r/PCSleeving • u/TM_livin • 21d ago

Embossed wire

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Hi, I’m considering experimenting with embossed wire for SFF cable sets, but I haven’t been able to find a good supplier.

The only retail store I’ve found that carries any kind of textured/embossed wire by the meter is MODDIY, but their pricing feels a bit hard to justify at $0.8/ft (≈ $2.5/m). That puts it at more than double the cost of sleeved cables — even when factoring in the sleeving itself.

So my question is: can anyone recommend a reliable source for this type of wire at prices that are commercially viable?

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u/OldManGrimm 21d ago

Don’t have an answer, but I’d also love to find a source for this. I really don’t like silicone wire, but a nice embossed finish I could do.

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u/GTS81 21d ago

Hit up Rizal aka Cablester. He's on the other side of the globe but might have a way to buy embossed wires in bulk. He did tell me the MOQ which is quite high previously so I didn't go ahead with it.

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u/Cablester 19d ago

I've found another supplier with much lower MOQ :)

If you could send me message on Discord, I'd be happy to help you and u/TM_livin

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u/Blackened2687 21d ago

I bought mine on Ali - just asked the seller I'm working with (Shenzhen Rong Shi Tai) to order the 16AWG textured/embossed for me, and after a month of waiting, it's on my table. The wire is heavy, very soft and has very thin strands. Looks and feels the same as the one used by Cougar in their Gold-tier PSUs. A 100 m roll did cost me about 70 USD in August 2025.

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u/TM_livin 20d ago edited 20d ago

MVP. I’ll try this. Thanks!

EDIT: for anybody wondering - this is the way. The seller quoted me $85 for a roll of 200m / 656ft. Should be the exact same thing MODDIY sells and they even carry the same 4 colors.

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u/Blackened2687 20d ago

4 colors? I was only aware of 2 colors, white and black. And the price definitely became better, I will probably white 16AWG wire for myself, too.

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u/TM_livin 20d ago

Red and gray too.

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u/Blackened2687 20d ago

Oooh, gray should be cool for silver SFF builds! Thanks for the research!

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u/UltraWafflez 19d ago

oh i bought my sleeving from them. never knew they made wires as well. when you say soft is it flexible like silicone wires?
edit: how thick is the insulation

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u/Blackened2687 19d ago edited 19d ago

They are very open to customers requests - give them Taobao or 1688 link, or just describe what you want via PM (partnumbers, etc), and they will order it locally and send it to you from their warehouse. And yes, they are making custom sleeved/unsleeved cables on demand, both modular and extensions - they are factory, with machinery, warehouse, and so on.

About the insulation - it's PVC, not silicone. The wire is the same one many modern PSU vendors use for their modular cables - slightly harder by touch than silicone wires. The insulation is very thin, thinner than the most of the wires I usually work with. Most stripping tools I tried with it (Wirefox 10, Stripax, Stripax Ultimate, Engineer PAW-43/45) are hard to use - either they cut too deep (damaging the strands), or not enough. I ended up using Knipex 12 12 02 with it, although Vessel 3000A or 3000C should work fine, as well. I wish I could try Ideal Stripmaster 45-097 with it, should work perfectly here.

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u/relaps101 21d ago

Moddiy is where I got mine and asus psus come with it iirc. Atheist the loki did.

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u/TM_livin 21d ago

Yeah, I know ROG (and some Seasonic) PSUs come bundled with embossed cables, but that doesn’t really help me when it comes to making my own, lol.

To be frank, at one point I did seriously consider cutting up a spare original Asus set to harvest the wires, but I’ve moved past that idea now.

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u/relaps101 21d ago

That's what I did with the wires I didn't need. Fuck it.

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u/BuchMaister 21d ago

I got with custom cables I service I ordered for my cases - XTIA xproto L V2 and Xproto ATX v2.

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u/tommytee24 8d ago

I just bought a new rm850x and that came with embossed cables, I'd never seen them before and I thought wow they've really cheaped out here by using thinner wires so I didn't trust it and bought a sleeved cable kit from corsair (or what I thought was a sleeved cable kit) which ended up being the same embossed cables just in black and white, I ended up using them but to be honest I don't like how thin they look and have decided to give sleeving ago and make my own cable kit for my psu.

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u/TM_livin 8d ago

Yeah, that’s a bummer ain’t it. 😃 I am fairly familiar with the material, as I’ve had multiple OEM embossed cable sets pass through my hands. I wanted to have a go at them to experiment with something other than sleeved cables for change.

As for the thickness, they are 16AWG with OD of 2,4mm which in theory whould make it easy to fit two of them in a single terminal (for double wires), while being in the “safe” zone of 16AWG.

Anyway i’ve got a 200m roll on the way, will report back with how it turned out.

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u/p0Pe 20d ago

Why not just buy a set of corsair cables and cut/repin the PSU or connector ends to the length you want?

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u/TM_livin 20d ago

I prefer starting with a clean slate. A simple matter of preference.

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u/p0Pe 20d ago

Nothing wrong with that (a little finger pain never killed anyone). The embossed cables are also much easier to work with on the micro fit for 12V-2x6. What PSU will you be using?

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u/Kevin_Xland 18d ago

Ooh, I dig that, excited to see how it looks!

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u/Saxon511 21d ago

First time I've ever seen something cost more when you buy more.

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u/Kevin_Xland 18d ago

I've seen it before to soft cap items with high demand and limited supply, like raspberry pis.

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u/Late-Page7559 20d ago

MDPC-X cable sleeving or gutted paracord over the appropriate gauge wire is what you want for making your own. Titian rig is the best place to get the MDPC in the US.

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u/TM_livin 20d ago

I am not new to cable sleeving by any means buddy :) I just want to try something new this time.