Reddit reviews CANAVIS 250mm Individually Sleeved 8-Pin Motherboard Power Extension Premium Cable (Black)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor | $194.67 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler | Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler | $33.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard | MSI 990FXA-GD80V2 ATX AM3+ Motherboard | $171.13 @ Newegg
Memory | Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | $58.99 @ Newegg
Memory | Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | $58.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $94.32 @ Amazon
Video Card | Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card | $289.99 @ Newegg
Case | Rosewill THOR V2-W ATX Full Tower Case | $155.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply | SeaSonic X Series 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply | $176.98 @ Newegg
Optical Drive | Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer | $23.98 @ Newegg
Other| NZXT CB-8P 250mm Individually Sleeved 8-Pin Motherboard Power Extension Premium Cable| $8.65 @ Amazon
| | Total
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $1267.67
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-16 13:20 EDT-0400 |

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type|Item|Price
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CPU | Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor |
CPU Cooler | Xigmatek Dark Knight II SD1283 Night Hawk Edition 89.5 CFM CPU Cooler |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard |
Memory | Samsung 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory |
Memory | Samsung 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory |
Storage | Mushkin Chronos 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk |
Storage | Mushkin Chronos 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk |
Video Card | MISSING FOR NOW :(
Case | Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower ATX Mid Tower Case |
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (64-bit) |
Mouse | Logitech G9x Wired Laser Mouse |
Monitor| Yamakasi Catleap S-IPS 2560x1440|
Keyboard| Filco Ninja Majestouch 2 Cherry MX Brown switches|
PSU| LEPA G Series G850-MAS 850W|
Fan Controller|NZXT Sentry Mesh|
Extra Fans | NZXT FN140 x2 |
Extra Fans | Cougar Vortex HD 120MM x2 |
Extension | NZXT 8-Pin Motherboard PEC |
Extension | NZXT 24-Pin Motherboard PEC |

IN PROCESS OF FINDING A GOOD VIDEO CARD OR TWO
MIGHT NOT HAVE TIME FOR A WHILE, SO POSTING A DAY AHEAD. ENJOY

MORE PICTURES

SOME OF THE PARACORD USED TO REDO THE FRONT PANEL, POORLY FOR NOW. ALSO, WINDOW MOD I DID TO THE FRACTAL ARC MIDI


i5-3570k currently at 4.5ghz@ 1.2v, great temps and fully stable.

EDIT: RAM IS AT 1866MHZ, 1.45V, 9-9-9-24 1T , haven't had the time to tinker with it a bit more.

You can buy an 8 pin extension like this to help it reach. Also you can tie the fan cables in a loop so they don't have a lot of slack.

I usedthis NZXT one before.

Kind of unneeded since the computer I used it on is my parents, it has no window and the only one who will ever know it's there is me.

Okay, while you did a great job mounting those cards, your case is looking a bit of a mess! Haha. Let's help clean that up a bit.

1. Is it possible for you to purchase an extension? Buy this one for your 8 pin motherboard, in black. They have white and red too, but you pick. This will allow you to run your 8 Pin behind the motherboard and out of the way.
   
   
2. You can remove that bridge on the right. You only really need one and the second bridge is for triple SLI.
   
   
3. Check out how I routed my tubing. Try to follow it as best as you can so you can get shorter runs.
   

• For the bottom card, have that one go into the pump first.
  
• For the top card, have that one go into the left side of the single 120 rad.
  
• Have the 120 rad continue on into the CPU
  
• From the CPU, have it then go into the reservoir.
  
  This should no only clean up your tubing for better aesthetics, but provide shorter runs and quite possibly drop a degree or two.
  
  As for your PSU, just a question though: how come you have it flipped up pulling air from inside of the case? Most people (with the exception of Linus from LTT) will have it draw air from the bottom (outside) of the case.

This should ease some of the cable management troubles.

I have it in my rig. The end separates so it's easy to pull through small gaps. Also sleeved so it looks nice.

May have to check shipping, tho. Not sure.

I had to run the cable in front of everything and zip tie it back from touching anything. I will probably just purchase this

You can get an 8 pin extension for that cable from NZXT.
Link

I anticipated this on my new build a few years ago since I had a very large case so I used extension adapters:

adapter

adapter

http://www.amazon.com/CB-8P-8-Pin-Motherboard-Extension-Premium/dp/B0036ORCJY/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1344568310&sr=1-2

I used one of these handy NZXT extensions, if you search for the product number you can find it red and white as well.

http://www.amazon.com/CB-8P-8-Pin-Motherboard-Extension-Premium/dp/B0036ORCJY

As for the RAM not fitting, they make a low profile version available in blue or black.

http://www.amazon.com/CB-8P-Individually-Sleeved-Motherboard-Extension/dp/B0036ORCJY/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1372745145&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=8+pin+extension

You can buy that cable extension and route the 8 pin behind as well

Just get an extension cable!
If you don't want to sleeve/heatshrink the wires yourself get a "premium cable"

http://www.amazon.com/CB-8P-8-Pin-Motherboard-Extension-Premium/dp/B0036ORCJY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1300193322&sr=8-3

Here you go sir.

You can get 8 pin extension cables like this one.

I just built nearly this same build with a few extras (64gb ssd, gtx 560ti, and with gskill 1600 ram). You are going to want to buy an 8-pin extension for your motherboard power: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036ORCJY/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details ...... because whatever power supply you get probably wont reach from behind the motherboard for cable management. I went with this PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017 In hindsight, I probably would have bought the 700watt for future SLI capability but Ive been doing research and used several psu wattage calculators and 600w should actually be enough for sli and all my other components.

Alright. Having a modular PSU is definitely helpful.

My motherboard is the Asus Z87-A. It looks like your CPU power is slightly closer to the top of the motherboard than on mine, so you should have better luck routing it through the lower rubber grommet, around the back and through the hole on the top right (when you look on the back side).

Front side / Back side (sorry, ugly pictures)

I bought this extension from amazon and you'll see in the back I have plenty of "slack length". I guess it's ~550mm + 250mm extension total length.

If not, you'll have to run the cable across the front over your GPU, which should also reach fine. I had it that way for a while, and your CPU power isn't more than 100mm away.

You'll be happy with the Phantom.

As far as cable length, you will likely be fine except for the CPU power. In the HAF X, Storm Stryker and now the 810 this cable has always come up a bit short for me. Just get an extension cable like this...
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036ORCJY

This PSU has a 120mm fan.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095

http://www.amazon.com/CB-8P-8-Pin-Motherboard-Extension-Premium/dp/B0036ORCJY

http://www.amazon.com/Bitfenix-8-Pin-PCI-E-Extension-Cable/dp/B006VKDSYS

http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Tek-Extension-Connector-PP07-PCIB/dp/B00B46XJ7K

you have options

Why is the MOBO power cable not tucked behind the case, [here is a diagrom] (http://i.imgur.com/2LWay.png) (Paint Pro™). Is the cable to short? If it is, I'd recommend buying an extender. Something like this NZXT one. They're also really nice looking, thanks to the black sleeve (other colours are available).

Check out this one. I'm looking at buying it soon too since my 8-pin touches my graphics card too.

you buy a cpu 8pin power extendercable :)

Edit: http://www.amazon.com/CB-8P-Individually-Sleeved-Motherboard-Extension/dp/B0036ORCJY

Wow, that looks really, really nice. I really dig the side window to see all of the parts inside. Especially that gpu and how it lights up just a bit. Very nice touch.

You are certainly right about that cpu cooler, that is monstrous. I have a cpu cooler that I thought was fairly big because it hangs over the first RAM slot, however yours... geez. I havent heard of that specific cooler before, but I know from browsing this subreddit that phanteks makes high end stuff, and by the looks of that cooler, it seems top notch.

I see what you mean by that 8 pin power connector. My case is also fairly big and I just barely made the reach when routing that cable behind the back of the motherboard tray. Im not sure if your plan is to extend the 8 pin connector, but something like this 8 pin extender has a fair bit of class to it while also doing the job. Although if you are in the UK, prices will obviously be different.

Speaking of having everything set up properly, I did notice 1 thing from that picture you might look into. Generally for a psu, it is mounted "upside down". With the fan facing the floor/ground. The fan on the psu is usually an intake fan, meaning it sucks air into it to cool off the internal components of the power supply itself. Right now, it would be pulling air from inside the case to cool itself off. This isnt much of a big deal as it can be mounted either which way, but the majority... well, nearly every single modern power supply I have seen has the fan face the bottom of the case. Although, yours is lit up with led's, which makes me a bit less certain since you wouldnt exactly see them if it were facing down. Maybe a quick test while the computer is on by taking off the side panel and putting your hand, or even a piece of paper over the psu fan to see if air is being sucked into it, or being pushed out would give the answer. Honestly, your system shouldnt get "hot" and this isnt much of an issue, but worth pointing out.

If you are interested in some temp testing programs, I am quite fond of core temp. It is a small bit of software that you can set to run constantly and even launch on start up, but minimized to your system tray. The function of it is to list off the temperature of each core of your cpu. Your cpu has 4 cores, so it would list 4 temperatures in real time. If you expand it out of the system tray, it will also show you the highest temp it records, and the lowest. Useful if you are benchmarking or just checking to see how hot your system actually gets. There are various others out there as well, and it's really just up to preference on what you think you would prefer to use. Hardware info is another rather popular piece of software that does the same thing, with some extra features like recording voltages on your cpu, which is useful if you want to overclock.

Thank you for the gold as well, that was a nice sentiment and I appreciate that. Anyways, have fun with your system. It's a good one!

Just purchased a Gigabyte 970 and I see it has a 6pin+8pin config for power delivery.

I can't seem to find a connector that looks compatible. Would THIS 6+2pin work? Or would a typical 8pin like THIS work?

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2 packs of Corsair Dominator Platinum 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz (PC3 12800) Memory

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HP G62-219WM 15.6" Laptop (Pretty Old and outdated)

Xbox one controller

IKEA Tables (both 73" and 96" are used)
IKEA Table legs (8 used)

Sleeved cables used

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B46XJ7K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B46XJ3E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B46XJ4S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

heh.. boob ^

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036ORCJY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Here are two options. The second one is much nicer.

This is an option