Corsair Individually braided cables

[RogerMesenseless]

Do you have to use theses with Corsair Power Supply's only? Or can you use them on other PSU's.
If they are only Corsair Compatible, then I'm intrigued as to how they stop you using them for other brands. Different Connectors?

 

[setter]

Id say corsair only. I have a set for my hx850w. The ends that plug into the psu have the same shape connectors as the ones on my other psu, (antec True power 750w). But the pins inside each connector are in different locations.

As an alternative, you could use pre braided extensions and hide as many of the standard psu cables as possible. Two rigs of mine below, the first one uses the corsair cables and a bitfenix 24 pin extension, (24 pin, 8 pin cpu and x2 pcie are hard wired on the HX), second one uses extensions.

 

[RogerMesenseless]

Ah ok, thanks!
I'm just a bit worried about a cable management really. It's either a TX 650m and loads of Bitfenix extensions (cable management in Micro ATX would be a massive pain), or an AX 650 and corsair sleeved cables. The AX 650 would look nice, but I'm not sure I'm willing to shell out £150 on a PSU and cables

 

[Addicted]

Surely there's a power supply that's modular and has braided cables already?

 

[RogerMesenseless]

Not that I'm aware of.

E: All I could find was an OCZ Fatal1ty 1000w with induvidually sleeved modular cables, but that's £150+ anyway

 

[sicount]

Looks like some are and some aren't.

Somebody asked in the Corsair forum if the Corsair sleeved cables for AX850/750/650 are compatible with Seasonic Platinum 860W, I replied to the thread, but Corsair deleted my post.

I purchased the Seasonic Platinum 860W PSU and the Corsair Sleeved Cables for the AX650/750/850. I installed and found the 20+4pin power cable is compatible. One of the 4+4pin power cable is compatible. The PCI-E power cables are compatible.

One of the 4+4pin power cable is not compatible. The SATA power cables are not compatible. The Molex power cables are not compatible. The square and cornered pin positions are correct, but the Corsair cornered pins are facing up and Seasonic cornered pins are facing down. In order to make it work, you have to extract the cables off the Corsair and put them into the Seasonic plugs.

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1039088600&postcount=154

SATA power: Corsair left, Seasonic right - http://www.overclock.net/t/1253637/will-corsair-ax-series-braided-cables-fit-seasonic-x-series

 

[RogerMesenseless]

Interesting, this might be away around it. Makes sense because iirc, seasonic make a few of the Corsair PSU's

 

[troops]

Fancied theses for my HX but quite pricey for me.

 

[RogerMesenseless]

I guess I could spend hours soldering/heat shrinking and just make some of the Bitfenix extensions shorter.

 

[indigo_prime]

Once again, it seems that PC 'standards' are tweaked or ignored to profit the suppliers.

I got a Corsair AX750 for my latest build and really liked the look of the red braided cables so sucked it in and let my wallet take the hit! I guess the aftermarket for pre-braided cables would be a much more competitive (and cheaper) place if all ATX modular cables were wired and plugged the same way.

 

[King Damager]

I'll point out here, that BitFenix/Corsair's solutions do seem expensive, but actually tend to come in around the same price as braiding your own if you use something like MDPC braid...

kd

 

[Antony101]

I just got a set of Black ones with my new AX750 and they are lovely cables. Not made of the same material as the Bitfinex ones though they are much harder.

Don't look to bad,

 

[RogerMesenseless]

They do look damn good! Nice build, looks like an R4?

 

[Antony101]

They do look damn good! Nice build, looks like an R4?

Yeah, can't wait to get a Kraken X60 put in the roof.