My Silverstone OP650 is out of warranty and already slightly modded with new sleeve.
I just moved into an mATX case and consequently don't need as many cables as the PSU has and I also don't need about 50% of the length of the cables. I was considering cutting off the cables I don't need, like both SATA lines (have molex > SATA adapters... has to do with how I hid my drives), a molex line, and my 8pin PCI-E. For the cables I do need, like the 4pin CPU, 24pin, 6pin PCI-E, and the remaining molex, I need to cut out at least 6 inches of each.
I was considering
1) Cutting them in the middle, cutting out the middle third, and then soldering them back together, heat shrinking the joint, and then re-sleeving.
2) Buying a crimper and pins, cutting the cables to length, and crimping on new pins
3) Desoldering the wires from my PSU board, cutting to length, and then resoldering to the PSU board.
I'd like to stay away from 3 because that seems too risky for me. I would go with the second route, but the crimper I want would need to be sent from Germany (MDPC-X crimper) and shipping is expensive. Do you guys think option 1 is okay? A friend said it would "dirty" the lines and cause resistance issues, but I don't think so. He said that I wouldn't be able to transmit as much power through the soldered joint.
I just moved into an mATX case and consequently don't need as many cables as the PSU has and I also don't need about 50% of the length of the cables. I was considering cutting off the cables I don't need, like both SATA lines (have molex > SATA adapters... has to do with how I hid my drives), a molex line, and my 8pin PCI-E. For the cables I do need, like the 4pin CPU, 24pin, 6pin PCI-E, and the remaining molex, I need to cut out at least 6 inches of each.
I was considering
1) Cutting them in the middle, cutting out the middle third, and then soldering them back together, heat shrinking the joint, and then re-sleeving.
2) Buying a crimper and pins, cutting the cables to length, and crimping on new pins
3) Desoldering the wires from my PSU board, cutting to length, and then resoldering to the PSU board.
I'd like to stay away from 3 because that seems too risky for me. I would go with the second route, but the crimper I want would need to be sent from Germany (MDPC-X crimper) and shipping is expensive. Do you guys think option 1 is okay? A friend said it would "dirty" the lines and cause resistance issues, but I don't think so. He said that I wouldn't be able to transmit as much power through the soldered joint.