Murdermod Sleeving Question

[M0rph3us]

So I need a little bit of help buying a murdermod sleeving kit. I have never done sleeving before, and I was wondering which kit would I need to buy? I want to sleeve all my wires for 2 optical drives, 5 HDDs, and 2 PCI-E power connectors, and the obvious 24-pin and 4-pin Mobo connectors. I have no idea how much of each type of sleeving I need.

 

[BlueAqua]

This question comes up a lot and the answer is easy once you know what's involved.

Let's say I want to sleeve a Corsair HX1000W psu with all individually sleeved wires using the small sleeve.

24 pin (23 wires) x ~ 2 feet per cable = 46 feet
6 pci-e (8 wires) cables ~ 2 feet per cable = 48 feet
8 pin motherboard power cable x ~2 feet per cable = 16 feet
1 SATA power cable (5 wires) ~2 feet+ per cable = 10 feet
1 Molex power cable (4 wires) x ~2 feet per cable = 8 feet
Various other cables that you'll want to sleeve ~ 10 feet +

So, you can pretty much just estimate the amount of sleeving on a per foot basis and what cables you want to sleeve. I think when most people fully sleeve everything they use close to 200 feet. You'd really be surprised how much you can use once you get going.

Another option is to only half sleeve your cables and use larger sleeving material for the trunk of the cables. That's an option to reduce the amount of the small sleeving you need.

Remember, if you're going to take the time to do this, do it right. Get quality sleeving, heatshrink and especially a good pin removal tool to save yourself some frustration. Take your time and know that your efforts will pay off in a great looking psu.

 

[M0rph3us]

Alright thanks man. I guess I'm gonna have to get the large kit, and bite the bullet and spend $85.