Custom cables in Canada?

[Ilnez]

Hey guys,

I recently upgraded and bought a HX1000 corsair power supply and it has possibly the most infuriating cables I've ever seen to cable manage (The PCI-e power cords are double ended with no option for 1 so I had to use 2 cables for my 3080 and it's a rat's nest). So I basically want custom cables to make them way cleaner. 

 

Any idea where I should buy quality cables in Canada?

[Bombastinator]

The only one I know for sure is stay away from the low end Chinese stuff.  It’s often not safe.  Like melty level.  Potentially very bad. The only company I know of that does that kind of thing is cablemod, but I think they’re US.

[LienusLateTips]

CableMod is good, check out local PC building groups on Facebook, they often have local cable sleevers in them. 

There are decent Chinese cables available if you look at the right brands on Amazon... like EZDIY, UpHere, AsiaHorse. I would stay away from generic cables. For a 3080 I'd go 16AWG.

[Bombastinator]

22 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

CableMod is good, check out local PC building groups on Facebook, they often have local cable sleevers in them. 

There are decent Chinese cables available if you look at the right brands on Amazon... like EZDIY, UpHere, AsiaHorse. I would stay away from generic cables. For a 3080 I'd go 16AWG.

The problem isn’t just wire thickness though. The PSU is a single atx module and it includes the cables. As a result it’s the providence of the engineers who know what is in the thing in the first place.  They’re not standardized for anything behind the output.  So while something may have requisite thickness for a given output with a particular kind of wire they may not use that kind of wire.  Or even different outputs on the box.  Things may not be in the same place.  It has to be checked on a model by model basis.  There may be good off brands out there, there may not. I’ve seen companies put out good product until they develop a good rep and then produce garbage. The result is frequently stuff is good or bad instance by instance.  Hard to keep track of. 

[Ilnez]

3 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

The problem isn’t just wire thickness though. The PSU is a single atx module and it includes the cables. As a result it’s the providence of the engineers who know what is in the thing in the first place.  They’re not standardized for anything behind the output.  So while something may have requisite thickness for a given output with a particular kind of wire they may not use that kind of wire.  Or even different outputs on the box.  Things may not be in the same place.  It has to be checked on a model by model basis.  There may be good off brands out there, there may not. I’ve seen companies put out good product until they develop a good rep and then produce garbage. The result is frequently stuff is good or bad instance by instance.  Hard to keep track of. 

I wish corsair had an up to date braided cable kit … but apparently the gen 4 ones don’t support hx series psu

[seon123]

23 minutes ago, Ilnez said:

I wish corsair had an up to date braided cable kit … but apparently the gen 4 ones don’t support hx series psu

Unless you bought a decade old HX, it uses Type 4. Which you can also check on their compatibility website

https://www.corsair.com/eu/en/psu-cable-compatibility

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Ilnez said:

I wish corsair had an up to date braided cable kit … but apparently the gen 4 ones don’t support hx series psu

Umm.. An HX1000 is type 4 if it's the Platinum version.

 

 

[LienusLateTips]

2 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

The problem isn’t just wire thickness though. The PSU is a single atx module and it includes the cables. As a result it’s the providence of the engineers who know what is in the thing in the first place.  They’re not standardized for anything behind the output.  So while something may have requisite thickness for a given output with a particular kind of wire they may not use that kind of wire.  Or even different outputs on the box.  Things may not be in the same place.  It has to be checked on a model by model basis.  There may be good off brands out there, there may not. I’ve seen companies put out good product until they develop a good rep and then produce garbage. The result is frequently stuff is good or bad instance by instance.  Hard to keep track of. 

The companies I mentioned are not some third shift factory... especially upHere, for example. They've been featured in LTT videos, and in Canada, they're big enough where their direct store must charge federal VAT (exempt under $30,000 in sales per year... of niche PC parts). They're not going to produce fire hazard garbage. I also explicitly said "I would stay away from generic cables" for a good reason.

[Guest]

16 hours ago, Ilnez said:

Hey guys,

I recently upgraded and bought a HX1000 corsair power supply and it has possibly the most infuriating cables I've ever seen to cable manage (The PCI-e power cords are double ended with no option for 1 so I had to use 2 cables for my 3080 and it's a rat's nest). So I basically want custom cables to make them way cleaner. 

 

Any idea where I should buy quality cables in Canada?

https://www.corsair.com/ca/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-|-Parts/PC-Components/Power-Supplies/Premium-Individually-Sleeved-PSU-Cables-Starter-Kit-Type-4-Gen-4/p/CP-8920216

 

[Guest]

11 hours ago, LienusLateTips said:

The companies I mentioned are not some third shift factory... especially upHere, for example. They've been featured in LTT videos, and in Canada, they're big enough where their direct store must charge federal VAT (exempt under $30,000 in sales per year... of niche PC parts). They're not going to produce fire hazard garbage. I also explicitly said "I would stay away from generic cables" for a good reason.

LTT videos "feature" a lot of crap.  I mean.. whatever is a money grab, right?

 

I never heard of UpHere.

 

AsiaHorse is absolute shit fire sparklers.  I've seen so many of those melted, it's not even funny.

 

EZDIY is actually pretty good.

 

Also, other than CableMod, all of those companies you mentioned are extensions, not replacement cables.  And nothing says "let's drop my voltage by 10%" than adding another 18" to an 18" cable.

 

[Bombastinator]

12 hours ago, LienusLateTips said:

The companies I mentioned are not some third shift factory... especially upHere, for example. They've been featured in LTT videos, and in Canada, they're big enough where their direct store must charge federal VAT (exempt under $30,000 in sales per year... of niche PC parts). They're not going to produce fire hazard garbage. I also explicitly said "I would stay away from generic cables" for a good reason.

Fair enough.  If they work well they work well.  We do agree that any old cables won’t work for cable replacement though.  There are some places that is true, but PSU cables isn’t one of them.

[Guest]

I had to google UpHere.  Yeah... they look pretty good.  

 

But still:  Extensions.

 

And definitely:  NOT AsiaHorse.