messy case syndrom

BoB3rt · 11 Sep 2008 at 19:54

I dunno if its just me but i seem to have wires everywere and it just does look neat.. i have got as much as i can running round the back with like 6 cable ties....!!! al post sum pics up 2moz but am thinking ov getting a new case but that wont really solve the prob just allow me to start again...

anyone got any pic of there case how they keep it tidy?
i suppose a fan control doent help really with temp readers...

thx

EDIT : and i cant spell :s

Pilky01 · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:03

modular psu's for the win

fobose · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:14

Best I can do with my antec P182 using 5 hard drives:

I guess I could connect the 5 case fans to the PSU and hide the cables behind the motherboard but then I wouldn't get any control over the RPM.

Snograt · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:19

^ Very nice. What's the long SATA cable across the middle - a PCI SATA card cos you ran out of sockets?

Anyway, that's your answer - a stonking big case with room to run power cables behind the mobo. I think cable management is an acquired skill though - my Armor+ looks crap and it's as big as a cathedral. At least we don't have to deal with those damn PATA cables any more.

baldzone · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:39

Spaghetti Junction is tidier than my case. I just don't seem to have the patience to tidy them!

Energize · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:46

That's mine.

It just seems that the cables are never long enough to go behind the motherboard.

The hard drive cables are just rammed in there together crushed into the gaps in the case.

Strife212 · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:48

Mine is shocking at the minute, its the case headers that really ruin it, they are really thick and grey on the CM Stacker 832

thesnowdog1971 · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:48

I'm going to be doing a new build in the next couple of weeks, and before I start off I start with the best intentions of having everything neat and tidy...but when I start and finish it always ends up looking a bloody mess lol

Am getting a 1200 case now though so for the first time will have a window letting everyone see how much of a mess things are in...so I might do things different this time...

lamboman · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:54

Mine. Just kept it simple, the least amount of cable showing possible is really the only way to do it. Pretty easy, especially in a case like this.

*Chris · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:54

Energize said:
That's mine.

It just seems that the cables are never long enough to go behind the motherboard.

thats my type of case

icey_haj · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:59

^ That is shocking, not that I'm an expert on cable management or anything

Greebo · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:59

I was always the same and your pic looks like my old case. I got a new silverstone tj-09 case which is massive!

This time I spent a good 2-3 hours running cables, hiding them, using sticky connectors with cable ties attached to them.

I don't have a modular psu so there is quite a big bundle of cables, cable tied up on the floor of the case but they don't look bad.

The worst cables to hide are the two bloody pci-e power cables to the graphics card - nothing I can really do about them.

One thing that helped a lot with the silverstone case is that it comes with 6" extension cables for just about everything which meant that most cables could run behind the mobo tray.

I will post pics later.

Energize · 11 Sep 2008 at 21:09

A modular psu along with a better fan controller will be my next purchase to take care of those 4 fan wires and fan splitter cables.

BoB3rt · 11 Sep 2008 at 21:15

see i have a zalman fan controller but just seems to create more mess coz the wires are longer but not long enough to run round the back and hide... so i myt rip it up ans start again as it wer.
still post pics tomoz.

bliss · 11 Sep 2008 at 21:32

BoB3rt said:
see i have a zalman fan controller but just seems to create more mess coz the wires are longer but not long enough to run round the back and hide... so i myt rip it up ans start again as it wer.
still post pics tomoz.

Fan extension cables maybe?

Energize · 11 Sep 2008 at 21:36

If only the cables weren't so expensive. £2-3 for every extension cable.

Looks like I'll have to visit the bay.

fobose · 11 Sep 2008 at 21:37

Snograt said:
^ Very nice. What's the long SATA cable across the middle - a PCI SATA card cos you ran out of sockets?

Yeah, its a PCI-E sata controller as my 8800GT covers one of my motherboards SATA connectors and as I use a SATA DVDRW I require 6 ports.

bliss · 11 Sep 2008 at 21:38

Energize said:
If only the cables weren't so expensive. £2-3 for every extension cable. Looks like I'll have to visit the bay.

I picked them up for less than a quid from another shop i won't mention.

Greebo · 11 Sep 2008 at 21:52

Energize said:
If only the cables weren't so expensive. £2-3 for every extension cable. Looks like I'll have to visit the bay.

I know. I was looking for some a while back. I couldn't beleive the price of them. Extorsion.

Especially then when you look at some fan controllers which come with 4 leads for about £15.

In the end I bought a fan controller at auction for a tenner just to get the leads I needed - i used the fan controller anyway

Strife212 · 11 Sep 2008 at 22:02

Energize said:
A modular psu along with a better fan controller will be my next purchase to take care of those 4 fan wires and fan splitter cables.

It will look a million times better with a new PSU because the modular ones also tend to have black and sleeved cables.