CableMod PSU Cable Kit Review

CableMod PSU Cable Kit Review

Manufacturer: CableMod
UK price (as reviewed): £69.99 (inc VAT)
US price (as reviewed): $89.95 (ex Tax)

We've reviewed a couple of pre-braided cable sets here at bit-tech. Shackmods' nylon stranded braided extension cables are pretty awesome-looking and available in multi-coloured options while many manufacturers such as Corsair offer their own pre-braided kits that actually replace the stock cables your PSU came with.

The former might offer plenty of customisation but extension cables aren't ideal as you still need to use your stock cables for things to work. Corsair's own cable sets are perhaps a better option but the colours are fairly limited. We're pretty sure that you're reading this because you don't want to have to go through the hassle of doing it yourself and having done this ourselves a few times, we'd sooner opt for a pre-braided kit too.

 

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Thankfully, if you're after more than just a plain colour and you don't want any sign of heatshrink at the end of the cables like many replacement kits use, then CableMod may have just the thing for you. Its kits replace your PSU's original modular cable set and at time of writing, it offers sets that are compatible with an impressive 56 PSU models from Corsair, EVGA, Seasonic and XFX - you can see the full list of compatible PSUs here.

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We're looking at the C-Series red and black kit, with 'C' indicating it's compatible with Corsair PSUs, specifically those in the AXi, HXi and RM series. In the kit you get the full complement of cables:

• 1 x 24-pin ATX Cable (600mm)
• 2 x 4+4-pin EPS Cable (700mm)
• 2 x Dual 6+2-pin PCI-e Cable (750mm)
• 4 x 6+2-pin PCI-e Cable (600mm)
• 1 x Quad SATA Power Cable (850mm)
• 1 x Quad SATA Power Cable (700mm)
• 2 x Dual SATA Power Cable (500mm)
• 1 x Triple 4-Pin Molex Cable (750mm)
• 2 x Dual 4-Pin Molex Cable (500mm)
• 1 x Molex to Floppy Adapter (100mm)

 

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The first thing that struck us, apart from the neat and slightly luscious packaging, was how flexible the cables are. Some kits we've seen have been very stiff, but these are based on a super-dense cloth braid that allows the underlying cables to be completely covered using less material. It's very noticeable when routing the cables through a case. 

 

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Nylon-based braid aren't prone to catching like cloth-based braid but can be very stiff and other kits we've seen use a lot of material so the cables end up being quite chunky with most requiring the use of black heatshrink too. The downside is that it ends up being too thin for cable combs from the likes of E22, but you can't have everything we suppose.