welp, got my custom sleeved cables in the mail today and got them installed take a look at the before and after:
now it looks a lot better but these dual 6+2pin VGA power cables from CableMod are very disappointing. with a cable specifically designed for this single purpose one would think they would have done a better job with the second 6+2pin, but its disgusting.
all the cables are exactly the same length, so getting a good arch is impossible, AND they criss-cross each other non-uniformly. so, this will set me back another $50 to get the tools to fix this and remake those second 6+2pin. and i may also buy the connectors to make all them 8pin instead of 6+2pin while i'm at it.