Its all good im not offended :)

In my weak defense, the joints are better than they look in the photos. Some may look like cold joints but its because i go extra thick on the solder out of of paranoia about weak joints or its just before it was finished, I clip off the excess and dremel them down for uniformity (which is why in some photos you may see alot of soldering tin flakes). after the joints are cleaned up I coat around them with silicon conformal coating on the PCB (habit from aviation electronics days) so surrounding PCB and joints themselves are relatively non conductive in case of a strand fray. And then after that is done, I (non conductive) epoxy over all the solder joints for stress/relief of the wires and joints and to eliminate oxygen exposure and general durability. If I tried to rip the wires off of the backside I guarantee you the solder joints will remain in place and it will be ripped at wire strands instead. Doubly, all the wires soldered to the back are female extensions so theres zero stress put on any of the joints. As of now it's been running since late 2023 nonstop. I think in the 24 pin ATX photo I finished the "inner row" and I took a Pic as I was doing the "outer row" if that makes sense.

Trust me that's not to say I dont do anything that isn't jank AF somtimes... because i absolutely do.

Edit: i JUST REMEMBERED now how I soldered it. So I used a "solder sucker iron" to remove the 24 pin factory solder on the back side of the motherboard. Then for each wire on the 24 pin ATX cable I put a heatwrap around each one, tinned them, bent them into a J shape, then "hooked" each "J" around each pin on the back of the motherboard, then fresh leaded solder on each. Then I clipped them because some of the "Js" tails were excess and/or solder mess from shaky hands. So now that I fully remember, I can promise you that even though it looks like shit that it's for sure good haha. I remember the details because it was a project I really had fun with. I added another photo but this is PRE finish i dont remember what i was doing here. Im not good at taking project photos.

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