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poppedkernel

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Hello guys, it's been a while since I've been on. I'm doing a few improvements to my computer, which includes a mountain mods U2-UFO CYO case. this means I'll have no place to hide cables, so instead of hiding them, I'm wanting to sleeve them and just make them look nice and tidy........ only one problem, I've never sleeved cables. I've decided on MDPC-X's color x sleeves and some pre cut heat shrink http://en.mdpc-x.com/mdpc-sleeve/sleeve/sleeve-small-color-x.htm I think it'll go well with the mirrored black color I've chosen for the case.

any suggestions for how you sleeve cables? tips, tricks?

and yes, im planning on doing ALL cables... including PSU cables.
 
http://www.wikihow.com/Sleeve-Computer-Cables

That will get you started and also you may want to check out other sites for sleeving. MDPC-X makes some nice stuff don't get me wrong but it's terribly expensive.

I got my sleeving from Performance-PC, didn't have any issues with it. Sure it wasn't as tight as the MDPC-X but it also was about a 1/4th of the cost.
 
If you do decide to go with MDCPX, when you order, Nils will give you a great guide on how to sleeve the cables. I just said this the other day in a thread about sleeving, but buy A LOT of extra. Like, figure out how much you're going to need, and buy double. Have a good set of tools ready. A nice pair of scissors. An xacto knife. A paper cutter like this helps immensely with cutting the heat shrink to identical lengths. A heat gun as well.

When you have everything and you're sitting down to do it, take your time. Make sure to mark what cables come out of where on the PSU. Last thing you want when individually sleeving cables is to cross a wire and kill something. If you can find it, try to have a pin-out diagram of your PSU handy. Measure twice, cut once. Be prepared to spend a few hours a day for a few days doing it. What will end up happening, because this is your first time, the first few will come out not looking as good as the last ones, so if you're a perfectionist, you'll end up going back and redoing half your cables.

So just buy extra, have everything handy, and go slow. Practice makes perfect. Good luck :)
 
Thanks for all the responses. And as far as cutting of the heatshrink into identical lengths, im getting the pre cut heatshrink.

Also I have one more question, and this is actually about the case. Im getting the case with the e-atx motherboard tray, because im upgrading boards, but im getting the case way before the board, would the e-atx tray hold my m-atx board untill I get my new board. Or am I going to have to get the atx tray first, then the e-atx?
 
That is a beast of a case. Most cases I've seen that hold E-ATX boards will hold a M-ATX. Typical ATX cases will hold the ATX and everything a size smaller. I don't know for sure if this holds true for your case though. Even it doesn't there's usually ways to anchor your board down without too much difficulty.

Cable sleeving is actually pretty easy after the first couple times you do it. The difficult part is just cutting the right lengths. Personally I don't like to get precut stuff because it may come shorter than what you need it to be. I've bought sleeving from Performance-PC's and FrozenCPU. Both have excellent selections of modding supplies.
I don't know of your experience using heat shrink but all you really need is a good hair dryer or a heat gun. Matches and torches can burn, discolor, and weaken the heat shrink if you're not careful.
Post some pics when you're done! We'd love to see your work.
 
Yeah, I may get some really cheap stuff from radioshack first to practice with, that and to kill some time untill I get the new case. And I know how everyone here loves mountain mod builds so I will indeed post pics when the case and sleeving comes in.
 
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I love the look of sleeved cables but im not willing to put that much time into doing it so I just buy sleeved extensions. My 24-pin, 8-pin mobo, vga cables, sata cables, and all other visable cables all have sleeved extensions which make the inside of my case look awesome.
 
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