Cable Management Helpdesk

Widjaja · Dec 12, 2011

Thrackan said:
Most speakers give you a headphone jack, but not a microphone jack, which is why I would use FP audio.
Fortunately, my keyboard allows me to plug in my headset there

I also forgot about the mic.
I do use a mic but I do not use it for gaming which I run from a mixer which has phantom power.

specks · Dec 13, 2011

Nothing new. Just tried to tidy up some cables with little effect :mad:

Excuse the dust and the blurriness

You can really see the sticky residue from adhesive tapes

I was finally able to get the 4pin out of the way and change the IDE to black, too.

t_ski · Dec 13, 2011

Is there a hole above the board near the left? Would be nice if you could run the 4-pin power behind the motherboard and through that hole, then down to the board.

dipsta · Dec 15, 2011

Hey guys, still a bit of cable management needed, but here she is all in action with the Asus 6950 Direct CUii at 940/1400 shaders unlocked... and the core i5 2500k@5.0ghz

I painted the inside of the case black with some matt black hammerite and i'm happy with the looks.
Was a bit of a rush job as i couldn't wait to get the goodies installed.

a bit of feedback would be appreciated

I really need to sort the cables out for tidiness, i'm happy with he cooling aspect and airflow, the other side of the case is spaghetti junction but its hidden so doesn't really bother me too much..

heres the untidy wires..

Thrackan · Dec 15, 2011

How about shortening your loop by moving your pump to the upper 5.25" slots?

dipsta · Dec 15, 2011

Thrackan said:
How about shortening your loop by moving your pump to the upper 5.25" slots?

i did originally have the pump higher but had i sat sideways and it caused some vibration, what would you suggest i do? if i move it to a 5.25 bay which i can by moving the HDD lower down then what should i mount it on to make vibration quieter?

Athlonite · Dec 15, 2011

some Neoprene would stop the noise from vibration

specks · Dec 15, 2011

t_ski said:
Is there a hole above the board near the left? Would be nice if you could run the 4-pin power behind the motherboard and through that hole, then down to the board.

Not a hole at all and the space beneath the mobo is waaay too tight

t_ski · Dec 16, 2011

Mod it and make a hole then

dipsta · Dec 16, 2011

Athlonite said:
some Neoprene would stop the noise from vibration

Right well i have some plastic which ill cut to shape to fit the bay, ill mount that on some car stereo dynamat, then mount the pump on some sponge ontop, does that sound okay? Also are there fittings you can get so when u disconnect a water pipe from a block the water doesnt leak??

adi518 · Mar 6, 2012

I was in this cable management fiasco too... luckily, found my way out with modular psu

DirkAction · Mar 21, 2012

Do I win an award for best job ever?

This is what I built several years ago lol, been sitting forever... thankfully I'm gutting it soon and starting over.

Athlonite · Mar 22, 2012

Holy crap you better hope none of those cables get caught in any of those fans an starts a fire

mjkmike · Mar 22, 2012

Athlonite said:
Holy crap you better hope none of those cables get caught in any of those fans an starts a fire

Think it may be a new way to use the cabels as dust filters? :laugh:

ranviper · Apr 29, 2012

I made do with the Lexa S - has very little space between the mobo tray and the back panel. But, That didn't stop me!

GTX · May 13, 2012

ranviper said:
I made do with the Lexa S - has very little space between the mobo tray and the back panel. But, That didn't stop me!

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg812/scaled.php?server=812&filename=wiremanagement.jpg&res=landing

wow thats a really nice job sir

ranviper · May 13, 2012

GTX said:
wow thats a really nice job sir

Thanks man. I think the white cables made a huge difference.

My next step is upgrading hardware. Though what I have performs well for my needs - I really want a more powerful machine, and then I can hand these parts to the wife, aka build her a rig. My goal by the end of the summer is upgrade my ram, ssd, and psu to corsair product (my ssd and ram is corsair, but I want sata 3 and 16GB of dominator ram), and replace my mobo and gpu with an msi board and msi gtx 670. Im content with the case and fans, all work fantastic.

NeotonicDragon3 · May 29, 2012

Wow my case sucks for cable management! lol! People on here have Skills

Cooler Master 430 Black Elite...I don't know if I cant do it right or there is a hidden way for my case...
Before:

[Total Win]

Attempt 1:

[Sorry I forgot to take photo without cover and I didn't want to mess it up :\

And the worst thing of all I'm getting a graphics card lol! [and possibly another harddrive.]

;_; I wonder if I should just get a new case :\

Radical_Edward · May 29, 2012

Part of your issue is that cheap PSU. With a decent PSU with some nice long cables you could have that case cleaned up in no time. I've used a few cooler master cases and ones like yours can be a bit of a challenge. Don't' give up on it though. With a some proper planning you can have that nice clean look in no time.

Also is your rear case fan set up as intake?

NeotonicDragon3 · Jun 2, 2012

Radical_Edward said:
Part of your issue is that cheap PSU. With a decent PSU with some nice long cables you could have that case cleaned up in no time. I've used a few cooler master cases and ones like yours can be a bit of a challenge. Don't' give up on it though. With a some proper planning you can have that nice clean look in no time.

Also is your rear case fan set up as intake?

Thanks, yeah I'm probably going to replace the PSU sometime, and I don't know if my rear fan is intake or not lol

micropage7 · Jun 2, 2012

you can try put the 24 pins in front of board, then run 4 pins on the back
make loop sata cables and run molex cables behind 3,5 drive bays, maybe you need to add some wires for the back fan so it has long cable to get connected

Widjaja · Jun 2, 2012

NeotonicDragon3 said:
Thanks, yeah I'm probably going to replace the PSU sometime, and I don't know if my rear fan is intake or not lol

Your rear fan is sucking in air.

I don't know muich about the cable management of the case you have, but it would be a shame if there are no holes to run the cables through and no vent at the base of the case to point the PSU fan down.

Seems pretty cheap of Antec to make a window case with poor cable management chassis.

Athlonite · Jun 2, 2012

you could turn you PSU over as your case does have a vent in the bottom of it for your PSU intake that will put all the cables closer to the tray side and make it a heap easier to keep them in a tidy bundle

also if there's no room behind the mobo tray then use plenty of zip ties to keep cables in a nice clean bunch and just have leads come out where and when you need them

also turn that front fan around so it's 4pin connector is behind the 3.5" hdd cage and feed that 4pin connector for your ccfl over the top of the DVD drive and down the back of the hdd cage aswell

you can aslo use zip ties on your SATA cables aswell and tie them in with the power cables that'll tidy those up too

Widjaja · Jun 2, 2012

Could also tuck the sata cables in behind the HDDs if you do not want to curl them.

Athlonite · Jun 2, 2012

when you finished with all that it should look a little like this

System Name	Darth Obsidious
Processor	Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory	2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	ASUS R9 270x TOP
Storage	128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Display(s)	LG IPS234V-PN
Case	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Audio Device(s)	Infrasonic Quartet
Power Supply	Corsair HX650w
Software	Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmark Scores	2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.

System Name	Spreadsheet powerhouse
Processor	Two P4s glued together
Motherboard	Asus P5KPL-AM EPU
Cooling	CoolerMaster Hyper TX3
Memory	2gb (2x1gb) Kingston Value Ram DDR2 800mhz
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD4670 1gb GDDR3 w/ Arctic Cooling Accelero L7
Storage	500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue
Display(s)	Philips 191EL 18.5"
Case	Thermaltake V4 Black Edition
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake TR2 600W
Software	WinXp

System Name	My i7 Beast
Processor	Intel Core i7 6800K
Motherboard	Asus X99-A II
Cooling	Nickel-plated EK Supremacy EVO, D5 with XSPC Bayres & BIX Quad Radiator
Memory	4 x 8GB EVGA SuperSC DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080 SuperClocked
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro 256GB m.2 SSD + 480GB Sandisk storage SSD
Display(s)	Three Asus 24" VW246H LCD's
Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
Software	Windows 10 x64 Pro

System Name	Dark Sideslayer
Processor	Core i5 2500k @5.0GHz @13.84v
Motherboard	ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3
Cooling	MCps655 Pump, XSPC Res, RC360 Rad, EK-Supreme HF Acetal+E
Memory	CORSAIR VENGEANCE 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHZ DUAL CHANNEL KIT
Video Card(s)	ASUS Direct CU II 1.2v 930/1360
Storage	60gb OCZ Agility 3, 40gb Kingston V Series & 2*500 sata
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster 245B plus
Case	COOLERMASTER RC1100 COSMOS SPORT customised
Audio Device(s)	Realtek THX Onboard
Power Supply	Coolermaster Real power 700W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64
Benchmark Scores	3d Mark Vantage 22491, 3d Mark06 32242, PC Mark 07 5398, 3d Mark 2011 5983, PC Mark Vanatge 24541 :0

System Name	Acer Aspire V3-771G-53218G75Maii
Processor	Core i5 3210M (2,5-3,1Ghz)
Memory	8GB DDR3 SODIMM
Video Card(s)	Geforce GT650M
Storage	Samsung 830 256GB - 750GB Toshiba drive
Software	Windows 7 x64 Home Premium (non-acer-bloatware)

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Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
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Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

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Motherboard	Mother F%#@& am I board
Cooling	It's called Alberta Canada.
Memory	Don't remember.
Video Card(s)	Hope for blckjack
Storage	hurt my toe's when droped
Display(s)	never big enough
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Audio Device(s)	What speek up I'm old.
Power Supply	Good old coffee
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Motherboard	MSI A88XM
Memory	Vengeance Pro 16GB 2400
Video Card(s)	MSI R9 390x
Storage	480GB Neutron XT
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Case	Noctis 450
Power Supply	AX 860W
Mouse	M65
Keyboard	K65
Software	Windows 10

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Motherboard	ASRock A55 PRO3
Cooling	Coloured Fans lol and Cooler Masters Vortex Plus
Memory	Corsair Vengence 16GB DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	2GB XFX Radeon HD R7750 Core Edition
Storage	2 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB \| 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green \| 500GB WD Passport EHDD
Display(s)	22" LG Flatron IPS226V
Case	ENERMAX OSTROG Black/White
Audio Device(s)	Onboard: Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Corsair GS700
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro (64-Bit)

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Processor	AMD FX-9590 X8 4.7GHz
Motherboard	ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
Cooling	Corsair H80i v2
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 24GB (2x8GB, 2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX580-O8G-GAMINGOC
Storage	WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB Internal PC SSD
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Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
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