wire management

randallH1989 · 22-March-04, 01:47 PM

god damn psu wires are too god damn short. cant make em loop around anything because they wont reach the device. anyone know of a good 400-420w psu with long cables so I can hide dem wires?

Jonny English · 22-March-04, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by randallH1989


	god damn psu wires are too god damn short. cant make em loop around anything because they wont reach the device. anyone know of a good 400-420w psu with long cables so I can hide dem wires?

As you said "device" I assume it's the 12v/5v drive power looms that are giving you a problem ... I'd think about extending them rather than getting a new one - there's only 4 wires to deal with at a time.

A bit of wire, heatshtink, a soldering iron & some cheap wire cutters/strippers should be enough, although you'd probably want to do some sleeving to hide the joins. You could buy some fancy UV reactive molex plugs while you're at it

Dimazz · 22-March-04, 06:40 PM

Yes it would work, just cut and solder. Make sure you dont mix up the grounds!!! Or on that note any other wires. Ive done this, supplying power to 2 HDD's and works fine. Make sure you get the same gauge wire, you dont want 20 (or w/e) amps going through 3 strands of cheasy wire. I used outdoor christmas lights for wire

Jonny English · 22-March-04, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Dimazz


	Yes it would work, just cut and solder. Make sure you dont mix up the grounds!!! Or on that note any other wires. Ive done this, supplying power to 2 HDD's and works fine. Make sure you get the same gauge wire, you dont want 20 (or w/e) amps going through 3 strands of cheasy wire. I used outdoor christmas lights for wire

Dimazz, in my experience (at least 20 PSUs poked about in) the grounds in the power looms all go to the same point on the PSU PCB, so it's doesn't matter if you mix them up ... as long as you don't mix them up with the 12 & 5v wires

Christmas light wire? Did you leave any of the lights on ?

randallH1989 · 22-March-04, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonny English


	Dimazz, in my experience (at least 20 PSUs poked about in) the grounds in the power looms all go to the same point on the PSU PCB, so it's doesn't matter if you mix them up ... as long as you don't mix them up with the 12 & 5v wires Christmas light wire? Did you leave any of the lights on ?

umm why would i want to solder? wouldnt i just get some extensions? buy me some johnny im poor. lol j/k =P

anyways my friend got me some raidmax 400w psu off of ebay w00t!

TiZakit · 22-March-04, 08:00 PM

soldering would leave you with a cleaner joint. no big bulky molex connector in the way or the air. And looks nicer too.

Jonny English · 22-March-04, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by randallH1989


	umm why would i want to solder? wouldnt i just get some extensions? buy me some johnny im poor. lol j/k =P ...

Extensions = more plugs = more carp to hide

Poor ? I reckon I play Ike Turner's song "I got 'the oh **** my wife done gone and left me without a pot to piss in' blues" more than anyone else here

floatingtrem · 23-March-04, 01:26 PM

def extend the wires, with the solder, you should see my case, so many molex's in there it aint even funny, i got a fan contoler wiht some other ****, and running it thorugh that ontop of everything else, wow, sure you cant see any of em caus ei hid em real well, but you cant make any changes withough taking everyhting apart and redoing it, not fun, i need a new case-

so yeah
solder = better, also less connections to screw up and ruin

now if you;ll exuse me, i have alot of catching up to do

godfoot · 23-March-04, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonny English


	Poor ? I reckon I play Ike Turner's song "I got 'the oh *** my wife done gone and left me without a pot to piss in' blues" more than anyone else here*

You think so Jonny? I might be worse off than you.... although this is not a contest I prefer to win.

Fenderplayer · 12-April-04, 01:54 PM

I got an Antec True-Blue 480watt. The wires are long as hell, and its got the power to run anything. Only downside is it put me out almost a $100.

DuplexEmotions · 12-April-04, 02:21 PM

I got a Antec 550w Truepower, it's got plenty of length. Thanks to an accounting error, it only ran me $50!

KayinStorm · 12-April-04, 02:23 PM

Just ordered a Noisetaker 370 (Enermax, the real high end one) and we'll see how long the wires are...

4rm4g3dd0n · 12-April-04, 03:00 PM

kayin, i have the noisetaker 470, and theres a few things i like about the wires and a few things i dont

they are long enough for most applications but not as long as id like, i wouldnt think it would be too hard to hide though

one problem i do have, the main mobo power is meshed with that metallic stuff, which looks sweet as hell, but it is ass to bend and hide anywhere, and i havnt really decided if im going to cut if off or not

my 2c

putwig · 12-April-04, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonny English


	Extensions = more plugs = more carp to hide

Carp is hard to hide. It is no Tuna .......... but tough none the less.

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Originally Posted by Kayin


	Just ordered a Noisetaker 370 (Enermax, the real high end one) and we'll see how long the wires are...

I have the 470W Noisetaker. Love the PSU, hate the wires! I will be pulling it all apart in the future.

They sleeved the main ATX cable in silver braided sleeving, very nice. The then did the same with the "P4 aux" connector. Nice idea, but they royally screwed it up. The nice silver braid continues until about 6 inches from the end of the cable then it splits into three lines all covered with horrible cheap (glossy black) heatshrink. The three lines are as follows:

1. P4 aux
2. a single molex (for GPUs that require it)
3. some huge as ugly legacy POS thing that I am completely unable to identify.

So basically you end up with a huge black spider in the center of your case. I am still dumbfounded by it.

Vada Fae · 12-April-04, 03:09 PM

The 500w Aspire turbo i just got has some pretty long wires on it. 2 sets of strings with 4 molexes each. Long ATX wires as well. I had to shorter all of them to get the look I was going for. Plus a gold anodized with yellow acrylic cover doesn't look right with green UV sleeving and blue UV Led fans. Kinda strange on that color combo. Had to mod all that out before throwing it in my case.

KayinStorm · 12-April-04, 03:12 PM

So any ideas for what to do with the spider in the case if I've got a PC-60?

DuplexEmotions · 12-April-04, 03:15 PM

cut it apart.

Jonny English · 12-April-04, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by KayinStorm


	So any ideas for what to do with the spider in the case if I've got a PC-60?

leave the sidepanel off so it can spin a web & catch flies ?

22-March-04, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
randallH1989 Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 11	wire management god damn psu wires are too god damn short. cant make em loop around anything because they wont reach the device. anyone know of a good 400-420w psu with long cables so I can hide dem wires?

22-March-04, 06:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dimazz Sk8-Hoe-r Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chesterfield, MI Posts: 2,108	Yes it would work, just cut and solder. Make sure you dont mix up the grounds!!! Or on that note any other wires. Ive done this, supplying power to 2 HDD's and works fine. Make sure you get the same gauge wire, you dont want 20 (or w/e) amps going through 3 strands of cheasy wire. I used outdoor christmas lights for wire __________________

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TiZakit Apex Tech Demi-God Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Brooklyn, Ohio Posts: 1,748	soldering would leave you with a cleaner joint. no big bulky molex connector in the way or the air. And looks nicer too. __________________

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floatingtrem Apex Elite Expert Tech Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 1,424	def extend the wires, with the solder, you should see my case, so many molex's in there it aint even funny, i got a fan contoler wiht some other ****, and running it thorugh that ontop of everything else, wow, sure you cant see any of em caus ei hid em real well, but you cant make any changes withough taking everyhting apart and redoing it, not fun, i need a new case- so yeah solder = better, also less connections to screw up and ruin now if you;ll exuse me, i have alot of catching up to do __________________ He's Alive!!!

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Fenderplayer Apex Techie II Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 89	I got an Antec True-Blue 480watt. The wires are long as hell, and its got the power to run anything. Only downside is it put me out almost a $100. __________________ *Specifications* CPU - Pentium 4 2.4 @ 2.9Ghz Motherboard - Asus P4C800 Deluxe Video Card - Gigabyte Radeon 9800XT Hard Drives - Western-Digital 80Gb & 40Gb Ram - 2x Kingston 512Mb DDR PC2700 Drives - Lite-On 16x DVD, Lite-On 52x32x52x CD-RW Power Supply - 480Watt Antec True-Blue Monitor - 21 Inch Flatscreen Trinitron

12-April-04, 02:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
DuplexEmotions Bi P-Hoe-lar Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,563	I got a Antec 550w Truepower, it's got plenty of length. Thanks to an accounting error, it only ran me $50! __________________ I wrote a haiku but it is not very good so I won't share it. "We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." -Albert Einstein

12-April-04, 02:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Alithir... Posts: 3,353	Just ordered a Noisetaker 370 (Enermax, the real high end one) and we'll see how long the wires are...

12-April-04, 03:00 PM	#13 (permalink)
4rm4g3dd0n Apex Elite Tech Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Texas A&M University Posts: 1,194	kayin, i have the noisetaker 470, and theres a few things i like about the wires and a few things i dont they are long enough for most applications but not as long as id like, i wouldnt think it would be too hard to hide though one problem i do have, the main mobo power is meshed with that metallic stuff, which looks sweet as hell, but it is ass to bend and hide anywhere, and i havnt really decided if im going to cut if off or not my 2c __________________

12-April-04, 03:09 PM	#15 (permalink)
Vada Fae Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: REEN-HOE, NV Posts: 729	The 500w Aspire turbo i just got has some pretty long wires on it. 2 sets of strings with 4 molexes each. Long ATX wires as well. I had to shorter all of them to get the look I was going for. Plus a gold anodized with yellow acrylic cover doesn't look right with green UV sleeving and blue UV Led fans. Kinda strange on that color combo. Had to mod all that out before throwing it in my case.

12-April-04, 03:12 PM	#16 (permalink)
KayinStorm Apex Tech God Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Alithir... Posts: 3,353	So any ideas for what to do with the spider in the case if I've got a PC-60?

12-April-04, 03:15 PM	#17 (permalink)
DuplexEmotions Bi P-Hoe-lar Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,563	cut it apart. __________________ I wrote a haiku but it is not very good so I won't share it. "We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." -Albert Einstein