Z370 Kimera Cerberus Build

[Chann3l]

Sleeved the eps cable. Have to put it together and then onto the PCI-E cables.

 

[MarcParis]

Mfc crimp tool arrived. Haven't got much done, but got the eps cable crimped, started sleeving it.

Patience...patience...

 

[Chann3l]

Patience...patience...

Well what's funny is that crimping and sleeving is the easy part. Getting 16 gauge wire with sleeve to fit into the connector properly...that's where patience comes in haha.

 

[Chann3l]

Eps cable finished look

Very tight space

That's it until I get the pci cables done.

 

[MarcParis]

Eps cable finished look

Very tight space

That's it until I get the pci cables done.

Strangely, your customized eps 8pins seems big. With my both silverstone or corsair native cables, it was quite discreet

 

[Chann3l]

Strangely, your customized eps 8pins seems big. With my both silverstone or corsair native cables, it was quite discreet

Makes sense, thicker wire and with cable Combs that are stacked makeing them a bit bulkier

 

[Chann3l]

PCI-E cables are done. Got some pics to share.

That's it for now, next week I'll be tackling the 24 pin. 48 more crimps...

 

[MarcParis]

Almost done..

 

[Chann3l]

Almost done..

Haha ya that last one is going to suck but since I'm planning on keeping this case for many years the psu will last a few builds anyway so it's worth making a nice set of cables. I may order some sata connectors later and make a sata power cable too at some point.

 

[rfarmer]

Sure does look good, plus you will make them custom length so your cable management will look much better.

 

[MarcParis]

Haha ya that last one is going to suck but since I'm planning on keeping this case for many years the psu will last a few builds anyway so it's worth making a nice set of cables. I may order some sata connectors later and make a sata power cable too at some point.

Same here, my cerberus-x should last many years..

 

[Chann3l]

Got my other 16GB of TridentZ for 32GB total

 

[Chann3l]

Got the 24 pin crimped tonight, sleeving tomorrow

 

[MarcParis]

End of the tunnel is near...

 

[Chann3l]

Finished making the 24 pin. Looks pretty good I think. Hard to keep straight even with the cable Combs because while there is no real cross over the wires connect to the opposite side of the connector

I will get some nice final build pics this week to finish everything off.

 

[rfarmer]

Looks good, much better than the stock cables.

 

[Chann3l]

Looks good, much better than the stock cables.

Thanks a lot! Pretty cheap project too. Crimp tool was 40us and enough wire, connectors, terminals and paracord to do all 4 cables was 45us. I still have a ton of terminals leftover too.

 

[rfarmer]

Yeah I really need to break down and learn how to do that. I am getting ready to do a build in a MI-6 which has an inverted motherboard that sits directly above the PSU so really short 24pin and 8pin EPS would be really nice.

 

[MarcParis]

Beautiful...same comment as your previous 8 pins cpu, it’s bigger than stock cable..

 

[Chann3l]

Beautiful...same comment as your previous 8 pins cpu, it’s bigger than stock cable..

Haha ya, they really don't save too much space other than the fact that they are shorter than the stock cables. The biggest difference is the PCI e cables because the stock ones were 400 and 500mm plus the extra length for second connector. The ones I made are only 300mm