Cable Management Helpdesk

[johnnyfiive]

I love that mouse and keyboard what are they!?

Razer Lycosa keyboard and Razer Deathadder mouse

 

[Thrackan]

But you all have big cases!:shadedshu How about this, but remember it's a mATX case!

I'd like to find a solution for those front panel cables on the bottom someday...

Some tricks I did:
Twist the cable around the fan - see left side.
Stuff cables above your CD-ROM drive.
Ultra long fan cable from the (not visible) fanmate is routed through the back, the fanmate is behind the 3,5" trays.
The 24-pin PSU cable goes as far forward as it can before returning to the board, same for the PCI-E connector.
That one IDE cable is a disaster, but I'm all out of IDE cables and don't intend to change it.
I looped the SATA power cable out through the lower 5,25" panel and back in through the upper 3,5", which is closed perfectly without squishing the cable

For the space I have, this is about 80% of what's possible I guess. Did I mention those front panel cables are a pain in the neck?

You don't want to see what this was like BEFORE the modular PSU got in...:shadedshu

 

[mc-dexter]

ok just wondering i get the worst cable management award...

sorry about the bad pic, not got my digi on me at the moment

 

[ShadowFold]

ok just wondering i get the worst cable management award...

Sorry I still hold that crown.

 

[mc-dexter]

i also have nothing screwed in except the mobo, all the fans are either balanced or wedged, lol,

EDIT: all my wires are binded into one all at the same point, lol as you can see.

i also have a fan in the red shape i drawn lol, thats just nicely balanced lol. and i dont have my cd rw wired up hence the pink IDE cable laying to the back of the case.

i'd say its a tough one,

 

[kysg]

I got ya beat.

Small case with just a small amount of room.

 

[pantherx12]

This still going?

Having real trouble with an Antec 900 case and a Tsunami 550w PSU D: Just spent 3 hours trying to sort the wires out after reading this thread, and they look worse then they did before!

Well from the chair in front of the desk it looks tidy but on closer inspection horrible and icky and a big bundle of wires at the top stopping lovely fresh air getting to the Ram/CPU.

Pictures will come some point this week !

 

[Thrackan]

This still going?

Having real trouble with an Antec 900 case and a Tsunami 550w PSU D: Just spent 3 hours trying to sort the wires out after reading this thread, and they look worse then they did before!

Well from the chair in front of the desk it looks tidy but on closer inspection horrible and icky and a big bundle of wires at the top stopping lovely fresh air getting to the Ram/CPU.

Pictures will come some point this week !

Some pictures will make it alot easier for us to help you

 

[pantherx12]

I did say they'd come soon

Will get some posted up later today hopefully

By the way interestingly enough whilst the case looks more of a mess the CPU temp has dropped by 5 degrees C and the Asus "express gate" now works where as before it would not :S

ahh well


EDIT: Pictures will have to wait til I have battery's for my camera .

 

[mav2000]

Newbee case

Hi,

Have tried cleaning up the cabinet the best I could. This is what I have achieved so far. Please help with any way that I can improve on this.

 

[kysg]

Hi,

Have tried cleaning up the cabinet the best I could. This is what I have achieved so far. Please help with any way that I can improve on this.

looks alright, If you can try getting a round IDE cable for the drives, or try moving the drive around. outbeside that there is not much else to do to it.

 

[johnnyfiive]

Omg, the horrific nest of cables! My eyes, they burn!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mav2000]

Back once again, but now with improved cable management. Let me know what you guys think. There is not enuf width behing the mobo try and therefore its a bit difficult.

 

[mc-dexter]

Thats Before...

And After...

EDIT: I've taken out the two fans from the bottom middle and rear of the case = totally pointless having them ones in!

Note to Mav2000: Try moving your hard drive down a couple of slots, heat risers, and if you have a 120mm fan in the front you should see some drop in temperature

 

[DaveK]

Ok guys, any suggestions on how to make this look a little neater? No mods can be done at this moment, it's just simply rearranging the cables and hardware.

The first hard-drive is IDE so has to stay within 2 bays of the DVD drive, the second drive is SATA so can go anywhere, might move it to the bottom.

 

[Sean8]

Any suggestions?

 

[pantherx12]

Sean, cut a hole ( or drill lots of holes) in the bottom of the case and flip the PSU over, that will give the ability to route cables under the mobo :]

( Its not to hard, unless you use a jigsaw then its very hard)

Anyway a little help with this?

 

[intel igent]

if you don't care for warranty i try a lil' something like this

 

[_jM]

Here's some cable-management for ya

 

[kurosagi01]

hmm yeah you can clearly see its a mess xD

 

[DaveK]

Here's some cable-management for ya
http://img.techpowerup.org/090511/5571.jpg

Oh yeah? Well, nice...hair I got nothin' lol, sweet rig man. White cathodes are so awesome.

 

[kurosagi01]

posted the pic now anyone would like to help me?? ^^

 

[MoonPig]

I'm gunna post my desk in here later on. Sometime tonight when downloads have finished. You'll love this one.. haha.

 

[_jM]

posted the pic now anyone would like to help me?? ^^

I'll help if you can take some time and take 2 pictures for me. 1 of the inside with the panel off and take off the rear panel and take a pic of that and I can shoot ya some ideas.

My first suggestion is to go out and buy some zip-ties and loose the clear masking tape! LOL

 

[kurosagi01]

i got some zip ties,they came with my corsair psu =p how kind of them; 2pics like you requested hope they help.