The Original Pin Remover by MOLEX This is the only official Pin Remover for the extraction of ATX, PCI-E and EPS crimp-terminals – and of course it is the finest. When you own the MOLEX, you will have the best imaginable chance to succeed with a technically clean pin removal. Made in the USA, the one and only official extraction tool! By the creator of the official ATX, PCI-E and EPS specifications: The MOLEX Company. The 100% perfect manufacturing by MOLEX is 100% according to the specifications which the MOLEX Company uses for all their connectors and pins. No compromise, no manufacturing tolerances. This extraction tool is the opposite of the modding-toys, which try to imitate it for lower cost or higher profitability. How do I learn how to use the Pin Remover, is there a pin removal guide? On our second photo, you see a quick official description by the MOLEX Company. You will get our extensive private pin removal guide, coming with your Pin Remover shipment. Why are other extraction tools or methods avoided by professionals Of course you could extract the wires from the connectors by using other tools or even staples, but the other “tips” are mostly thicker than the tips of the original MOLEX Pin Remover. Why are other extraction tool tips usually thicker? Thicker tips would be needed with lower quality materials, so they do not instantly break off if used slightly wrong. The MOLEX Pin Remover tips can only get damaged with serious human error in the extraction process. Thicker tips would theoretically make the extraction easier, which many think is the main quality aspect, but that is very short-sighted and dangerous. If something is thicker than the MOLEX tip specifications, it will damage or reduce the highly important flexibility of the locking tabs on the sides of the crimp terminal. What would happen? The crimp terminal would not hold securely in the connector later on and could move out of position / fall out of the connector. In worst case you would end up with electrical damage to the devices in your system. Imitations and the story behind it Sometimes there are products, which try to look like the MOLEX original, on the market. These have been created by shop owners, who were not happy with the low (or no) profitability they had on selling the original Pin Remover by MOLEX. They then tried to offer a low-cost imitation of the basic shape, which is covered by tape or shrink in the whole grip-area, so the visible rest “could” look like an original MOLEX tool to the inexperienced user. With MDPC you will only get the best product, not just similar, close or nearly identical. No compromise, because tools are not toys.

New since 23rd May 2023: This is the custom CTX-4 MDPC-X crimping tool for our 15th anniversary of MDPC-X. The CTX-4 replaces our CTX-3 crimper. This unique crimping-tool is specifically optimized to create the ideal crimp-terminal shapes for your custom sleeved cables. This MDPC-X crimping tool is specifically made for the following wire sizes: Biggest Opening: 16-15 AWG (European: ~1.2 mm² to 1.5 mm²) 2nd biggest opening: 20-18-17 AWG (European: ~0.5 mm², 0.75 mm², 1.0mm²) 3rd and 4th opening: 23-26 AWG (European: ~0.14 to 0.25 mm²) CTX-4 | Optimized for no compromise Based on our experiences with crimping tool optimizations since 2007 (CT-1, CT-2 and CTX-3), the CTX-4 is the latest and likely final MDPC-X crimper for (open barrell) crimp terminals like the ones used for ATX, PCIe, Dupont, Fan, Fat-4, Mini-Fit, Micro-Fit, 12VHPWR etc. The jaws of the CTX-4 feature a short 4th position, which is ideal for shorter than normal crimp terminals: 12VHPWR signal pins and similar very small and short crimp terminals. The 2 openings for 16-15 AWG (~1.2 to 1.5 mm²) and 20-18-17 AWG (~0.5, 0.75 to 1.0 mm²) wires and terminals feature the unique MDPC-X anvil designs. These special openings create perfect crimp terminal shapes for custom sleeved cables: There's maximum pressure force on the conductor section BUT the insulation section of your wire and crimp-terminal stays in a fully round shape, not squeezed wider than high! This ideal roundness of your wire and terminal will keep the weave structure of the cable sleeving in a perfectly symmetrical condition during the whole sleeving process. After fabrication, each tool is tested for this specific performance in both openings and the 2 individual test-crimp-terminals are provided with your tool. Enjoy the ease of creating your own uncompromising custom cables with everything from MDPC-X! Crimping guide and tutorial for the MDPC-X crimping tool: Please have a look at the image gallery of this crimping tool. It gives you a full understanding about the procedures and important details of crimp terminal positioning. You open the crimping tool by "closing" it. Just press the handles together and the ratchet mechanism will release the lock. Place the crimp terminal into one of the 4 slots with the matching size for terminal and wire. The front of the crimp terminal must stick out of the jaws-rear far enough (the images explain it best). This is the most important aspect! Close the tool a little bit until it squeezes down the rear-wings of the crimp terminal (the so called "insulation holders"). Now push the uninsulated wire into the rear of the crimp terminal until the insulation stops at the narrow part in the middle of the crimp terminal (the so called "wire core holder"). The images show exactly what is meant. Insulation holder of the terminal is fully over the insulation, wire holder is completely over the uninsulated wire core. Now fully close the tool and it will "open" again when fully squeezed together. Done! You can always "pre-open" the tool by pushing the small lever (on the inside of the bottom handle) towards the front of the tool, while slightly pressing the handles together. If you experience that the front of a crimp terminal turns upwards or downwards, just place a finger underneath the crimp terminal front, which sticks out of the tool. Easy!

Use this wire size in combination with MICRO sleeve. Very experienced sleevers will also use it with SMALL sleeve, but it's not for the average user, because it requires perfect "length-stretch and fix the sleeving" skills. Do NOT use it with XTC, only use XTC if you bundle 2 or more of these wires into one XTC sleeve. Black hookup wire is perfect to slightly tone down light cable sleeving colors. It's typically used with black sleeving and carbon sleevings, which include black. Stranded 17 AWG hook-up wire Black, of course 100% tinned copper, no markings and coming as a beautiful large inner diameter ring to prevent spiral shaping as much as technically possible. At an outer diameter of only 2.00 mm, this is a class of its own. Maximized conductor size for lowest resistance, minimized outer diameter: This is the uncompromising MDPC-X 17 AWG hook-up wire Black, of course 100% made in Germany.   What's better than a high cross-sectional diameter? An even higher one! The bigger the cross-sectional diameter, the lower the electrical resistance. Heating issues at high load? Not anymore! 18 AWG is the standard size used in todays computers. At an outer diameter of only 2.00 mm MDPC-X now brings you the next bigger conductor size of 17 AWG, because we can. The outer diameter of only 2.00 mm allows you to use 17 AWG now in the same way as you used 18 AWG before - ideal for push-in connectors like SATA THROUGH. This wire exceeds 18 AWG in electrical performance while being smaller or the same in outer diameter. Technical Data: This wire comes in rings of 10 meter lengths Tinned copper conductor in PVC insulation according to VDE 0812 -30°C to 80°C PVC insulation, flame resistant according to VDE 0482-332-1-2. Once braided with MDPC-X cable sleeving it is resistant from -58°C to +155°C. Short term peaks of 215°C can then also be handled without structural degradation Constant operating voltage: 900V, Test voltage 2.500V Electrical resistance per kilometer: max 18.5 Ohm Attention: Hook-up wire is a relatively heavy item. It can quickly raise the weight based shipping cost to the next level.

Use this wire size in combination with MICRO sleeve. Very experienced sleevers will also use it with SMALL sleeve, but it's not for the average user, because it requires perfect "length-stretch and fix the sleeving" skills. Do NOT use it with XTC, only use XTC if you bundle 2 or more of these wires into one XTC sleeve. Stranded 17 AWG hook-up wire Transparent / Silver, of course 100% tinned copper, no markings and coming as a beautiful large inner diameter ring to prevent spiral shaping as much as technically possible. At an outer diameter of only 2.00 mm, this is a class of its own. Transparent / Silver hookup wire is a class of its own, no matter if used on its own or sleeved. When sleeved, the transparent / silver wire supports the color intensity of the cable sleeving as much as Grey would do. Maximized conductor size for lowest resistance, minimized outer diameter: This is the uncompromising MDPC-X 17 AWG Transparent / Silver hook-up wire, of course 100% made in Germany.   What's better than a high cross-sectional diameter? An even higher one! The bigger the cross-sectional diameter, the lower the electrical resistance. Heating issues at high load? Not anymore! 18 AWG is the standard size used in todays computers. At an outer diameter of only 2.00 mm MDPC-X now brings you the next bigger conductor size of 17 AWG, because we can. The outer diameter of only 2.00 mm allows you to use 17 AWG now in the same way as you used 18 AWG before - ideal for push-in connectors like SATA THROUGH. This wire exceeds 18 AWG in electrical performance while being smaller or the same in outer diameter. Technical Data: This wire comes in rings of 10 meter lengths Tinned copper conductor in PVC insulation according to VDE 0812 -30°C to 80°C PVC insulation, flame resistant according to VDE 0482-332-1-2. Once braided with MDPC-X cable sleeving it is resistant from -58°C to +155°C. Short term peaks of 215°C can then also be handled without structural degradation Constant operating voltage: 900V, Test voltage 2.500V Electrical resistance per kilometer: max 18.5 Ohm Attention: Hook-up wire is a relatively heavy item. It can quickly raise the weight based shipping cost to the next level.

As thin as possible! Made for MICRO sleeving: Choose our white EXTREME wire 17-AWG / 1.00 mm² with an outer diameter of only 1.8 mm if the last fraction of a millimeter matters for your project. This EXTREME wire is the ultimate choice when it comes to minimizing the outer diameter, while keeping up a maximum of electrical performance. In case you want to create custom sleeved cables for the PCIe-5 12VHPWR connectors, this wire will make it as easy as possible in combination with our MICRO sleeve. This wire is slightly stiffer than our regular 17 AWG wire. Highest quality tinned copper stranded conductors, a very beautiful semi-matte and high heat resistant insulation free of prints and markings, 100% made in Germany! Use white wire for all medium and light color shade cable sleevings, to support the brightness and color intensity of these. Technical Data: Stranded wire Tinned copper White Copolymer Insulation -45°C to 125°C temperature range. Once braided with MDPC-X cable sleeving it is resistant from -58°C to +155°C. Short term peaks of 215°C can then also be handled without structural degradation Constant operating voltage: 900V, Test voltage 2.500V Electrical resistance per kilometer: max 18.5 Ohm Attention: Hook-up wire is a relatively heavy item. It can quickly raise the weight based shipping cost to the next level.

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!

Use this wire size in combination with MICRO sleeve. Very experienced sleevers will also use it with SMALL sleeve, but it's not for the average user, because it requires perfect "length-stretch and fix the sleeving" skills. Do NOT use it with XTC, only use XTC if you bundle 2 or more of these wires into one XTC sleeve. C-White hookup wire is perfect to maximize the intensity of all medium and light cable sleeving colors. Professionals often use C-White hookup wire for all cables. Stranded 17 AWG hook-up wire C-White (RAL 9001), of course 100% tinned copper, no markings and coming as a beautiful large inner diameter ring to prevent spiral shaping as much as technically possible. At an outer diameter of only 2.00 mm, this is a class of its own. Maximized conductor size for lowest resistance, minimized outer diameter: This is the uncompromising MDPC-X 17 AWG hook-up wire C-White (RAL 9001), of course 100% made in Germany. This light color is typically used as the base for the lightest color shades in our cable sleeving spectrum. What's better than a high cross-sectional diameter? An even higher one! The bigger the cross-sectional diameter, the lower the electrical resistance. Heating issues at high load? Not anymore! 18 AWG is the standard size used in todays computers. At an outer diameter of only 2.00 mm MDPC-X now brings you the next bigger conductor size of 17 AWG, because we can. The outer diameter of only 2.00 mm allows you to use 17 AWG now in the same way as you used 18 AWG before - ideal for push-in connectors like SATA THROUGH. This wire exceeds 18 AWG in electrical performance while being smaller or the same in outer diameter. Technical Data: This wire comes in rings of 10 meter lengths Tinned copper conductor in PVC insulation according to VDE 0812 -30°C to 80°C PVC insulation, flame resistant according to VDE 0482-332-1-2. Once braided with MDPC-X cable sleeving it is resistant from -58°C to +155°C. Short term peaks of 215°C can then also be handled without structural degradation Constant operating voltage: 900V, Test voltage 2.500V Electrical resistance per kilometer: max 18.5 Ohm Attention: Hook-up wire is a relatively heavy item. It can quickly raise the weight based shipping cost to the next level.

Use this wire size in combination with MICRO sleeve. Very experienced sleevers will also use it with SMALL sleeve, but it's not for the average user, because it requires perfect "length-stretch and fix the sleeving" skills. Do NOT use it with XTC, only use XTC if you bundle 2 or more of these wires into one XTC sleeve. Grey hookup wire is typically used with all of our grey shades and carbon shades, which include grey. It's also perfect to keep the intensity of all medium and light cable sleeving colors at a neutral level, just between the subtle differences which Black or C-White wire create when used as the base for cable sleeving. Stranded 17 AWG hook-up wire Grey, of course 100% tinned copper, no markings and coming as a beautiful large inner diameter ring to prevent spiral shaping as much as technically possible. At an outer diameter of only 2.00 mm, this is a class of its own. Maximized conductor size for lowest resistance, minimized outer diameter: This is the uncompromising MDPC-X 17 AWG hook-up wire Grey, of course 100% made in Germany.   What's better than a high cross-sectional diameter? An even higher one! The bigger the cross-sectional diameter, the lower the electrical resistance. Heating issues at high load? Not anymore! 18 AWG is the standard size used in todays computers. At an outer diameter of only 2.00 mm MDPC-X now brings you the next bigger conductor size of 17 AWG, because we can. The outer diameter of only 2.00 mm allows you to use 17 AWG now in the same way as you used 18 AWG before - ideal for push-in connectors like SATA THROUGH. This wire exceeds 18 AWG in electrical performance while being smaller or the same in outer diameter. Technical Data: This wire comes in rings of 10 meter lengths Tinned copper conductor in PVC insulation according to VDE 0812 -30°C to 80°C PVC insulation, flame resistant according to VDE 0482-332-1-2. Once braided with MDPC-X cable sleeving it is resistant from -58°C to +155°C. Short term peaks of 215°C can then also be handled without structural degradation Constant operating voltage: 900V, Test voltage 2.500V Electrical resistance per kilometer: max 18.5 Ohm Attention: Hook-up wire is a relatively heavy item. It can quickly raise the weight based shipping cost to the next level.

As thin as possible! Made for MICRO sleeving: Choose our black EXTREME wire 17-AWG / 1.00 mm² with an outer diameter of only 1.7 mm if the last fraction of a millimeter matters for your project. This EXTREME wire is the ultimate choice when it comes to minimizing the outer diameter, while keeping up a maximum of electrical performance. In case you want to create custom sleeved cables for the PCIe-5 12VHPWR connectors, this wire will make it as easy as possible in combination with our MICRO sleeve. This wire is slightly stiffer than our regular 17 AWG wire. Highest quality tinned copper stranded conductors, a very beautiful high gloss and high heat resistant insulation free of prints and markings, 100% made in Germany! Use black wire for all dark shade cable sleevings, to support the darkness of these. Technical Data: Stranded wire Tinned copper Black Copolymer Insulation -45°C to 125°C temperature range. Once braided with MDPC-X cable sleeving it is resistant from -58°C to +155°C. Short term peaks of 215°C can then also be handled without structural degradation Constant operating voltage: 900V, Test voltage 2.500V Electrical resistance per kilometer: max 18.5 Ohm Attention: Hook-up wire is a relatively heavy item. It can quickly raise the weight based shipping cost to the next level.

As thin as possible! Made for MICRO sleeving: Choose our grey EXTREME wire 17-AWG / 1.00 mm² with an outer diameter of only 1.7 mm if the last fraction of a millimeter matters for your project. This EXTREME wire is the ultimate choice when it comes to minimizing the outer diameter, while keeping up a maximum of electrical performance. In case you want to create custom sleeved cables for the PCIe-5 12VHPWR connectors, this wire will make it as easy as possible in combination with our MICRO sleeve. This wire is slightly stiffer than our regular 17 AWG wire. Highest quality tinned copper stranded conductors, a very beautiful high gloss and high heat resistant insulation free of prints and markings, 100% made in Germany! You can use grey wire for all medium grey shade cable sleevings, to support the final looks. It can also be used to slightly darken the brightest colors. Technical Data: Stranded wire Tinned copper Grey Copolymer Insulation -45°C to 125°C temperature range. Once braided with MDPC-X cable sleeving it is resistant from -58°C to +155°C. Short term peaks of 215°C can then also be handled without structural degradation Constant operating voltage: 900V, Test voltage 2.500V Electrical resistance per kilometer: max 18.5 Ohm Attention: Hook-up wire is a relatively heavy item. It can quickly raise the weight based shipping cost to the next level.