>>it is important to have the right tools, and they can put the cost od DIY right up there with premade cables, especially if you use the tools just once

The cost is even higher if you find making cables to be a fiddly, frustrating pain in the butt and you end up buying the cables anyways

M60ti, VP180, QS8, M2ti, EP500, PC-Plus 20-39
M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1
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