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Im just curious and I dont know if just anyone can do this but I was wondering how I would do this to a tx650 (non modular). It looks so sexy. Or maybe some ideas to incorporate red into my build because thats my theme. Ive got the k70 and going to buy a Corsair AF140 Red LED fan

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IF you want it to look as clean as it can get, you will have to take the PSU apart and sleeve it that way

 

 

For an example, here is a pic of my Daughters PSU in progress, Still waiting on the purple to arrive so i can finish it.

 

I have seen people put a thick peace of heatshrink at the end of the PSU because they do not want to open it and man does that way really look ugly and not clean at all.

 

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If you have enough wires to sleeve, you may even have to mod the housing of the PSU itself to fit all of the extra bulk. The easiest way to achieve the "sleeved" look is to buy/make extensions with the colors you're looking for. It's easier and much cheaper, with the obvious downside being that you'll still see the normal ugly sleeving coming out of the power supply, although with some cases you won't see the PSU through the window or you can mod up a shield of sorts to cover what's coming out of the PSU.

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If you have enough wires to sleeve, you may even have to mod the housing of the PSU itself to fit all of the extra bulk. The easiest way to achieve the "sleeved" look is to buy/make extensions with the colors you're looking for. It's easier and much cheaper, with the obvious downside being that you'll still see the normal ugly sleeving coming out of the power supply, although with some cases you won't see the PSU through the window or you can mod up a shield of sorts to cover what's coming out of the PSU.

I could just sleeve the Cables that come around and plug into my motherboard and Graphics card right?

CPU: i7 8700 GPU: Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 Mobo: Gigabyte Z370 Gaming 5 Ram: 16GB EVGA SuperSC SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 
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I could just sleeve the Cables that come around and plug into my motherboard and Graphics card right?

That is correct, you can just do it that way if you would like.

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That is correct, you can just do it that way if you would like.

would it look half-assed do you Think?

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would it look half-assed do you Think?

After tidying up the cables up in the back of the case, it should look pretty descent at the bottom, just try to overlap the sleeved cables with the none sleeved cables and they should just blend in.

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After tidying up the cables up in the back of the case, it should look pretty descent at the bottom, just try to overlap the sleeved cables with the none sleeved cables and they should just blend in.

Might even look cool because my theme is red and black. Would be sleeving with red and it would blend with the black. Can you send me a link to what I sleeve with. Never done this b4

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Might even look cool because my theme is red and black. Would be sleeving with red and it would blend with the black. Can you send me a link to what I sleeve with. Never done this b4

Like the tools and stuff?

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"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


*Riptide Customs* " We sleeve PSU cables "

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Like the tools and stuff?

Well I dont really know how to do it. Ive never been one to mess with the PSU but now that I know I dont have to open it up, its good. Can you please tell me what I need :)

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Well I dont really know how to do it. Ive never been one to mess with the PSU but now that I know I dont have to open it up, its good. Can you please tell me what I need :)

Yeah :)

 

1) Flush cutter

2) paracord Tool ( if you are going with paracord as your sleeving )

3) ATX Molex Extractor ( tool just for the 4,6,8 and 24 pin connectors )

3) heatshrink

4) lighter

 

Thats about it if you are not doing custom sized cables

 

Since you live in Sweden, MDPC-X would probably be the best place to get your stuff from.

 

Link: http://en.mdpc-x.com/

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"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


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Yeah :)

 

1) Flush cutter

2) paracord Tool ( if you are going with paracord as your sleeving )

3) ATX Molex Extractor ( tool just for the 4,6,8 and 24 pin connectors )

3) heatshrink

4) lighter

 

Thats about it if you are not doing custom sized cables

 

Since you live in Sweden, MDPC-X would probably be the best place to get your stuff from.

 

Link: http://en.mdpc-x.com/

Thanks for your help :wub:

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Thanks for your help :wub:

No problem bro :wub:  Glad I could help and if you need anymore help please feel free to PM me any time or ask on this thread and I will reply back :)

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"The Riddler" Custom Watercooled H440 Build Log ( in collaboration with my wife @ _TechPuppet_ ) - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/149652-green-h440-special-edition-the-riddler-almost-there/


*Riptide Customs* " We sleeve PSU cables "

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