So I'm in the process of building my new PC and this time around I want everything to look neat and whatnot. I have a Be Quite Silent Base 800 (windowed version). I'm using my old power supply in my new build, it's a Thermaltake 850w power supply, you can plug the power cables into it, but it has the motherboard power cables coming from the inside of the PSU so that can't be replace, not sure if mine is considered modular or not. Also this was from 5 years ago, not sure of the model right now, I'm not at home to check it.
Anyways, I wanted to route as many cables through the back as I could and now I'm running into problems, the other cables are slim so there's no issue with them, however the power cable for the sata drives are pretty fat, so when I put in the side panel I have some problems closing it and it's pushing against the side panel. Now I came across a post online on not to use sata power cables from a different brand than your PSU, with a whole bunch of replies agreeing with that.
So is it really true that it has to be the same brand because I don't even see Thermaltake selling sata power cables on their site. If there's some exception to it all, what are some cheaper slim sata power cables that can be plugged into the PSU because I'm seeing some extension type of cables, not really what I'm looking for. For example some
Also I'm not sure what these cable are called but it's the big one that plugs from the PSU to the motherboard and there's a smaller one that powers the CPU. It's a bit short and I can't route it through the back, so its going directly to the motherboard making the inside look ugly. Are there extensions for that (preferably slimmer ones), and do they have to be the same brand as well?
So to sum it up, do these cables have to be the same brand? Are there slimmer versions of these cables and extensions? Are there ones that you can bend them around more for better cable management in the back?
Anyways, I wanted to route as many cables through the back as I could and now I'm running into problems, the other cables are slim so there's no issue with them, however the power cable for the sata drives are pretty fat, so when I put in the side panel I have some problems closing it and it's pushing against the side panel. Now I came across a post online on not to use sata power cables from a different brand than your PSU, with a whole bunch of replies agreeing with that.
So is it really true that it has to be the same brand because I don't even see Thermaltake selling sata power cables on their site. If there's some exception to it all, what are some cheaper slim sata power cables that can be plugged into the PSU because I'm seeing some extension type of cables, not really what I'm looking for. For example some
Also I'm not sure what these cable are called but it's the big one that plugs from the PSU to the motherboard and there's a smaller one that powers the CPU. It's a bit short and I can't route it through the back, so its going directly to the motherboard making the inside look ugly. Are there extensions for that (preferably slimmer ones), and do they have to be the same brand as well?
So to sum it up, do these cables have to be the same brand? Are there slimmer versions of these cables and extensions? Are there ones that you can bend them around more for better cable management in the back?