The main idea i had was to individually sleeve these and potentially remove the split part as i don’t like the idea of buying extensions and stuff even more cable inside my case.
On the other hand i would be ok with removing the combined sleeve and 3d print some combs to make the cables look better, especially since the mobo cable has a huge piece of heatshrink making it nearly impossible to look good.
But i have no clue what that little component is and if it only exists for the split that is in the cable.
Can’t really tell what’s going on from just this image. Is there only one lead coming off of the device? Is it just sticking out of the braid, or is it fully-uncovered?
My initial guess would be it’s a high-frequency filter capacitor.
Not sure if this image helps enough…
It was originally hidden in the sleeve under the heatshrink, it might be better to diy some cables instead of messing with these. Having that capacitor visible isn’t going to improve the visuals of my build.
Looks like a capacitor, can we get a pick of the top?
It’s most likely it’s to smooth out voltage from the power supply.
It says: “FP 15Cd 331 16” on it.
My limited knowledge of electronics makes me think that’s some kind of signal filter. I’ve seen similar setups on headphones (usually coupled with a resistor) to filter or reduce certain frequencies.
What exactly it’s doing in your setup, I can’t say.
It’s either a signal filter or more likely a power stabilizer to handle fast load spikes when the device suddenly changes power usage levels.
I’ve learned the hard way that every ttl chip gets it’s own cap between vcc and ground.
Yeah, that’s about 95% a filter cap. Hoghly likely you don’t need one if you’re gonna make your own cables, with short runs.
That’s an NSA listening device.
You’re an NSA listening device 😂
That’s just what the lizard people want you to think.
Well from the shape, it is indeed a capacitor (cap, for short).
From a quick perusal of different forums, there are three possibilities with the third being most likely.
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People are thinking that it may be to quell the ripple after converting from AC voltage to DC. This could be possible, but there should be banks of them for that exact purpose in the actual PSU case.
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Another one is that it would provide some level of EMI filtering. Using that type of cap wouldn’t do much (not fast enough) and are however much better methods of achieving this.
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As this is a 6+2 pin cable, it’s likely intended for a GPU. Odds are that it is intended to try to soften/eliminate a power drop/surge when the GPU’s draw spikes during a graphics heavy process, such as gaming or computing a CAD model.
Depending on the specs of your system and PSU wattage, the cap may be overkill and unnecessary. Without knowing what is in your system, I wouldn’t feel comfortable with telling you to remove it though.
A relatively safe bet however, since you are already de-pinning the cable for sleeving, is to have the end with the cap at the PSU side, hidden in that bundle of wires. Another option would also be to use two lengths of sleeving per wire and have them meet at the cap.
Removing the split shouldn’t be an issue as long as you cut it as close to where it’s crimped as possible to prevent shorting along with the caveat of it not being available if it would be needed for a upgrade.
It seems to be the last option, the cap says FP 15Cd 331 16 on it.
I’m currently running a 7900xtx on 850w psu, which should be ok according to the box. I think i have a ryzen 7 5800 but i’m not entirely sure.
I could indeed just turn the cable around and have the cap out of sight, which is preferable to cable extensions imo.
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