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Daisy chain power cable

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  • 22-10-2015 2:30pm
    #1
    RoyalMarine
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    Hi guys,

    Slowly finishing my build, and one of the endless annoyances I've always faced is cable management.

    Good news, I have a nice case, which provides reasonable room behind the motherboard for most of the cables.

    Sadly, I've added a few extra hard drives recently, and the cables are now a bit cramped.

    I'd love to find one of these for sale.
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    Any suggestions on where I could find one?

    I'd love to find one in a store, to prevent having to pay for postage, but if it's only available online, i guess that's ok too. As long as the price is reasonable, but the product reliable too.

    I'll be connecting 4 3.5" 2tb drives to it.

    Also have 2 SSD's in the case, but they will be connected separately.


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    Ant695
    Registered Users Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Ant695


    http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/sata-female-55cm-a17gg


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    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    Anything that looks a little nicer? :)

    I'm trying to reduce the cheap look of my computer by removing standard cables etc.


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    Ant695
    Registered Users Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Ant695


    Just an example other colors available:

    https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-000-BX


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    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users Posts: 8,394 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    That Silverstone cable you posted does look tidy but the StarTech one is not bad either at Approx a third of the price

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    Link:

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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    RoyalMarine
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    They're 10cm apart :/ that's going to leave a nice bit of extra cable around.

    I'd love something much shorter.


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    Tenshot
    Registered Users Posts: 648 ✭✭✭Tenshot


    Your original Silverstone cable is available on Amazon UK here


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    Skerries
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    Tenshot wrote: »
    Your original Silverstone cable is available on Amazon UK here

    or here cheaper
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    ninja 12
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    RoyalMarine wrote: »
    They're 10cm apart :/ that's going to leave a nice bit of extra cable around.

    I'd love something much shorter.


    How about making your current cables shorter yourself ?

    I bought some SATA connectors ages ago , and modified my psu cables .

    I went from this -

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    To this -

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    .

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    I bought the connectors here -
    http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/SATA.html , although the connectors can probable be removed and repositioned from the cables that came with my latest psu easily enough .


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    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    Sigh.... you convinced me!

    Now I want to sleeve my own cables too!

    Curse you Ninja_12


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    ninja 12
    Registered Users Posts: 954 ✭✭✭ninja 12


    RoyalMarine wrote: »
    Sigh.... you convinced me!

    Now I want to sleeve my own cables too!

    Curse you Ninja_12


    Glad I could help :D



    I actually have two of the Startech cables linked by Gadgetman496 in a drawer , unopened and unused .

    I found it tidier to modify the cables myself , and the connectors I linked to work perfectly on my Corsair power supplies ( standard plastic coating , unsleeved cables )

    EDIT -
    If you have a Corsair PSU , the SATA connectors should be easy to remove and re-use .


    ( Don't blame me of your pc goes bang :eek: )


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    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    I have a corsair cx750, but it suffers from coil whine.
    Might pick up a modular PSU instead.

    But i've also been considering a new case, which will rule out my cable issues without having to modify them!

    Been looking at this all morning, and have it in my amazon basket while looking at my bank account thinking....


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