180 degree PCIe power connectors

Quartz · 24 Jan 2020 at 14:03

I recently learned of 180 degree power connectors for GPUs. Unfortunately OCUK don't stock them, so to help @OcUK - PREDATOR guage interest I thought I'd start this thread.

I purchased these:

They come as a pair. One is right-handed, the other left-handed. They're also available in 6 pin versions.

Here's an in-situ comparison of how they look compared with a normal power connector:

And with both installed:

While I have some tidying to do you can see that it immediately looks much neater and places a lot less stress on the power cable.

Quartz · 27 Jan 2020 at 19:18

No one?

Mcnumpty2323 · 27 Jan 2020 at 19:21

Those look very useful
Had to think why it's vertical though
Silverstone case?

Quartz · 27 Jan 2020 at 19:45

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Silverstone case?

Correct: FT05.

Mcnumpty2323 · 27 Jan 2020 at 19:50

coincidentally

guess what case has the pet hair issue

Quartz · 27 Jan 2020 at 23:04

I have a FT02 too. Currently unused, but isn't that one of the R series?

Gray2233 · 27 Jan 2020 at 23:22

It looks much better, but I'll be interested in this over time for safety reasons.

I know you can't tell us where you bought the adapters from, but is it safe to say they're Chinese made stuff?

Quartz · 27 Jan 2020 at 23:48

Gray2233 said:
but is it safe to say they're Chinese made stuff?

Yes. Don't know if it's mainland China, though. I did message them and got back an auto-reply about the Chinese new year.

Mcnumpty2323 · 28 Jan 2020 at 00:09

Quartz said:
I have a FT02 too. Currently unused, but isn't that one of the R series?

Dead on
Rv01 ~raven I think it was
Though meant was a silverstone
Not exactly same model though

PinkFloyd · 29 Jan 2020 at 12:43

I'd potentially be interested in something like this for the right price / quality.

Mcnumpty2323 · 29 Jan 2020 at 12:48

Do they come in colours?
Or only black?
And 6 pin too?
And as said right price
And good quality obviously important

Quartz · 29 Jan 2020 at 13:00

The ones I purchased came in 8 pin and 6 pin variants. I didn't see any options for different colours or RGB bling; those aren't particularly important to me. My PC is in a cupboard, after all. But I'm sure OCUK will oblige if there's sufficient demand.

koooowweeee · 3 Feb 2020 at 16:54

Ocuk need to go one further and make a RGB version

Quartz · 3 Feb 2020 at 18:37

koooowweeee said:
Ocuk need to go one further and make a RGB version

I have enquired of the supplier.

Mcnumpty2323 · 3 Feb 2020 at 18:38

Quartz said:
I have enquired of the supplier.

Just coloured will do me
Got enough leds lol

pastymuncher · 3 Feb 2020 at 19:18

I have some cable comb type things that enables a tight a 180 degree bend in the cables which I have on the pci-e lead on the gpu and the 24 pin and 8 pin on the motherboard. The result is very neat and doesn't look so gash as those connectors. I believe I got them from HexGear and they were very cheap. The downside is you need to remove the pins from the plugs to fit them.

Quartz · 3 Feb 2020 at 22:51

That is a work of art.

Quartz · 14 Mar 2020 at 18:35

Since there doesn't seem to be much interest, I guess OCUK won't be stocking them and here's the direct link

ubern00b · 15 Mar 2020 at 11:20

Quartz said:
Since there doesn't seem to be much interest, I guess OCUK won't be stocking them and here's the direct link

You sir, are amazing. Thank you. I kept searching for 90 degree adaptors. Never dawned on me to look for 180 degree ones. I can get the top on my case now. Yay!

MissChief · 10 Dec 2020 at 23:13

Quartz said:
Since there doesn't seem to be much interest, I guess OCUK won't be stocking them and here's the direct link

Apologies for the thread necro but did you get these? Some comments are that the twin pack is actually 1x PCI-E and one for the CPU power connector and I'll need two packs for 2x 8 pin Graphics?