Cable Management Helpdesk

Athlonite · Oct 18, 2010

hmmm the HAF922 is lookin good although the CM690/2 is also an great case too

t_ski · Oct 18, 2010

The purists will tell you modular cables take away from the rails. That's why the most common cables are sometimes hard-wires into the PSU when the rest is still modular.

[Ion] · Oct 18, 2010

Athlonite said:
hmmm the HAF922 is lookin good although the CM690/2 is also an great case too

That they are...and NE frequently has the CM692 Basic for ~$70 shipped

t_ski said:
The purists will tell you modular cables take away from the rails. That's why the most common cables are sometimes hard-wires into the PSU when the rest is still modular.

Sorry, what does this mean? :confused:

t_ski · Oct 18, 2010

The fact that if you have any kind of pin connection, it won't be as good (ie: there will be loss) as a soldered wire connection from point A to point B. A 24-pin header will have some loss on the mobo side, and if that cable is modular, there will be some more loss on the PSU side. Adding in an extension creates another point for loss, etc.

Chicken Patty · Oct 18, 2010

[Ion] said:
That they are...and NE frequently has the CM692 Basic for ~$70 shipped

Sorry, what does this mean?

That'll be a great choice of case, I love mine!

Athlonite · Oct 18, 2010

t_ski said:
The purists will tell you modular cables take away from the rails. That's why the most common cables are sometimes hard-wires into the PSU when the rest is still modular.

To put it simply the more connections the greater the resistance the less current/Volts at the end of the cable

but personally I think it's a crock of farting ducks bums for good quality PSU's it may hold true piece of shit cheap n nasties but then I don't buy CnN's

silkstone · Dec 5, 2010

Athlonite said:
To put it simply the more connections the greater the resistance the less current/Volts at the end of the cable

but personally I think it's a crock of farting ducks bums for good quality PSU's it may hold true piece of shit cheap n nasties but then I don't buy CnN's

It doesn't matter if it's cheap and nasty or a really good quality PSU. If the PSU is putting out 12v or even slightly higher there is added resistance over each connection effectively dropping the output voltage.
This is very difficult to compensate for as every link would be slightly different. The way to reduce this would be by putting some liquid or gel like substance of hi-electrical conductivity between the links. Kinda like you do when you seat a hsf on a CPU. Although you can;t do this with a PSU's connectors as if any of the conductive material leaks 'pop' goes your PSU.

Granted the resistance and voltage drop wouldn't be huge, but it would still be there, and if any of the connectors get bent or dust and dirt or even oxidation then the resistance goes up dropping the output voltage even more.

Athlonite · Dec 6, 2010

as I said the resistance is negligible at the cable lengths we're talking about maybe if the cable were ten feet long it might have more of an effect and had multiple joins in them

silkstone · Dec 6, 2010

I don't suppose anyone has tips for my cable management attempts? I'm more or less out of ideas.

freaksavior · Dec 6, 2010

silkstone said:
I don't suppose anyone has tips for my cable management attempts? I'm more or less out of ideas.

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5075/caseupload2.jpg

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4273/cablemanagement.jpg

First is first, get a sata dvd drive. That helps alot

Second, hide as many wires (like power) behind the motherboard tray.

Then, use zip ties and get some cable sleeving.

Tuck it anywhere you have open spaces,

The sata for hdd, get a longer cable, or move your drive to the bottom.

Patience, planning, and extensions = clean and tidy case

qu4k3r · Dec 6, 2010

Patience.
Explore adequated routes...... (More Patience)
A lot of zip ties................... (Some just for trying and some for the final result)
A lot of Trial and Error.......... (More Patience)

Velvet Wafer · Dec 6, 2010

freaksavior said:
First is first, get a sata dvd drive. That helps alot

he doesnt need a new drive, an ide to sata adapter would be more than sufficient

Athlonite · Dec 6, 2010

or just move the drive lower down and hide the cable behind the mobo tray

t_ski · Dec 7, 2010

Or buy a single connector cable that is the appropriate length. I still use IDE DVD drives, but I use one of these:

http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/acryan_roundfx2/index.shtml

Does dual IDE drives without all the extra bundled between them.

micropage7 · Dec 7, 2010

try to zip the same cable, or wrap it then tun it on the same direction
that kinda need creativity

t77snapshot · Dec 7, 2010

freaksavior said:
First is first, get a sata dvd drive. That helps alot

Velvet Wafer said:
he doesnt need a new drive, an ide to sata adapter would be more than sufficient

Yeah I made an IDE drive look good one time! He just has to run it behind the mobo tray like freaksavor said originally.

freaksavior · Dec 7, 2010

Ide still looks like trash

silkstone · Dec 7, 2010

Well, The cable i have isn't long enough to do that with the placement of the IDE socket on my board. the door on my DVD is jammed anyway, so if i can't fix it, i'll just get a new SATA drive.

khangai · Dec 11, 2010

Cable menegment

Blue-Tiger · Jan 29, 2011

silkstone said:
I don't suppose anyone has tips for my cable management attempts? I'm more or less out of ideas.

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5075/caseupload2.jpg

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4273/cablemanagement.jpg

I'd also say, get rid of the IDE drive... But if that's not an option moving the drive a slot or two lower might be an option. Then you can route the IDE cable behind the tray

kenyak22 · Feb 6, 2011

long time no post.. been busy... still not finish...

here's my share....

MRCL · Feb 6, 2011

kenyak22 said:
here's my share....

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll217/kaynam2008/SDC100182.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll217/kaynam2008/entry3.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll217/kaynam2008/SDC10016.jpg

Whats the case you're using? Any chance to flip the HDD around?

Blue-Tiger · Feb 6, 2011

kenyak22 said:
here's my share....

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll217/kaynam2008/SDC100182.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll217/kaynam2008/entry3.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll217/kaynam2008/SDC10016.jpg

Looking good. Especially the 24-pins cable is looking unique imo

Chicken Patty · Feb 6, 2011

Yeah what he did with the 24 pin is pretty effin' badass! :rockout:

scaminatrix · Feb 6, 2011

Some good looking rigs here, very nice examples to go by. I've just got some finishing touches to do on mine.

Sleeving remaining wires
New sleeved extensions on 24-pin and PCI-plugs
And shrouding the PSU wires (I know the shroud isn't for hiding the wires, but it should fit with minimal modding)

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Cable Management Helpdesk

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[Ion]

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