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buying/making modular components?

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I recently bought a silverstone 750w (below) and it's great and stable, but after cable ties I now have a tree trunk growing in the middle of my PC... now is there anyway to get smaller length cables especially the 24-pin connector... i'd prefer to buy them (provided they don't cost an arm and a leg because how can I play computer games with one arm) as I'm not an electrician, but if necessary I'll make my own, I'm no electrician but I can just get out the old plugs and use the good old sharingan.

so...

a. where could I order/browse these parts?
b. if not what do I need to make my own?
 
Here are the part numbers for the 24 pin connector, both male and female, not sure which one you need, you will need the housing and pins and probally a $20 crimp tool.

(Actually all you need is the pins and tools, remove the pins from the existing connector, cut the wires to length, put pins or barrels on them and insert back into the original connector housing. but anyway with the correct molex part number you should be able to find what you need to modify the existing or build new ones )


24 PIN ATX Main Power Connector
Connector: MOLEX* housing: 24 Pin Molex Mini-Fit Jr. PN# 39-01-2240 or equivalent Contact: Molex 44476-1112 (HCS) or equivalent
(Mating motherboard connector is Molex 44206-0007 or equivalent)
18 AWG is suggested for all wires except for the +3.3 V sense return wire, pin 13 (22 AWG).
For 300 W configurations, 16 AWG is recommended for all +12 VDC, +5 VDC, +3.3 VDC, and COM.​

ATX 4 PIN +12 V Power Connector
Connector: MOLEX 39-01-2040 or equivalent
Contact: Molex 44476-1112 (HCS) or equivalent
(Mating motherboard connector is Molex 39-29-9042 or equivalent)​


4 Pin "normal" molex connector
(you might need the mating end but should be easy to find once you have the part number of one )
Connector: AMP 1-480424-0 or MOLEX
8981-04P or equivalent.
Contacts: AMP 61314-1 or equivalent.

The keying configurations on the others is to tricky for me to recommend something. ​

 
is there a trick to getting the pins out of the 24-pin connector without cutting open the plastic LOL. :D

I found a 20-24 pin converter i had laying about but i still need to order 1 more because I don't want to destroy my original parts just incase I fail miserably and get left with a 750W piece of garbage. Also I need to copy the original and intact is probably necessary for my simple mind.

But I thought I'd get ahead and start cutting up what I've already got here... a few dead psus should provide me with the 4-pin molex ones.. but no sata, 24 pin, pci-e....
 
you really need a special tool to remove.. that sucks... i thought i was cool cas I happened to have the crimping tool at home already (i had to fix the front panel audio plugs on about 200 PC cases because our manufacturer in china decided to cut off all the return wires ugh and they make them for a living) Oh well.

wait a sec I'm looking at the picture. is that a tool where you press in at the back and three little prongs come out the front and splay outward? like a mini claw on a skill-tester machine? cas if it is i've got one too LOL.. the junk I've got and don't realise.

although i'm just guessing by the photo. is that how it operates? with 3 prongs?
 
I don't think the tool i have at home is the same, but anyways I figured out how to get the pins out of the 4-pin standard molex, just jam a bit of metal in there and unhook the barbs. but i cant do the same with the 24-pin but I guess I'll keep at it.
 
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