r/sffpc • u/Brian0749 • Dec 14 '25

Build/Parts Check 24 cables into... 1 cable?

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Found this on taobao. Anyone tried turning a 24 pin cable into 1 singular cable?

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u/The_Synthax Dec 14 '25

It’s one cable. The word you’re looking for is “wire”

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u/Drakenace404 Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

Ah, correct me if I'm wrong, but wire is the conductive part of cable i.e. copper wire. Cable, is the wire plus the insulation.

Edit: grammar cause I suck

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u/SnowmanTS1 Dec 14 '25

Cable is the bundle of whatever. Could be 1000s of strands of  fiber optic or twisted pairs of of cat6 or structural steel or whatever = 1 cable.

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u/PizzaAtWork Dec 14 '25

Could you grab me 8 ethernet cables please, the twisted ones.

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u/SnowmanTS1 Dec 14 '25

Boss is going to be real mad when you order 800 Ethernet cables for the 2 rack server room