How to Create PERFECT Custom Cables! 

We want more PC Builds mate. Your content is exceptional.

Damn man your channel is really high quality. Shocked you don't have more subs! Keep up the good work fellow Aussie modder!

I LOVE that you go into such detail, with a particular eye for what your viewers are seeing on-screen. What I love most about good content creators like you is your ability to think not only about what is on-screen, but also what isn't - and that deserves some praise. You don't ramble on end with off-topic remarks and gibberish. You seem to cut, edit and seriously say "no" to a lot of b-roll (at least I'd guess) because the content delivered is on-point and focused at all times. You explain, in a step-by-step process that anyone could pause, EXACTLY what you've done and say no more than is necessary. You tell us what not to do and what can go wrong - F&^% this is useful, THANK YOU. Overall, I've subbed after one video - this one. Excellent job mate, keep this up! +1 viewer.

Great video! When I started out sleeving my cables, finding all the information of how to sleeve and getting the cables right was pretty inconvenient. In this video though, the steps are clear and the editing is on point. Definetly looking forward to see the finished Fusion 2 build!

I have seen a few sleeving guides now and this is by far the best one that I have seen. Great production quality too!

great video, one thing that I might recommend, especially as you have the mass on the end, before you put them in the power supply plug, if you have a volt meter with an option to check for continuity, use it to double check the pin outs before you place it into the block, it might be a bit over kill but if you are paranoid

late pro tip: if you ever go for full-custom cables, make a very short (like 5 cm) male-male cable without sleeving, and then a male-female sleeved extension cable. This takes more time and resources, but: 1) You never have to awkwardly plug cables directly in and out the PSU, which in some cases is very difficult 2) Your extensions are interchangeable between different builds and PSUs, which also makes them sellable if you ever don't need them anymore 3) You only have the anxiety of following a pinout once (for the short M-M cable), all extensions are just pin to pin forwarding 4) Allows using cable combs normally with different cables (my PSU's 24 pin has 28 wires, but the entire mess is consolidated in the short F-F cable)

With a mini ITX case, custom cables are a must if you want a cleaner look. I'll definitely use your awesome technique when I decide to do this to my PC. Thanks for the video!

quality and information delivery are both so great, subbed!

I'm so glad that I happened to come across this video. Really well put together and kind of intrigued me. I think I might try to do my own cables for my next build.

Great video! Love watching your channel, it’s always quality stuff!

You have such a smooth voice my friend, it is a pleasure to listen to

Great job! That's some next level cable management!

This is some really great evergreen content. There aren't many people who do good tutorials on stuff like this.

Great vid. Should like to see a shopping list for a first-time sleever.

I learned stuff in a short amount of time, thank you for that man

Happy to have found your channel :) I wish you a good growth !

I know this is a few years old, but just wanted to say thanks for these tips, especially the ‘staple’ trick. I purchased a 8-pin Y-cable that I needed for a RAID backplanes. These don’t use the standard power wiring and must be pin for pin straight through-which this Y-cable was not. After buying one those cheap multi-pack of blade type extractors and spending an hour or more fiddling around, I found they are simply to thick to fit both into the connector. Using your staple trick, I had both Y connectors correctly wired in 20 minutes!

Calls it a mess. Me: PERFECT! This is one of my best works yet.

first video that i saw from you. Damn dude i'm impressed! nice work

Such wee little case. Nice job!

If the sleeves are same color it's a bit more challenging, saw this video long time ago finally going to make my own now. That's man, this helped me and that's to the other guys also. Keep up the good work on your channel.

Awesome. Thanks for putting together this video! Definitely doing this on my next build.

Truly exceptional content Mate. I'm just buying the tools, to prepare my first custom ATX cables set using the method YOU showed in this video. Thank you.

Fantastic guide fair play. I been looking at buying some sleeve extensions but after seeing this I may have a go myself. I wasn't even looking for a guide, youtube brought this up on a completely unrelated video so I thought id have a look. New sub :)

What to say , this is one of the most useful tutorial video for all PC lovers !!!!!! 🏆🏆🏆 And , as I see you need much time , cool nerves and to bi patient all time util finishing the job !!!

Wow, great video. Very helpful for someone who has bought custom sleeved cables that have disconnected from the ends. Good for troubleshooting and of course making them

I did extensions for my current pc but I'm going to do a custom water cooling loop for my cpu and gpu and I'll probably want to do fully sleeved cables this time around. The heat shrink and cutting it off is genius.

Loving the detail in all your vids man, they are so entertaining!

Thank you for the tip for binding the sleeve to the wire/pin. I've always done my cables with 12mm of heat-shrink due to ease and speed at which it can be done, but that method results in heat-shrink being visible. So I recently tried super glueing the sleeve to the wire/pin which did work well, but it doesn't work perfectly all the time, sometimes you stick your fingers and/or stick the sleeve in the wrong place while positioning it, or the glue cracks becoming unstuck while manipulating the cables to the desired position. So I'll have to give your method a try on my next build as it looks very good, plus it doesn't appear that it would take a lot more time and effort. *_*thumbs up..._* Thanks man.

Your channel is so great. Thanks!

Very clean, love it.

Awesome content! Looks amazing.

This video just made me want to try this. Although I'm still reading up on paracord vs PET

I have my M1 shelved. I love this case

Looks great! Thanks for sharing! Cheers!

Going to try this out thanks for the tutorial great video :D

I've been looking to do this and stumbled upon your video. I've made keyboard cables, but this seems so daunting. Mostly because of what'll happen if I get it wrong. Great content.

Great how to, subbed like seeing more aussies doing cool tech vids

Nice job, your crimps look good. I've seen so many people that just don't crimp wires correctly. Not just PC related, but automotive, electronics, etc.

Great tutorial thank you very much for sharing it with us

True Definition Of Lit!🔥

Hans Peder Sahl is a boss. Nice shout-out.

Your content is exceptional

Hell yea, the finished product is sick.

For some reason I didn't realize you were aussie until I saw the Coles staples box. Great content as usual mate

Quick question, can you strip off the pcie plugs off the original psu cables? Or do I need to find specific pcie plugs that correspond to my psu?

great quality content. subbed

Beautiful work! I’m about to endeavor on this. I got all the supplies I need, but I haven’t attempted this since 2019. I’m using cable mod pro at the moment and not only are they too long, but they don’t match the white interior of the 5000d I just built in. The 24 pin and gpu are way too long as well. I have the perfect colors of mdpcx sleeving to match. Various shades of grays and white. Will look great in there. Thank you

Great video. Only small issue I have is the crimp on the wire and insulation was with the same die. The cable die should be smaller and a tighter crimp.

Top content on hw youtube.keep it up man.

awesome as always mr optimum

Watched the full thing and was like oh I'll definitely subscribe to this guy, turns out I already was. Awesome video didn't realise you could do this. Definetly doing it. Keep up the great work.

Thanks for very good tutorial :-)

I had no intentions of doing this until i watched this video, now i wanna do it, thanks m8

Hell yeahhhh just saw the Coles supermarket staples and was like damn! This guy is an aussie too!

Glad I do some of this at work because it could be hard for those who have zero experience making cat 6 cables or DB9's and so on.

That was really well done and produced mate. I almost want to fix my pig scratch of a PC :)

Great job 👏 now those fan cables! 😁

Saved to my Favorites.

awesome video put damn go easy on that warp stabilizer

Awesome guide! 😊

nice work! subbed!

What did you do about the double wires?

Can’t stop watching these videos. Very satisfying quality of assembly. Is there any level of quality of wire that we should look for for the best transmission and life?

Amazing video!

Nice video, only suggestion I've got is stretching the sleeving tighter over the wire to give the PET a tighter weave and better coverage over the wires. It'll absolutely shred the skin on your fingers, but it's worth it for maximum cleanliness imo

Great video!

now that we are all in semi-quarantine situation... doing this now is not that bad.... This video is very helpful now on these situations.... -- watching April 2020

Just what I need, tnx mate.

Well its not hard, but requires A LOT of practice and concentration, 1 wrong cable and gg your rig. Awesome channel, you deserve more subs!

0:06 That Scream sound effects, though!

superb cable

Great video! I just have one question regarding cable sleeving. What is your technique on crimping 2 wires in one pinout?

I didn't even know custom sleeves was a thing. You've inspired me to take my next step in improving my PC builds. Looks awesome! I do wish that you showed a tip on following the wires. It looks like some of them can be tucked inside of the bundle. Is it as hard as I'm thinking?

nicely done

Nice case, that ncase

Great video and it looks great. It's likely from my OCD and my many years working with electronics and wiring, but having all the same color wire makes me shudder with fear of having a wire in the wrong place. I'm just not sure I can use a black wire for power 😁 I was thinking of using the wiring from an unused power supply like an old Seasonic I have that's become temperamental.

Your videos are great! Love every one so far. Your technique is wonderfull to observe! However, please consider using Molex crimp tool. It costs a bit, but cuts your crimps down to a single crimp, for each pin. Now it looks like you are doing 2 or 3 for each. Crimp tool: Molex PN: 2002182200 Extraction tool: Molex PN: 11030044 Keep up the great work!

Thank you for this video, it was pleasant to hear you go right to it...no excessive talking

Clean AF. Love it. Just surprised that you use normal fans gpu instead of a blower type in such a small case.

Pretty good video I just purchased two custom cables came out to be over $140. I should've sleeved them myself I thought it was harder.

THANK YOU!

I guess, I'll just pay for my custom sleevings.

I wold recommend addition step after crimping - soldering. Add a drop of solder on middle wings as this guarantees that wire wont fall out if the crimp or have loose contact that will start to burn. Im assembling 3d printers a lot and falling out wires are a real problem. Even on factory kits. Soldering is good.

for people trying to save money on custom cables, look into bitfenix cables, depending on your power supply, some full cable kits are only about 50-80 dollars.

Great video. Could you elaborate on how to get the diagrams please? I ask this, because I know there are PSU's that are wired differently I think? I remember trying to plug a Corsair cable on a SeaSonic PSU and the cutouts were different.

I used to watch electrical videos on RU-vid and I know that these wires conduct electrical energy... So I approve

Because of your videos i'm very close to building a SFF computer, despite spending a stupid amount on my current mid tower with a similar card to yours and a noctua NH-D15 on an 8700k.. Your good content is making me go broke

Thanks! This will be great with my Enermax SFX 650 Watt PSU. I can't buy custom sized ones online, so it's up to me!

@Optimum Tech Interesting case. I'm currently working on my Corsair White 380T portable pc including Corsair H105 cooler and EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid watercool. Up till now, some of the common PC build is lack of wire cable management. Am now tackling this issue, taking advantage of watercooling benefits without sacrificing air efficiency. Subscribed, great skill!

Hey, Mike from Mod-One here... great video, but I worry about your crimps! the wire core crimp needs to be much tighter than that! I hope you've invested in a ratcheting crimper that has the correct teeth size for both insulation and wire crimps! Let me know if you'd like any tips or tricks for MDPC-X sleeving!

Hey man, i want to make my own custom cable for my RM1000x, can you confirm that the pinout layout for RM750 is working for RM1000x ?

Hey I'm still all kinda new to PC building, just finished putting my gaming PC together, just one little hitch up and that my graphics card has an 8pin and a 6pin, I have a couple pci-e cables that came with the power supply and one cable splits into two pci-e adapters so I plugged in the 8pin and now I just gotta use the same cable that has the 6pin right?

Okay just finished my 4 year college degree on this I think I can make it now

How did you get your sleeving tight doing it this way?

3:42 - Does this also apply for custom cable 'extensions'? because i bought a carbon cable extender and it's bended in a particular way, but the GPU has the connection in the opposite direction, so i wanted to flip the connector on the custom cable extensions so that they are bended the right way..

What if you have 2 wires going into the same pin. How do you do that? Do you just try to crimp both wires together? Do you thin the wires first to make sure they fit? How did you do it on the SF600 which has multiple double wires going to the 24-pin?

I’m more than happy to do this rather than spend the extra money of buying some, and plus the satisfaction of going. “Yeah, I fuckin did that”

awesome!