Hi All, new build planning is going well, I have now decided on the case and most the watercooling that is going in it.
The case is going to be a Silverstone TJ07 with a quad rad in the bottom, cooling the cpu and gcard.
I have decied on the PSU for the build as a Corsair AX1200 as its totally modular, has 7 years warranty and an OC3D Gold award
I have decided, just to make my life more complicated to single sleeve all the modular cables of the PSU that I will be using. I also want to mod all the cables to exactly the correct length to suit my case/setup.
As I have never sleeved a cable before I have done some research and armed with connectors, crimpers, sleeving, heatshrink and a spare PSU, I dived in head first and made a custom SATA power connector.
As there will only be 2 x SSD drives in my new build, I wanted to custom make a cable that had 2 x 90 degree connectors on it, I also wanted to place the connectors closer together, so there was not a huge loop caused by extra cabling between the 2 drives.
Please find photo's below of the prototype, this is my practise effort but I am happy how it turned out, and have learnt lesson that will make for a better cable for the final build
This job was not as simple as it looks, I had to remove the through SATA connector and the end SATA connector, then measure where i wanted the SATA through connector to go. I then sleeved up to where the new connector would go, I then had to heat shrink between the through SATA connector and the end SATA connector. I then had to modify the end SATA connector with a stanley knife so the cables would run 90 degree's. I then reattached both connectors.
The final product will have a dark blue, blue and black cabling scheme, and I will also match the heatshrink between the through SATA connector and the end SATA connector.
As I stated before this project, as its turning into is going to take a few months, but hope you enjoy the very first photo's
If anyone is interested on how I made the cable please let me know and when I make the final cable I will document a "how to"
The case is going to be a Silverstone TJ07 with a quad rad in the bottom, cooling the cpu and gcard.
I have decied on the PSU for the build as a Corsair AX1200 as its totally modular, has 7 years warranty and an OC3D Gold award
I have decided, just to make my life more complicated to single sleeve all the modular cables of the PSU that I will be using. I also want to mod all the cables to exactly the correct length to suit my case/setup.
As I have never sleeved a cable before I have done some research and armed with connectors, crimpers, sleeving, heatshrink and a spare PSU, I dived in head first and made a custom SATA power connector.
As there will only be 2 x SSD drives in my new build, I wanted to custom make a cable that had 2 x 90 degree connectors on it, I also wanted to place the connectors closer together, so there was not a huge loop caused by extra cabling between the 2 drives.
Please find photo's below of the prototype, this is my practise effort but I am happy how it turned out, and have learnt lesson that will make for a better cable for the final build
This job was not as simple as it looks, I had to remove the through SATA connector and the end SATA connector, then measure where i wanted the SATA through connector to go. I then sleeved up to where the new connector would go, I then had to heat shrink between the through SATA connector and the end SATA connector. I then had to modify the end SATA connector with a stanley knife so the cables would run 90 degree's. I then reattached both connectors.
The final product will have a dark blue, blue and black cabling scheme, and I will also match the heatshrink between the through SATA connector and the end SATA connector.
As I stated before this project, as its turning into is going to take a few months, but hope you enjoy the very first photo's
If anyone is interested on how I made the cable please let me know and when I make the final cable I will document a "how to"
