Sleeved PSU

[yahooadam]

Well i sleeved my Enermax 485w PSU yesterday

Took somthing like 5 hours to do (the 4 pin 12v plug too about 1hr alone)

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2213/img01240tp.jpg

and here are all the tools i used for this ...
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4349/img01250ti.jpg

[chris000001]

NICE JOB...how much did it end up costing you (tools and all)?

[yahooadam]

NICE JOB...how much did it end up costing you (tools and all)?
umm well their my dads tools but lets get going from clockwise

Dell laptop with linksys wirless card (well the laptops my mums so technically thats nothing) so £40
labeling machine - £50 ish
6 screwdrivers and 6 tools (cutters, pliers etc) £30 ish
Lighter £1
Molex tool (came with kit the plug kit, the black ones with easy remove grip) prolly about £5
Nail cutters (small scissors ;)) out of a set but prolly about £3
Scissors £4 ish
Bosch Li-Ion screwdriver £100 ish
pen - £0.50
Stapler £5
Cable sleeving £4.99 (off maplin)
smal screwdrivers £10
Small blowtorch (for heatshrink) prolly about £10-15
Paper £0.05 prolly
that square of heat resistant stuff (i dunno what it is ..) well that was out a tumble dryer i think so thats free ..

Total £263.65 of tools and £4.99 of materials (minus laptop)(guessing most of those prices ..., cept the screwdriver and sleeving ..)

[gokusimpson]

It looks great. At first glance, I thought you bought it that way. Good job.

[bluegreenshxt]

Great work buddy....now sleeve mine :p :D :D :D

[Avid6eek]

Very nice. I've had a few of those same sleeving kits. I've found them to be very nice. I think I would have gone out and bought a new PSU with sleeved cables before I did all that work though :)

Nice Job

[GNXtreme]

Looks good.

[Nathan]

Yes very impressive, looks as if it was bought that way.

[Avid6eek]

Looks good. You stop by the forums once a month, and when you do all you manage to squeeze out is two words? Put more effort into it! :D

[yahooadam]

Very nice. I've had a few of those same sleeving kits. I've found them to be very nice. I think I would have gone out and bought a new PSU with sleeved cables before I did all that work though :)

Nice Job
i was very annoyed that PSU Mfrs Dont sleeve their PSU's

i could have got 1 my m8t has, which is cheaper, but a worse PSU

i think enermax really need to start sleeving their PSU's

1 thing i like about that enermax PSU though is that the Sata connectors can be taken off, and its not too difficult either, u could prolly add more to the cable with ease :)

If i had had the 4 pin Aux connector / 6 pin Graphics Connector Pin removal tool it would have been alot easier

trying to remove those things with 2 paper clips is a *****

thank god i didnt have to do the 24 pin ATX connector

[DarkHeavens]

Aye Looks good, I recently sleeved mine aswell with UV molex conectors. the 4 pin was easy with a tool, the 24 pin i got 21 of them out with the tool but 3 of em wouldnt come out no matter what i tried for some reason, i had to cut em and solder new ones on lol

[stlouis1]

looks a bit sloppy, i think you got a bit close to the shrink wrap with your lighter to start with. did you at least have molex tools to take off the connectors to sleeve it right?

here's an antec i did, see how clean it looks, the sleeving runs right into the psu, cable lenghts are somewhat adjusted, recrimped the wires, and ripped out the unnecessary wires and/or connectors

http://forum.pcstats.com/showthread.php?t=29333

[yahooadam]

yeh its hard to judge

it goes from shrink to burn in like 1 second so :eek:

I didnt want to open my PSU as that would void the warrenty

and im using all the connectors from it (and there still arent enough) so i couldnt chop any off

[blueice]

Fine job old bean and the black molex and four pin connectors look great!! I wish you would have installed a black 24 pin connector which would have finished the mod
even better.

[yahooadam]

thank god i didnt ;)

that 4 pin aux and 6 pin graphics were bad enough without having to take off that 24 pin one ;)

[blueice]

With the right tool I had the least problem with the 24 pin than all the others. I thought it would be the most difficult one but it wasn't.

[yahooadam]

those 4 pin molexes are pretty tough due to the hookey bits and then the number of wires your trying to get through

cos im in the UK its pretty difficult to get the right tools so i had to make do with 2 paper clips ...

fortunetly i have a molex tool

[blueice]

those 4 pin molexes are pretty tough due to the hookey bits and then the number of wires your trying to get through

cos im in the UK its pretty difficult to get the right tools so i had to make do with 2 paper clips ...

fortunetly i have a molex tool

Master yahooadam, it must have been a bear using paper clips!!!! When I was modding my PSU the 4 pin molexes (using a molex tool) were still a problem especially resitting them in the new black ones. :eek:

[yahooadam]

no im saying i had to use paper clips for the 4 pin aux connecter and 6pin gfx

fortunetly i do have a molex tool (which came with those black molex plugs) so that did save a bit of hassle