The covers are listed as fitting sleeved extensions as well as stock cables. So a build that already has braid can take them. Whether it is worth it is another matter, because a shell hides the braid and replaces it with a lit surface.
Anyone who's already spent on a sleeved extension kit has a fair question before adding anything else to the build: does a new lighting product even fit over braid that's already there, and is it worth the R699 if it does? AsiaHorse's Aurora ARGB cover kit answers the first part cleanly - it fits. The second part is a little more nuanced.
Yes, the Aurora ARGB Cover Kit clips over sleeved extensions as well as stock power supply cables, so a build that already has braid installed can still take it. Whether it's worth adding is a separate question, because the R699 shell covers the braid along its length rather than sitting alongside it - the two effects don't really combine on the same section of cable.
The product description names stock cables and sleeved extensions as equally suitable underneath the shells, so a build dressed in a braided extension kit isn't excluded from using the covers. The shell simply needs the run underneath to be reasonably flat and straight along the length it covers - it doesn't distinguish between a factory ribbon and a round braided cable beyond that.
This is the part worth thinking through before buying. Once a cover clips shut over a section of cable, that section is hidden - the visible finish along the covered length becomes the shell itself, not whatever braid sits underneath it. Along the run the shells span, the sleeved extension is effectively out of sight, doing nothing for the look of that particular stretch of cable.
That's not automatically a waste. The extensions still show wherever the covers don't reach - a processor power run, say, or any section of the graphics or board cable beyond the shell's own length - so the two treatments can genuinely coexist across different parts of the same build.
A lit shell tends to draw the eye more strongly than braid does; light reads as an active element where braid reads as a static finish. Putting both on the exact same stretch of cable means one of them effectively disappears rather than the two combining into something richer. A more deliberate approach - light on the graphics run via one cover, braid left visible on the processor run where no cover reaches - tends to give each treatment its own role rather than having them compete.
Working out that split is worth doing with the case open and both options laid out, rather than deciding on paper. A look through Evetech's cable management range is a reasonable starting point for anyone weighing up where braid still earns its place once a cover kit is added.
Regardless of what's underneath, the electrical side doesn't change - the covers still take both power and their sync signal off the same 5V 3-pin motherboard header, with no controller box or SATA lead involved. That part of the decision is identical whether the cable underneath is stock or sleeved. Evetech's wider case lighting range sits alongside it, if the eventual look calls for more than just these two shells.
Yes - the description lists stock cables right alongside sleeved extensions as fine for the shells to clip over.
It's hidden along the section the shell spans, so the visible finish there becomes the shell rather than the braid underneath it.
Only across the covered section - the extension still dresses any run the cover doesn't reach, such as processor power.
A lit shell tends to draw more attention than braid does, since light reads as active where braid reads as a static finish.
Yes, and it can look intentional - light on the graphics run with braid on the processor run gives each its own distinct role.
It can, so checking the fit against a particularly thick braided cable before committing to that layout is worth doing.
For a coherent finish, choosing either lit shells or braid as the primary treatment across the build usually reads better than mixing both on one run.
Wondering how a cover kit fits your sleeved build? Have a look at Evetech's cable accessory range before deciding where each treatment goes.
Yes - the description lists stock cables right alongside sleeved extensions as fine for the shells to clip over.
It's hidden along the section the shell spans, so the visible finish there becomes the shell rather than the braid underneath it.
Only across the covered section - the extension still dresses any run the cover doesn't reach, such as processor power.
A lit shell tends to draw more attention than braid does, since light reads as active where braid reads as a static finish.
Yes, and it can look intentional - light on the graphics run with braid on the processor run gives each its own distinct role.
It can, so checking the fit against a particularly thick braided cable before committing to that layout is worth doing.
For a coherent finish, choosing either lit shells or braid as the primary treatment across the build usually reads better than mixing both on one run.
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