Red PCI-E Power Cables

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Carlosinfl

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I ordered this power supply from Newegg last month and finally got me some time to get it up and installed. I purchased it based on the specs and my new build "Papa Midnight", which you could guess is all black. So now that leaves me w/ these two hideous red power cables for my Gigabyte R9 280x OC 3GB GPU.

I called EVA and told them I wanted all 'black' sleeved modular cables and according to them, all or most vendors commonly color code their GPU power cables red. I guess the GPU lettering on the molex connector is slightly vague for people dumb enough to build their own PC.

So here are my two questions in order of importance:

1. EVGA said I can just either buy black PCI-E modular power cables and use them in place of the red or sleeve / re-cable the connector on the existing cables. Does anyone know where I can find some reliable 'black' PCI-E replacement cables for my power supply?

2. Why do they make them red?
 
Just get PCI-E extension cables, Bitfenix makes them in all the colors you can think of.
 
I'd rather replace them versus bundle more slack and that would mean I would need black extensions on both power cables & at both ends (total = 4 extensions) if I would be trying to conceal the 'red' and only have 'black' visible to the case.

Thanks for the Bitfenix suggestion.
 
I have never heard of any other company making them red.

Their reasoning to me sounds like bullshit. I do not unfortunately know where you'd be able to buy the cables. I've never actually seen the modular cables sold separately unless you go through the manufacturer. I know Corsair sells them in sets, but they may only work with a Corsair PSU and not with the eVGA.
 
Same here. OK well I will either find replacement cables and or simply replace the color wrap / shrink tubing / plugs :<
 
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