Cable Management Help?!

[markipooboo]

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone has any cable management tips

I'm using those thin plastic strips where you have to twist it to keep stuff in place, (using that now because going to get GPU soon then will use a more "permanent" cable tie).


I don't use any 3.5" HDDs (probably never will, since SSDs are getting cheaper and will upgrade OS & programs to M.2, get another 500gb ssd to run raid 0 and use my external hdd as backup file drive)

So I have a lots of spare cables even though i'm using a modular PSU

4 Sata cables when currently I only need one and in the future only 2 maybe 3

4 molex when I only need one for the case fans



This is my first build so excuse the shoddy cable management...

Back view:

What it looks from the front:
the pump power for the kraken x61 is dangerously close to the fans connected to the radiator and the cpu power cables are also really close, any way to help that?

Where the excess cables are:

Thanks in advance!

 

[nez]

My BLACK OPS II

For the sata cables for the hard drive, it is routed through the sponge as indicated in the photo below.

I cut a bigger hole to allow the sata & other cables to go through them.

How I route the power cables to the dvd witer?

Basically the trick to hide all those cables is to route & tuck them at the side of the casing.

 

[markipooboo]

My BLACK OPS II

wow... anyway my back panel has some thick foam to dampen the sound (1/2)cm so cannot stuff everything to the back so must stuff infront of the psu (behind the shroud).

Anyway will try to do a better job once the GPU gets into the system

Thanks

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

But are u the type that will upgrade it PSU every 2-3 years? And also do u have a glass case that need to see it every time? If no for the above, den it's alright.

 

[FlushX]

just wondering, where did you get the H440? and price?

 

[markipooboo]

But are u the type that will upgrade it PSU every 2-3 years? And also do u have a glass case that need to see it every time? If no for the above, den it's alright.

No lah, I'm going to use this PSU for at least 5 years or somethings, not going to run anything in Xfire or SLI so dont need the more power (750 gold)

Just wanted to tidy everything up so better airflow, and especially the power cable for the AIO pump and the CPU power, its closer to the top fans than i'd like...

Haha i do like to make the case look preddy :X might get a NZXT hut+ in the future haha

 

[markipooboo]

just wondering, where did you get the H440? and price?

Cybermind for $209 (new edition) so drive caddies can mount 2 HDD / SSDs each (one at the top and one below)

I got it cause I like how it looks!

But I got the last piece i think, no more blacks, I've seen some black reds and razer edition but I only wanted the black or white, Bliss computers has the white at $219...

 

[ExArchz]

You bought your NZXT Kraken X61 locally?

 

[markipooboo]

You bought your NZXT Kraken X61 locally?

nope, amazon

 

[FlushX]

Thanks for the reply!

Cybermind for $209 (new edition) so drive caddies can mount 2 HDD / SSDs each (one at the top and one below)

I got it cause I like how it looks!

But I got the last piece i think, no more blacks, I've seen some black reds and razer edition but I only wanted the black or white, Bliss computers has the white at $219...

 

[zephyr11]

maybe can add some fan grills to "block" the cables from the fan? if you want simple ones should be easy to find.

 

[ragnarok95]

Cables push them behind the mobo.