WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:05.839 Is that guy really reviewing cables 00:00:03.439 --> 00:00:10.320 again? Will he be slamming them for being snake oil? Will he be pretending 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:14.639 they give him special powers? Will he be climbing over the roof of his garage? 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:19.680 No, none of those things today. It's just a straightup video on some 00:00:17.279 --> 00:00:25.210 straightup replacement modular cables for your PC power supply. The C series 00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:33.600 from Cable Mod. 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:40.559 Save on select Intel Core i7 processors and 730 series SSDs with instant rebates 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:45.600 during Valentine's week, February 14th to 21st, 2015. Click now to learn more. 00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:49.120 So, my initial discussion with the Cable Mod guys was pretty straightforward. 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:52.640 They asked if I'd review their cables. I said, "Yeah, sure. They look 00:00:50.480 --> 00:00:56.879 interesting." They asked what color I'd like, and I said, "All of them." And 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:59.760 they were like, "What?" And so I repeated myself, I would like all of 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:04.000 them. And they were like, look, we're not going to we're not sending you enough to equip you and all your friends 00:01:02.800 --> 00:01:07.760 with a set of cables. I mean, someone has to actually buy these things at some 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:11.680 point. And I was like, no, I I plan to hoard them all for myself. Then there 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:16.320 was kind of silence on the other end of the phone line for a little while, followed by like, what could you 00:01:14.320 --> 00:01:21.119 possibly need 12 different color sets of cables for? And while I argued valiantly 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:25.439 for the necessity of having them all on hand just in case I was in the mood to 00:01:23.759 --> 00:01:29.600 change my color scheme at some point in the future, it was in vain. They did 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:34.320 send me all of the colors to show you guys, but I only got full sets of a few 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:38.320 of them and just one of each of the rest. So, what in the devil are these 00:01:36.479 --> 00:01:41.920 then? Well, it's been fashionable for quite some time. And we have a local 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:46.640 Vancouver gentleman who goes by the name of Charles to mostly thank for the 00:01:43.759 --> 00:01:52.560 popularization of this to individually sleeve each wire in a 24 pin, 8 pin, six 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:56.880 pin, or however many pin cable for aesthetics. And it's a purely aesthetic 00:01:55.439 --> 00:02:00.320 play, by the way, since it actually makes the wires bulkier from an airflow 00:01:58.880 --> 00:02:05.360 perspective compared to having them on their own or bundling them together with 00:02:02.399 --> 00:02:10.000 a single sleeve. The problem with individual sleeving is that it's 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:12.400 extremely expensive and timeconuming to 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:17.680 source the quality materials and tools that you need to do it than actually do 00:02:14.640 --> 00:02:19.760 it. Seriously, it takes a long time. So, 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:23.360 for most people who aren't going to make custom cables and just want to sleeve 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:27.440 the standard ones that would normally be included with their power supply, an 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:32.239 aftermarket prepackaged solution is a nice little timesaver. Although, this 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:37.360 isn't the first such product. NZXT's approach early on in this trend was to 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:39.280 offer extensions for any power supply 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:43.519 cable. These had the benefit of excellent compatibility, but the 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:48.480 drawback of additional resistance on every wire, and they required the user 00:02:46.160 --> 00:02:52.959 to find somewhere to tuck away and hide the rest of what was otherwise already a 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:56.720 fulllength cable. Corsair actually provides pre-individually sleeved cable 00:02:54.959 --> 00:03:01.440 kits for some of their fully modular power supplies, but the sleing they use 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:05.200 isn't that great and it's only available in a few different colors. Although on 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:10.080 the other side of the spectrum, there are some custom shops online that you 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:13.840 can order made to order cables from, but not everyone is comfortable with that. 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:19.840 And although the selection is unlimited, they can get very expensive. So, Cable 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:24.640 Mods tries to bridge the gap, I guess. They use paracord type sle that they 00:03:22.239 --> 00:03:28.959 brand as mod flex which means it's extremely flexible. It's softer and IMO 00:03:27.519 --> 00:03:33.360 nicer looking than the traditional sleing materials. And it doesn't allow 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:36.879 any of the color of the wire to be seen through it. It's actually very similar 00:03:35.040 --> 00:03:40.799 to what Silverstone uses on the cables on this power supply that I declared to 00:03:38.720 --> 00:03:47.280 be the best I'd ever seen for modular cables a couple of years ago, but they 00:03:44.480 --> 00:03:51.360 don't have the same cost associated with them that a custom one does. Another 00:03:49.440 --> 00:03:55.440 nice touch actually is that they don't use any heat shrink. You know, that kind 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:59.519 of plastic stuff on the end of every sleeve that holds it in place. This 00:03:57.200 --> 00:04:03.920 gives every wire an extremely clean look as it goes into the connector. Or at 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:07.040 least all of that is all the stuff that Cable Mod claims on their website. I 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:12.720 wouldn't be much of a reviewer if I didn't spend some time validating all of 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:14.159 this. So, I took my C series cables, 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:19.600 which means I had to use, of course, their AXI, HXI, or RM series power 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:23.840 supply, and I built myself a little system here. They do have the right pin 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:28.400 outs available for other popular power supplies from Corsair, EVGA, and CIC, 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:34.800 and apparently more colors coming, but this is what we've got for now. So, as 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:38.880 advertised, the cables plug into the things and make your system look 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:43.120 subjectively better. If I had to come up with a complaint, it would be that not 00:04:40.880 --> 00:04:46.560 enough ponies galloped past me while I was building the system with the cable 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:51.520 mod cables. That would be a massive improvement. Which leads us pretty well 00:04:49.280 --> 00:04:56.800 into the conclusion that practically writes itself. If you're into hot 00:04:53.919 --> 00:05:02.479 rodding your PC and having it look all, you know, sweet and you don't feel like 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:06.639 sle yourself, something that some people are into but most find tedious and 00:05:04.479 --> 00:05:11.280 bothersome, then cable Mod delivers the goods. enthusiast grade individually 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:15.919 sleeved cables. And I guess that's pretty much it. Speaking of enthusiast 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:20.960 grade parts, today's episode sponsor is Sapphire Technology, a brand new one 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:26.080 here on Linus Tech Tips. Now, obviously you've all heard of Sapphire because of 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:29.520 their Vaporex video cards and other products like that. In fact, those are 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:35.120 the ones that we used for the Autobond Hammer, their 8 gig graphics cards that 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:36.960 we drove our triple wide 34in monitor 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:40.240 thing with. 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