Cables do indeed look very nice and look like the E-Series replacement kit from Cablemod costing 99 Euros. Can anyone quote the price and delivery times for the EVGA offering? Where in Europe are they shipped from?
 
Besides talking about the looks though I think there is a more serious consideration worth mentioning which is with new processors and motherboards the build process has changed. More CPU Power, more heat, more sophisticated water cooling solutions often mean bulky motherboard heat sinks and coolers occupy spaces where cables could be run. More prescriptive (and better) cable routing built into cases like the NZXT 710i I am using makes for easier cable routing but choices are limited as is the space behind the motherboard, I mean the ATX cable on my brilliant Supernova T2 850 Titanium is not only difficult to flex its 20mm thick. Why do I mention this? Well because imho the days of the old inflexible, difficult to manage and flex power supply cables are numbered they just are not fit for purpose in combination with other components as part of a modern PC build. Flexible, sleeveless braided cables are the way to go and should be provided as standard not as an expensive addon that costs almost as much as the power supply itself in some instances. This is not a specific whinge about EVGA I think all power supply manufacturers need to start thinking this way. I have attached some images which show, what turned out to be the infeasible cable twisting of the ATX and EPS cables needed to complete my build which is currently on hold until I can get a replacement cable kit like those being discussed here.
 
 
 
 
 

I like the idea of these but I frankly wouldn't need all of them except the 24 ATX, 8 EPS and a couple of SATA.

Quick question,
All of the Stock cables for my 1600P2 have caps in them and the sleeved kits do not, what effect will this have on my MB and dual 2080 hydrocoppers?
24 pin = 3 caps
vga = 1 cap (2 per video card)
cpu = 1 (2 to M/B)
if they are not needed why put them there on the stock ones? should I move the caps to the sleeved cables?

Sajin
Caps reduce voltage ripple.

Sajin,
OK, but are the sleeved kits less susceptible to ripple due to cable gauge or manufacturing material, or is it just not necessary to have the caps?

blkburban

Sajin
Caps reduce voltage ripple.

Sajin,
OK, but are the sleeved kits less susceptible to ripple due to cable gauge or manufacturing material, or is it just not necessary to have the caps?

I think the better way to look at it is that the 1600P2 has excellently-low ripple when using cables without capacitors, but has even lower ripple when using cables with caps designed for a specific power supply.  Power supplies at the quality level of the 1600P2 are really just fighting for bragging rights when it comes to the amount of ripple under stress tests that push power supplies far beyond their actual rated specs.  The amount of ripple that can occur with either set of cables is far too low to be concerned about potential damage to components.
 
Myself, I have a 1600 T2 using our individually sleeved cables, and it's been running that way for a very long time.  I don't have any concerns over it, and I can push the system to easily surpass 1200W at the wall.  Would any ripple be improved by going back to the stock cables?  Sure, but that doesn't mean that the power supply is anywhere near a hazard because ripple may be slightly higher.
 
 

No problem.