Cable Sleeving 101

[Dr3nz4r]

One question about sleeving :

Possible to do that with NON-Modular PSU's too? without loosing my guarantee

Damn :D then I'll wait until i need a new one and then get some Modular one :D

[W4RL0K]

I found a heat gun at my local hardware store, was about 40$.

Do you mean using a lighter instead of a heat gun? Any standard cheap lighter is OK to melt your sleeving put I would advise you to use a heat gun for your heat shrink as you have more control over the amount of heat, and are less likely to bubble or carbon the heat shrink. But a lighter will work if you are careful. :)

[W4RL0K]

Very nice and clear tutorial. I'm going to do this when I get around building an actual desktop again!

Thanks, Don't forget to share results. :)

[~Expertise]

Nice tutorial..Probably one of the most detailed and informative, especially with the photos!

[W4RL0K]

Nice tutorial..Probably one of the most detailed and informative, especially with the photos!

Thanks, glad you like it, didn't know if I was going over the top.

[Reconciliasion]

how did you get So many images onto one thread?!

[W4RL0K]

how did you get So many images onto one thread?!

I had a mod merge them form me. Plus they are only tagged into the post they are not actually hosted on the server.

[Sanguinn]

Excellent guide, and nice clear photos too.

If anyone's looking for even more detail, Lutro0 Customs' YouTube channel has some really comprehensive video tutorials (maybe even too much so, but hey - you can always skip past the stuff you understand already, and it's always better than too little information.)

[DLM_012]

I'm going to try to find some more pics but this is what I have to share with you guys so far. I decided to sleeve my computer in "commando green" and "vanilla sands" colors from Nils MDPC site. It's nearly done for the most part. Here are a few of the pics that I was able to snag early on of me sleeving my first SATA cables. I'll try my best to contribute more to this thread as I finish rebuilding my computer.

[Sniping]

Very nice tutorial! Bookmarked will defiantly use for future reference.

[W4RL0K]

I'm going to try to find some more pics but this is what I have to share with you guys so far. I decided to sleeve my computer in "commando green" and "vanilla sands" colors from Nils MDPC site. It's nearly done for the most part. Here are a few of the pics that I was able to snag early on of me sleeving my first SATA cables. I'll try my best to contribute more to this thread as I finish rebuilding my computer.

Nice color combo dude, that would look sweet inside a C70 with a few Noctua's ;) Would love to see some finished results when you are done.

[W4RL0K]

Very nice tutorial! Bookmarked will defiantly use for future reference.

Thanks, always glad to help. :)

[NihKiller]

Great sleeving tutorial. will probably use this in the future! thanks buddy :D

[DLM_012]

I'm going to try to find some more pics but this is what I have to share with you guys so far. I decided to sleeve my computer in "commando green" and "vanilla sands" colors from Nils MDPC site. It's nearly done for the most part. Here are a few of the pics that I was able to snag early on of me sleeving my first SATA cables. I'll try my best to contribute more to this thread as I finish rebuilding my computer.

I sleeved a Noctua fan and the adapters today in Vanilla Sands MDPC-X sleeving. I think I'll be sleeving a front panel of system cables sometime this week but I'm not sure yet. I'll be sure to post my results if I do though.

[Tranquility]

One question about sleeving :

Possible to do that with NON-Modular PSU's too? without loosing my guarantee

Just buy extension cables for what ones you want to sleeve. Though you might want to check if you've got the cable management room first.

[FalseKillSwitch]

Awesome looking sleeveing and a great guide. Im planning on sleeveing my HX1000's cables!

[DLM_012]

I'm back with pics as promised from my finished rig. Here you guys go:

This first pic is not the ideal result but it's decent at least. The goal is for all of the heatshrink to be flush and for there to be no bumps in the heatshrink. Pic below anyways:

My 24 pin power and some SATA cables:

I got my PCI-E power connectors near flawless since they were the last cables I sleeved. By then I sort of mastered the process.

[joelthezombie15]

why didnt you include the heatshrikless way it always looks SOOOOOOOOOO much better imo

[joelthezombie15]

not trying to undermine you but i found someone on youtube that does video tuts on this and they are really easy to follow for those who cant learn well from reading [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/lutro0?feature=fvst]http://www.youtube.com/user/lutro0?feature=fvst[/url=http://www.youtube.com/user/lutro0?feature=fvst] he is the one who taught me.

[DLM_012]

not trying to undermine you but i found someone on youtube that does video tuts on this and they are really easy to follow for those who cant learn well from reading http://www.youtube.com/user/lutro0?feature=fvst[/url=http://www.youtube.com/user/lutro0?feature=fvst] he is the one who taught me.

I also learned from his videos too. I need to watch them some more lol so my next sleeving job will be cleaner. I might try heatshrinkless next time around but I need to master the basics first.

[W4RL0K]

 

 

Very Nice pics dude, fantastic color combinations. And congrats for being featured on Build Log of the Week. :)

[DLM_012]

Very Nice pics dude, fantastic color combinations. And congrats for being featured on Build Log of the Week. :)

Thanks for the kind words. As they mentioned in the live stream, I spent a ton of time trying to decide what colors I would put where. The PCI-E power connectors almost turned out being one color and I almost didn't sleeve my front panel cables. I'm definitely happy with the end result though.

 

Honestly, your heatshrink looks a lot better than mine. It's far more even and consistent.

[d33g33]

Can anyone recommend what AWG to use for fans?

[PBaines]

Can anyone recommend what AWG to use for fans?

 

22awg

 

 

why didnt you include the heatshrikless way it always looks SOOOOOOOOOO much better imo

 

 

Heatshrinkless sleeving doesn't requite as much skill involved as heashrinked sleeving.

Of course heatshrinkless will always look cleaner because you never have to line anything up, you can have your sleeve melted at different points that would be very visible if you did heatshrinked sleeving.

 

That being said, someone who has patience, and someone who is willing to try and try again till they get it right will always make Heatshrinked sleeving look a million times better than heatshrinkless

Please tell me you would prefer this to heatshrinkless..

Source: MDPC-X

[Flynn]

Decent, I always sleeve my cables without heat shrink though, less of a pain trying to keep all the shrinks even plus it just looks so clean.  I use paracord though, but that's a personal thing that has meaning to me specifically.