A.C. Ryan Mods

     Cables, sleeve kits, retractable USB, UV ray light-burn your eyes stuff.. You name it, A.C. Ryan makes it all. At first I was trying acknowledge just who is this A.C. Ryan? At ClubOC we get a lot of email from different manufacturers asking us to review their products, and we usually do so because little a little entrepreneurship take place is what America is all about right? Well when A.C. Ryan sent us this box of UV goodies, is was something you almost never see. The kits are complete with zip ties and they even have a special tool to remove the plugs that is easier to use then any other I've tried. And the colors... Ahhh the colors.. Yep, the color that this kit is in is just really well, UV. Lets have a look at it!

The sleeving kit...

...and the plugs!

More plugs... I think that's everything.

Specifications

- 2 types sleeving (6mm x 3.3m, 12mm x 1.6m)
- 2 types heatshrink (12mm x 1m, 25mm x 0.3m)
- 10x Molex4pin Female Connectx
- 3x Floppy power Female Connectx
- 1x ATX20pin female Connectx
- 1xP4-12V 4pin Female Connectx
- 1x AUX6pin Female Connectx
- 10x Tie-wrap
- 1x Toolx Pin Remover Molex Universal
- 1x Toolx Pin Remover ATX / P4-12V Female

Installation

     If you've never sleeved a power supply, well don't. Of course I'm using reverse psychology simply because its very difficult and time consuming. Taking into consideration that this kit is overly complete, you'll still need some knowledge in wiring, crimping, and how the connectors work. I was good at the first two, but the second was kind of a learn as you go type of thing. Upon destroying my SATA plugs I just decided on going with some of the A.C. Ryan plugs, the heat-shrink tubing, and I decided to use some leftover Vantec sleeving that I had since I wanted green, and not pink. Little did I know that pink is red under a UV light... Learn the hard way I suppose. Not to get too far off track, but the tool you get with the A.C. Ryan kit works like no other. Vantec could use some design help in that department, but nonetheless, using the A.C Ryan was simply a pleasure.

You get several of these plugs in the kit. Notice the simplicity of the tools.

Here's a fan I did rather quickly with the kit. Like I mentioned before the red looks pink, and kind of throws you off. So I used...

Some leftovers I had of a Vantec kit, since the A.C. Ryan tool was SOO much easier to use..

Here is the final result of about 4 hrs of sweating, backbreaking work...and its simply stunning.

Conclusion

     The A.C. Ryan kits had everything you could possible need. We got the ToolX, heatshrink tubing, and A.C. Ryan gave us more than enough sleeve to do our PSU right. If you have the patience to sleeve a PSU look no further than A.C. Ryan. They must have some E.E.'s working for them because it obvious from the looks of the kit that you need some education in the electrical connector department. Oh yes, The kit does not come with any instructions so I am guessing that A.C. Ryan has opted to acknowledge that everyone knows what to do, and how to do it. I think an instruction manual on how to remove the PSU ATX connector would have been a nice touch, but its probably secret information that people would have to die for. If you're a case modder, the A.C. Ryan kit is going to win you over... Its complete, and is bound to give your machine an award winning customized look... ClubOC recommended...