and its now a PERFECT sleeved cable.
That's one of the best custom cable videos out there. It's not the funniest, it's not the quickest, it's not the smartest but it's so detailed end well explained! And you linked a good and not over expensive website in the description!
You have my appreciation my dude.
I will come back to that video when I build my new PC in a few weeks :D
Great video. Even though I would probably never do this, my hands shake too much, I like learning how it is done. Thank you.
Wow!! I have a whole new appreciation for custom cabling!! Great video, as usual!!
Small tip for crimping the wires, I work at a aircraft maintaining facility, stripp double the wire at the end and fold it, you have more material for crimping. Hope it helps
Great video Dan. Very informative. Even though a lot of us can do and have done sleeving in the past...I always pick up a trick or two when I watch your videos.
This is an amazing video, I've had to reuse some cables on my PSU because i'ts a semi-modular one, but all the modular cables are built from the ground.
Amazing work, if I had the money I'd have a PC built by Daniel just for the amazing job he can do!
I was considering doing my own custom wiring based on other guides, but now after watching this in depth extremely good guide I am realizing it probably isnt worth it, and I should just buy white already made custom wires for my corsair ax1500i.
Just a tip for soldering those male connectors - Plug them into a female connector while soldering the other end to prevent them from moving and it also acts as a small heat sink to give you a bit more time.
singularity i'm a long time fan, you're the man :D ty for all of the information, its much appreciated.
Very good video!
I already learned most of those things in school(not specialized for PCs, just in general) and I'm pretty sure my teacher couldn't have explained it better.
Keep on going!
That is an insane amount of radiators!
I like the trick @ 33:15 where you MELT the heatshrink to melt the sleeving so it bonds into the pin. Dealing with the frayed ends of the sleeving is hell.
excellent vid. been thinking about doing this for my rig for a while, and this just answers so many questions! love your work!
Wow beastly wiring man incredible Job guys.
Dude this was truly indepth I'm also a fan of your channel man. I think it's awesome you have made such an amazing channel after all the things you have gone through. Can't wait for the next video.
Thanks for sharing your ideas and ways you do these computers. Always enjoy your vids!!
Loving the latest lot of videos.
for sata cables it may be worth to take a look at akasa slimline cables, you can remove the connector and sleeve it with regular mdpc sleeving. also you can cut them to length
yes been waiting a long time for your cabling guide. great work
Thanks so much for videos like this! Makes me want to start making my own cables for my build.
Thanks for the really good vid. Now I do know what I did wrong sleeving my cables. I'm off customizing again:)
modding to the max, this is very nice dude, loved all of it
Easy way to get sleeving length is to crimp the connector on one end of each wire.Then put the sleeve on the wire from the non contact end. Then do you sleeve melt at the contact. Then pull the sleeve along the wire and cut to the same length as the wire. Then pull sleeve back from end of the wire, strip wire, crimp connector , then finish with sleeve melt and job done. Works every time with the sleeve then perfect length to give your wire a little room to be bent, ie not to stiff. Oh remember to heat seal the sleeve ends before threading onto to wire.
Excellent video. 10/10
just watched 4minutes in the video and can already see where you can improve. for example, since youre custom sleeving the cables you could make them longer and route them in a way that they wont be exposed like now. fans and rgb controller for instance.
Is there a way to sleeve front i/o cables individually? Or what is a visually acceptable way of getting these done?
I was hoping one of these videos would talk about doing the splice wires on 24 pin connectors. Also the rearranging of wires to make them look better.
Thanks for another amazing work log Daniel!
Ride on man!
Love these long videos!!!!!
man i really was hoping you would discuss the pin removal tools and the best way to use them. I struggle with atx removal.
question: did u ever think of putting out a list of products that u suggest that u would use etc?
like for example what is best case for value, or the best to mod into.
or which are the best fittings etc etc.
and put that list on your website.
would also fit your idea to make more reviews and vlog videos aside the build logs.
It's always a pleasure watching your videos. Keep up the good work! =)
Protip: if you want to save time, speed up the video to 1.25x. I find that he talks slow enough that it is still a "normal" watchable experience at a faster rate, and you save about 7 minutes.
thanks so much for that... 1.5x worked just fine too. If I needed to see a picture in detail I just paused the video.
only took a year to help someone lol
THIS ADVICE MADE MY DAY. Seriously it had already taken half my day watching the series and this made it way better lol
Great videos! You do an excellent job and have inspired me. I hope one day I can make computers at your level. Keep up the good work!
Heat Knife is great for cutting sleeving without the end fraying
Great video. I will definitely rewatch this several times ones I get started. The only thing I missed in the video is, you explained obout the sata power connectors and the wire just pushes in the connectors. I am just wondering how you can do a clean sleeve on that. Don't think I can push it though the sleeving as well and expect a solid connection. Hope anyone has tips. Other thing I wanted to ask, would it be a good idea to solder it to after you scrimp the connector on? or is that overkill?
your video's are awesome man!, its so full of information. PLZ continue the good work, cheers mate (Y)
Is there ever a need to use the ATX male pins? This series never discusses using them..
This was a very helpful video. Thanks a lot!
This was a very helpful video. Thanks a lot!
This was a very helpful video. Thanks a lot!
I would like to have seen your long videos on this topic . Helped alot Thanks
I do agree with wire gauge though. 16 or 18 and 22, as long as it is silicon sleeved.
11:54 I may have misunderstood something, but if I wanted to create my own 4-pin fan extension cables (and "modular" fans), would I just used the male crimp pins purchased extension cables use (at least from what I'm looking at in front of me)? Am I missing something or misunderstanding why one would use these male pins?
you could do short vid on how to setup the aquaero.
Yes this was very helpfull, now i know how to do custom cables if i want to do it
what terminals do you use for usb? Could you give me a link please on mainframecustoms.
Have you considered maybe doing some non-sleeved 14 or 12ga silicon cables for custom PSU cables? I think the "wet noodle" type of look would be very unique and possibly look awesome. The size is completely unnecessary for the current it carries, but the thickness would be similar to that of sleeved cables, just with a single smooth surface rather than a braided pattern. Just an idea I had, which I would try if I had more money and time :P Great video as always!
Don't mind the length at all, Daniel. When you speak, class is in session.
+Coffeefoot That's the way I see it. Most of his long time viewers certainly remember the 1 hour long, or longer, videos that were very in depth.
I'm a fan. Honest question. Is there evidence that cable "quality" matters in a digital device.
I recently ordered a full set of cables from icemodz and they didn't put any cable combs on them
Everything else is top quality cable components, but how come no gold-plated crimp terminals (except for the SATA power, which is a given)? I make my own cables as well, with MDPC-X sleeving, but with gold-plated Mini Fit Jr., SATA Power, Fan and Dupont crimp terminals.
It's not necessary to repin the power/hdd led/reset/etc. Lift the tabs with an Xacto and pull out the wires then insert them into the new 10-pin DuPont connector as you go.
You ever do a USB 3.0 splitter from your header off your motherboard
I feel like you did a great job, I am an amateur at best but I feel if you leave sleeve back further;like you have, and then push "pre cut" piece to the first fins on the connector, they are the same length.
Also, why didn't you stretch it before??
Any reason not to crimp + solder the wire to the connectors (other than it taking forever)?
I'm about to sleeve a set of custom cables soon. How do you know which wires go in which part of the connector as to not short out or fry anything? This is the last thing I'm trying to learn completely and understand. Thanks in advance.
I also can't find this info anywhere and many people seem to be asking. How I plan to do it is to build cables ground up and just carefully copy what I see on the original cable, and once done tripple check if it's the same. If you see better solution please share - I'd appreciate.
@@orkusmg I want to know the same thing. I want to do some custom cables for my newest and second build.
I was wondering if you could use a hot-air soldering gun instead of using the torch to melt the sleeves.
+Andrei Benitez no its too hot. at lest that's what i've heard
i really cant like this video enough!
Hi and thank you for awesome videos. How many sata power connectors can you stack in a single cable? I have a corsair ax1200i if that is relevant.
Epic video man!
low temp solder on fan connectors and always use leaded solder
also grommets of different sizes, shapes and colours helps
this is an old video so i doubt you will respond to this, but i saw a weird psu the other day that used completely a different style of connection to the psu. it was almost like audio equipment. have you ever seen psus like this? can they be sleeved?
Very nice thanks for the custom wiring how to. quick question where did you find the usb connector pins. thanks
It's actually better to have the cables in the outer edge of the bends to be longer, IMO.
As for the "needed" tools, the last ones, the removal tools aren't really necessary. I have been making due with an unbent safety pin for years.
"I could tow a car with this."
Do it. Make a video. xD
XD lmao
+Akira Shimizu (EmpireGaming) yes please!
what would a system like this roughly cost?
you need to make a video on how much of everything you use, Like how much wide do i need to do a full cable build, how much sleeving, pins ect.. like whats average?
So Daniel when is part 2 and 3 and 4 coming out lots you didn't cover and the video far to short but still fab
hey, ive spent weeks planing my cable build. ive finaly sat down to start crimping but the wings on my atx pins are way to small to crimp around my 16awg wire. any tips?
What does the xtc stand for at the end of come cables and should i go for 17 or 15 awg? as 15 awg is 0.5mm larger in diameter.
which should I use, 16 awg or 18 awg for 1200w PSU? and how wide is the diameter of each after sleeved?
I actually prefer the look of heat shrink sleeving. I dont know why.
Your builds are amazing, but I’m hoping since this video you’ve gotten a bit more refined with your paint spraying skills... the biggest blue panel has vertical streaks on it. The nozzle needs to be further away and you need to do 4-5 more distant and thinner coats rather than a close and thick paint jobz
Why did you not use a 2,5mm sleeve for a single PSU cable? Personally I Use 4/3.5 mm just for fans or other multiple cable sleeve.
Is PET the same as MDPC? Also, what size sleeving for 16awg wire?
Hey bro! Really love your videos! I am about to start making my own custom cables for my personal rig but I'm confused on one thing: Is there a certain way each pin/cable is supposed to insert to a connector? or can I just connect them lets say pin 1 of connector 1 to pin 1 of connector 2?
hello beautiful video , and for a while I follow your videos .
I want to know what kind of pin use for wiring ? also the type of electric cable , I would like to know the measures .
Love the video, however you cover a lot of stuff that you already covered in #1? Video would be less than half the length if you kept to your intended video structure. But thanks for your time.
you can write which dimension of the cables in metric
e.g., 0.75 2mm
If I'm doing this for my HX1000i, where can I get the connectors which go into my power supply ? Or are the male connectors able to go into my power supply ?
thanks man some awesome info!
I don1t know if i am just missing it but i never see any one making SATA data cables ,i can buy 20 inch extension cables from amazon but have not found longer. Does anyone know where to buy bbulk cable and male and female ends?
Thanks
Where can I get those cable clamps? My gpu 8 pin looks horrible, I cant get the single sleeved cables to be straight and clean
+Gonzalo Bueno If you're talking about the cable combs, pretty much any company that sells materials for custom sleeving has them. Performance PCs has them and for a pretty good price as well.
you icemodz links are broken under tools and equipment
Oh forgot to mention I now always use a 6 + 2 pin connection at the GPU end as it is much easier to adjust if you swap out a GPU with a different connector layout.
Wire the 2pin connector direct to the PSU not from the 6pin connector.
mdpc-x is sold by caselabs:)
Where can I buy the cable management box with all the goodies in?
+Mark Springthorpe :) Actually, nowhere. Daniel gives links to stores where buy parts. Boxes can buy separately. This is very useful, everything at hand and in one place.
Ahhh thanks pal