How To Sleeve Your Cables And Wires - Page 8

tmaxxracer111 · 02-23-2006, 11:01 PM

nice

Seeds225 · 03-12-2006, 11:56 AM

turboFX55 does one Vantec Wire Sleeving Kit provide enough to cover about every wire? Or should I get 2 kits? Because I'm gonna do a Clear acrylic case so I need to cover about every wire.

turboFX55 · 03-12-2006, 09:07 PM

buy 2, i have found that one will work but it starts to run out and if you can get more heat shrink tubing, that is what they give the least of.

neweyedeya18 · 03-14-2006, 02:26 PM

wagner heat gun (for paint removal @ walmart for 20 bucks) works good, anyone want to suggest a molex pin remover?

EDIT: i pulled apart my case last night and after 20 minutes of trying to thread my molex connectors through the wires i gave up. then read there is a remover for the connectors wtf!? haha kind of discouraged thought it would take about 2 hrs to do the whole case ... not the case. Also found that shrink tubing didnt shrink as small as it needed to, to stay snug on the wires but after doing my 2 hd wires (i think sata anyways the same one as the picture of turbofx...) they came out pretty good, the post your wire management thread was inspiring but after attempting at this rather discouraging... haha

Seeds225 · 03-14-2006, 06:17 PM

What plugs does the Vantec Kit not fit over?

FunkMaster66 · 03-14-2006, 06:37 PM

Nice guide

turboFX55 · 03-14-2006, 09:14 PM

well if its your first attempt, it is a bit hard, my sata cables are the best i think, as for the rest or the case you need some tools LIKE PIN EXTRACTORS to remove the molex plugs for the main cables of the power supply, as soon as i get all the pictures done of mine then i will redo the guide. also rule of thumb for heat shrink is, it shrinks to about 50% of the stock width. that is why i did the sata cables in the guide to give people a chance to do it on something easy, also another thing that is easy is the fan wires that connect to the mobo via 3 pin connector, there small enough to work with and easy to get the pins out using an x-acto knife if needed.

C1!m@t3 · 04-07-2006, 12:39 PM

Nice guide, I'm planning on using it soon

ryanlopez4550 · 04-08-2006, 06:56 AM

very nice... i tried to use my DFI sleeving stuff that came with my MOBO but it didnt come with any shrink wrap!

sleeving is sooooo worth the time and effort

cyrax · 05-17-2006, 04:41 AM

How do you sleeve the cables that come out of the PSU?

03-12-2006, 09:07 PM	#73 (permalink)
turboFX55 True Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 233	buy 2, i have found that one will work but it starts to run out and if you can get more heat shrink tubing, that is what they give the least of. __________________

03-14-2006, 02:26 PM	#74 (permalink)
neweyedeya18 Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 411	wagner heat gun (for paint removal @ walmart for 20 bucks) works good, anyone want to suggest a molex pin remover? EDIT: i pulled apart my case last night and after 20 minutes of trying to thread my molex connectors through the wires i gave up. then read there is a remover for the connectors wtf!? haha kind of discouraged thought it would take about 2 hrs to do the whole case ... not the case. Also found that shrink tubing didnt shrink as small as it needed to, to stay snug on the wires but after doing my 2 hd wires (i think sata anyways the same one as the picture of turbofx...) they came out pretty good, the post your wire management thread was inspiring but after attempting at this rather discouraging... haha __________________

03-14-2006, 06:37 PM	#76 (permalink)
FunkMaster66 True Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 233	Nice guide __________________ Amd Sempron 2500+ ECS K7VTA3 mobo 1 gig Ram Asus N6600 Antec 300 Watt PSU 19\" LCD Logitech Mouse & Keyboard Antec SOHO sx1030 Server

03-14-2006, 09:14 PM	#77 (permalink)
turboFX55 True Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 233	well if its your first attempt, it is a bit hard, my sata cables are the best i think, as for the rest or the case you need some tools LIKE PIN EXTRACTORS to remove the molex plugs for the main cables of the power supply, as soon as i get all the pictures done of mine then i will redo the guide. also rule of thumb for heat shrink is, it shrinks to about 50% of the stock width. that is why i did the sata cables in the guide to give people a chance to do it on something easy, also another thing that is easy is the fan wires that connect to the mobo via 3 pin connector, there small enough to work with and easy to get the pins out using an x-acto knife if needed. __________________

05-17-2006, 04:41 AM	#80 (permalink)
cyrax Ultra Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 900	How do you sleeve the cables that come out of the PSU? __________________ DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra-D AMD Athlon x2 4400+ 2GB (2x1GB) G.Skill DDR400 Extreme Series XFX nVidia Geforce 7600GT 256MB xXx Edition ASUS 16x Dual Layer DVD Writer and 16x DVD Reader Sony Silver 3.5\" Floppy Drive Western Digital Caviar 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB SATA Antec Super Lanboy Aluminium Case Enermax Whisper II 535W A computer building guide Cable sleeving guide

02-23-2006, 11:01 PM	#71 (permalink)
tmaxxracer111 Newb Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7	nice

03-12-2006, 11:56 AM	#72 (permalink)
Seeds225 Newb Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 26	turboFX55 does one Vantec Wire Sleeving Kit provide enough to cover about every wire? Or should I get 2 kits? Because I'm gonna do a Clear acrylic case so I need to cover about every wire.

03-14-2006, 06:17 PM	#75 (permalink)
Seeds225 Newb Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 26	What plugs does the Vantec Kit not fit over?

04-07-2006, 12:39 PM	#78 (permalink)
C1!m@t3 Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 46	Nice guide, I'm planning on using it soon

04-08-2006, 06:56 AM	#79 (permalink)
ryanlopez4550 True Techie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 103	very nice... i tried to use my DFI sleeving stuff that came with my MOBO but it didnt come with any shrink wrap! sleeving is sooooo worth the time and effort

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