Crimping Tool CTX-4

If you buy HOUSINGS, you need these: 50x ATX crimp terminals MALE Mini-Fit-Jr for ATX, PCI-E and EPS, made for 18 AWG and 17 AWG (1.00mm²). The difference to the 15-16 AWG MALE ATX version can be seen in the second photo. The only difference is the length of the conductor "wings", which wrap around the conductor of the wire when crimped, otherwise both size versions are 100% compatible with all housings and mating terminals. MALE crimp terminals are always used for HOUSINGS. These are the best male crimp terminals for ATX, PCI-E and EPS housings manufactured in the USA by the MOLEX company. You can use these Mini-Fit-Jr crimp terminals on all common wire sizes, which you find e. g. in PC / computer systems on PSU / power-supplies. Crimping of these male ATX crimp terminals on 18AWG (0.8 mm²) and 17AWG (1.00 mm²) electrical wire will be perfect when the electrical wire has the common outer diameter (including insulation) between 1.7 mm to 2.4 mm. MDPC-X recommends electrical wire with PVC insulation for crimping male ATX crimp terminals. You can find electrical wire here at MDPC-X and at some of our MDPC-X Stores around the world or in shops for electrical supplies. Combine these male ATX crimp terminals with our legendary Crimping Tool for ATX Mini-Fit-Jr crimp terminals by MDPC-X plus the original Pin Remover / Extraction Tool for ATX crimp terminals by the MOLEX company and you will have the full joy of shortening or building your own cables and removing cables. A relatively small investment into absolute freedom in the world of creativity, cable sleeving and technology.

SATA Crimp Connector by MOLEX with straight wire insertion (including 10 crimp terminals): This is the original SATA crimp connector, manufactured in the USA by the MOLEX company. The highest precision connectivity with 100% specification matching, by the company which makes the specifications - the MOLEX company. This is just a different league. You have to use these SATA crimp connectors in combination with the supplied crimp terminals and 18 AWG, 17 AWG or our special 15 AWG wire. We supply 10 original MOLEX crimp terminals with 1 connector, even that you will only need 5 terminals. You have to crimp these terminals onto your wire with the Crimping Tool. Enjoy the original!

FAT4 "Molex" housing with 8 crimp terminals. People often call this housing a "Molex" housing, which is wrong. A long time ago, the MOLEX company created the specification for this housing type, as they did to a thousand other housing types. The MOLEX company has stopped manufacturing this part a long time ago, as it officially became end of life. Somehow this housing type never died though and other companies had to continue making it. You can use them with different wire sizes (18 AWG, 0.75 mm², 17 AWG 1.00 mm² - and our very special 15 AWG 1.50 mm²). This 5 1/4" device power housing (that's what it was called officially) comes with 8 crimp terminals, twice as much as you need. The tool for de-pinning the "Molex" FAT4 housing is our SMW "Molex" Pin Remover. To crimp the crimp terminals onto your wires, we highly recommend our MDPC CTX3 Crimping Tool. It will create absolutely perfect crimps.

If you buy CONNECTORS, you need these: 50x ATX crimp terminals FEMALE Minifit-Jr for ATX, PCI-E and EPS, made for 16 AWG and 15 AWG (1.50mm²). FEMALE crimp terminals are always used for CONNECTORS. The difference to the standard Minifit-Jr AWG (17-18) FEMALE version can be seen in the second photo. The only difference is the length of the conductor "wings", which wrap around the conductor of the wire when crimped. Both size versions are 100% compatible with all connectors and mating terminals.

This original 12VHPWR connector by Amphenol is compatible with 12VHPWR (PCIe-5.0) and 12V-2x6 (PCIe-5.1) PCB-headers on your GPU. The difference between the two names refers to the PCB-header versions on the card itself. The connector is fully compatible with both versions. Make your own PCIe-5 custom cables, as shown in our PCIe-5 12VHPWR custom cable guide: You don't need to sleeve the cables, but you should at least make the cables yourself to fully control their perfect technical quality and lengths, so you don't depend on others! The original Amphenol 12VHPWR crimp terminals feature the single-seam (not the potentially unsafe 2 seams) design and additionally a spring type design (not the potentially unsafe dimple design) in horizontal alignment and a maximum contact area / flat surface vertically - without any contact area reducing dimples! The 12VHPWR connector features 12-pins for electrical power and 4-pins for side-band information. When you order one (1) connector, you will also get twice the amount (24) of needed electrical power crimp terminals and twice the amount (8) of needed signal / side-band crimp terminals, allowing you to learn and practice crimping these smaller than usual (compared to ATX and common PCI-Express) crimp terminals. Important knowledge about making custom cables with the new PCIe 5, 12VHPWR connector standard: Have a look at our PCIe-5 12VHPWR custom cable guide Due to the smaller sizes in every aspect, pin to pin distance (pitch) of 3.00 mm (regular ATX / PCIe = 4.20 mm), a narrower wire insertion slot width of only 2.7 mm and smaller sized crimp terminals, you are much more limited with your choice of wire. The maximum outer diameter of your wire for the power crimp terminals can not exceed 2.7 mm, including the crimp terminal material on top of your wire insulation! The signal / side band crimp terminals are used with 23-AWG or 26-AWG wire (see gallery image for crimping technique tips). For the power wires, we recommend wire with a maximum outer diameter of 2.0 mm or less, for example a very high quality 17 AWG wire. A 16 AWG wire, as recommended in the PCIe 5 specs, will often result in imperfect crimps, which is a potential risk for your hardware. 18 AWG would be too far away from original specs in terms of electrical capacities and shouldn't be used if you don't want to risk your hardware. The gallery shows how to crimp such a wire with our CTX-3 crimping tool. Insert the empty crimp terminal into the smallest slot, close the handles only to the first stop. Strip the wire on a length between 2.5 to 3.0 mm. Insert the stripped wire correctly into the rear of the crimp terminal (as described in the gallery of the CTX-3 crimp tool). Close the handles of the crimping tool until there is good physical resistance, but not as far as the crimping tool can close! Use the "pre-opening technique" for the crimp tool, by using the little lever on the inner side of the bottom handle, as described in the CTX-3 product description text. Insert the crimped wire into the rear of the connector. As always: The top of the crimp terminal faces to the top of the connector. The top of the connector is on the side where the retention lock is. If you want to sleeve the wires "shrinkless", with the wire going into the connector, as shown in our PCIe-5 12VHPWR custom cable guide, you will use our MICRO sleeve, our 17-AWG wires (18 AWG would be too low in terms of electrical performance) and our transparent MICRO heat-shrink (to melt the sleeving perfectly). Removing / extracting the crimp terminals from the connector: Just pull with enough force in the direction of the wire. Before you re-insert the wire into the connector, make sure to re-bend the retention hooks on the terminal to its original position. Don't do this too often, as the fine structure of the hook might take damage. Enjoy the original PCI-Express Gen 5, 12VHPWR 16-pin connector and your custom PCIe 5 cables!

If you buy CONNECTORS, you need these: 50x ATX crimp terminals FEMALE Mini-Fit-Jr for ATX, PCI-E and EPS, made for 18 AWG and 17 AWG (1.00mm²). The difference to the 15-16 AWG FEMALE ATX version can be seen in the second photo. The only difference is the length of the conductor "wings", which wrap around the conductor of the wire when crimped, otherwise both size versions are 100% compatible with all connectors and mating terminals. FEMALE crimp terminals are always used for CONNECTORS. These are the best female crimp terminals for ATX, PCI-E and EPS connectors manufactured in the USA by the MOLEX company. You can use these Mini-Fit-Jr crimp terminals on all common wire sizes, which you find e. g. in PC / computer systems on PSU / power-supplies. Crimping of these female ATX crimp terminals on 18AWG (0.8 mm²) and 17AWG (1.00 mm²) electrical wire will be perfect when the electrical wire has the common outer diameter (including insulation) between 1.7 mm to 2.4 mm. MDPC-X recommends electrical wire with PVC insulation for crimping female ATX crimp terminals. You can find electrical wire here at MDPC-X and at some of our MDPC-X Stores around the world or in shops for electrical supplies. Combine these female ATX crimp terminals with our legendary Crimping Tool for ATX Mini-Fit-Jr crimp terminals by MDPC-X plus the original Pin Remover / Extraction Tool for ATX crimp terminals by the MOLEX company and you will have the full joy of shortening or building your own cables and removing cables. A relatively small investment into absolute freedom in the world of creativity, cable sleeving and technology.

60x FAN FEMALE crimp terminals per 1 ordered unit for our fan CONNECTORS: These are the highest quality female crimp terminals for fan cables, fan connectors and devices which use PC motherboard onboard fan connectors for their function. You can use these FAN crimp terminals on all common wire sizes, which you find e. g. in PC / computer systems that connect to onboard fan connectors. Crimping of these female FAN crimp terminals on our 23AWG (0.25mm²) hookup wire or standard 26AWG (0.22 mm²) electrical wire will be perfect. MDPC-X recommends electrical wire with PVC insulation for crimping female FAN crimp terminals. You can find electrical wire here at MDPC-X and at some of our MDPC-X Stores around the world or in shops for electrical supplies. Combine these female FAN crimp terminals with our legendary Crimping Tool for FAN crimp terminals and you will have the full joy of shortening or building your own cables. A relatively small investment into absolute freedom in the world of creativity, cable sleeving and technology.

FAT4 "Molex" connector with 8 crimp terminals. People often call this connector "Molex" connector, which is wrong. A long time ago, the MOLEX company created the specification for this connector type, as they did to a thousand other connector types. The MOLEX company has stopped manufacturing this part a long time ago, as it officially became end of life. Somehow this connector type never died though and other companies had to continue making it. You can use them with different wire sizes (18 AWG, 0.75 mm², 17 AWG 1.00 mm² - and our very special 15 AWG 1.50 mm²). This 5 1/4" device power connector (that's what it was called officially) comes with 8 crimp terminals, twice as much as you need. The tool for de-pinning the "Molex" FAT4 connectors is our SMW "Molex" Pin Remover. To crimp the crimp terminals onto your wires, we highly recommend our MDPC CTX3 Crimping Tool. It will create absolutely perfect crimps.

If you buy HOUSINGS, you need these: 50x ATX crimp terminals MALE Minifit-Jr for ATX, PCI-E and EPS, made for 16 AWG and 15 AWG (1.50mm²). MALE crimp terminals are always used for HOUSINGS. The difference to the standard Minifit-Jr AWG (17-18) MALE version can be seen in the second photo. The only difference is the length of the conductor "wings", which wrap around the conductor of the wire when crimped. Both size versions are 100% compatible with all housings and mating terminals.

This offering includes 60x DUPONT crimp terminals per 1 ordered unit. DUPONT crimp terminals are typically used for all internal motherboard DUPONT connectors with a 2.54 mm grid. You can also get the DUPONT connectors here at MDPC-X. The following connectors are compatible with the DUPONT crimp terminals: Internal USB connectors, internal AUDIO connectors, internal front panel conenctors for Power, Reset, Power-LED, HDD-LED etc. You can even use them for onboard fan connectors. DUPONT crimp terminals and DUPONT connectors are also used in many other non-PC applications, like flipper automats, RC-models etc. Crimping DUPONT crimp terminals with our CTX³ Crimping Tool will be absolutely perfect on the typical hookup wires with 26AWG (0.22 mm²) - and of course with our more advanced 23AWG (0.25 mm²) hookup wire.

Welcome to PCIe-5.1: This 12v-2x6 cable-end connector is compatible with the 12V-2x6 (PCIe-5.1) PCB-headers/sockets on your GPU and the previous 12VHPWR (PCIe-5.0) headers/sockets on the PCB of your GPU. The difference between the two names (12V-2x6 or 12VHPWR) refers to the PCB-headers/sockets on the card itself. The 12V-2x6 headers/sockets on the PCB must have "H++" stamped on them in order to identify the shorter signal pin position. The cable end connector still has "H+" ("H++" might be optional in the future) stamped on it, because there is no change in dimensions or distances as it happened with the revised PCB header/sockets. The connector is fully compatible with both PCB-header versions. So what's new with this cable end connector for PCIe-5.1 12v-2x6 in our offering?The difference is in the ampere rating for the crimp terminals: The included Amphenol crimp terminals are now rated for up to 12A per terminal!  This massively exceeds the official PCIe-5.1 specification of 9.2A per crimp terminal.(Advice: For practice purposes or non-high-end-GPU, you can order a couple of the discounted 12VHPWR connector & 9.2A crimp terminal kits, found here: 12VHPWR). You can't have enough of a safety zone when it comes to such small connections with high currents. Make your own maximum safety (!) PCIe-5.1 custom cables, as shown in our PCIe-5.1 12V-2x6 and 12VHPWR custom cable guide. You don't need to sleeve the wires, but at least you fully control the process and perfect result. The original 12A high current Amphenol crimp terminals for 12v-2x6 connections feature the single-seam (not the potentially unsafe 2 seams) design and additionally a spring type design (not the potentially unsafe dimple design) in horizontal alignment and a maximum contact area / flat surface vertically - without any contact area reducing dimples! The 12v-2x6 connector features 12-pins for electrical power and 4-pins for side-band information. When you order one (1) connector, you will also get twice the amount (24) of needed electrical power crimp terminals and twice the amount (8) of needed signal / side-band crimp terminals, allowing you to learn and practice crimping these smaller than usual (compared to ATX and common PCI-Express) crimp terminals. Important knowledge about making custom cables with the new PCIe 5.1, 12v-2x6 connector standard: Have a look at our PCIe-5.1 12V-2x6 and 12VHPWR custom cable guide Due to the smaller sizes in every aspect, pin to pin distance (pitch) of 3.00 mm (regular ATX / PCIe = 4.20 mm), a narrower wire insertion slot width of only 2.7 mm and smaller sized crimp terminals, you are much more limited with your choice of wire. The maximum outer diameter of your wire for the power crimp terminals can not exceed 2.7 mm, including the crimp terminal material on top of your wire insulation! The signal / side band crimp terminals are used with 23-AWG or 26-AWG wire (see gallery image for crimping technique tips). For the power wires, we recommend wire with a maximum outer diameter of 2.0 mm or less, for example a very high quality 17 AWG wire, which typically handles a current of 12 to 15 ampere easily. A 16 AWG wire, as recommended in the PCIe 5.1 specs, can result in imperfect crimps, which is a potential risk for your hardware. 18 AWG would be too far away from original specs in terms of electrical capacities and shouldn't be used if you don't want to risk your hardware. The gallery shows how to crimp such a wire with our CTX-3 crimping tool. Insert the empty crimp terminal into the smallest slot, close the handles only to the first stop. Strip the wire on a length between 2.5 to 3.0 mm. Insert the stripped wire correctly into the rear of the crimp terminal (as described in the gallery of the CTX-3 crimp tool). Close the handles of the crimping tool until there is good physical resistance, but not as far as the crimping tool can close! Use the "pre-opening technique" for the crimp tool, by using the little lever on the inner side of the bottom handle, as described in the CTX-3 product description text. Insert the crimped wire into the rear of the connector. As always: The top of the crimp terminal faces to the top of the connector. The top of the connector is on the side where the retention lock is. If you want to sleeve the wires "shrinkless", with the wire going into the connector, as shown in our PCIe-5.1 12V-2x6 and 12VHPWR custom cable guide, you will use our MICRO sleeve, our 17-AWG wires (18 AWG would be too low in terms of electrical performance) and our transparent MICRO heat-shrink (to melt the sleeving perfectly). Removing / extracting the crimp terminals from the connector: Just pull with enough force in the direction of the wire. Before you re-insert the wire into the connector, make sure to re-bend the retention hooks on the terminal to its original position. Don't do this too often, as the fine structure of the hook might take damage. Enjoy the original PCI-Express Gen 5.1, 12v-2x6 16-pin connector and your custom PCIe 5 cables!