Antec True430 Cable Length

[Afro000Dude]

Can anyone tell me how long all the cables are on the Antec True430 power supply? I'm trying to figure out how much cable sleeving I nee to buy, and I don't really want to take my system apart right now. I checked their website and googled for it with no results. Thanks!

 

[aSnipingPenguin]

dunno an exact figure, but I bought 20 feet of 1/8" sleeving and still had more than 6 feet left over after doing all the cables on an Antec 430 plus some other misc. wiring (fan connectors, etc). That said, ~15' should be plenty; ~10' might be a bit close.

 

[mechBgon]

Also remember that you aren't going to want to join together several leftover scraps. I recently sleeved mine (double-layered, actually) and my recommendation, with sleeving as cheap as it is, is to buy more than you think you'll need, and WAY more heatshrink tubing than you think you'll need.

Also, you can probably get the Molex pin tool for $7 at your local Radio Shack. Mine has about five of them in stock. Might be a way to save a few dollars

I bought 1/4" stuff and that worked fine for everything but the 4-pin ATX12V auxiliary-power plug. I couldn't figure out how to release the pins from it, and 1/4" sleeving won't fit over it with the plug on (not for me, anyway). You may want to pick up one piece of 3/8" for that cable.

I extracted the pins from the 6-blade "legacy" plug with a thin piece of metal to release the pins, so that one wasn't such a problem.

I recommend consulting MDay's sleeving tips here, which helped me tremendously.