Cable Management help

PMol

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So, I've built my new system, the specs are:

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge)
16Gb GeIL EVO Leggera DDR3
Gelid GX7 CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H
Asus Xonar DGX 5.1
MSI 7850 OC 2Gb Twin Frozr IV
Intel 330 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbs SSD
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gbs
Antec 900-2 Case
Jeantech Storm 700W PSU

The problem is the cables. It looks a right mess inside, as you can see here....


IMG_2486 by PMolkenthin, on Flickr

The main problems are the 4/8 pin CPU power cable, and the bundle of cables down the front which are the case headers etc. Any tips or suggestions please? I will eventually get a new case with better cable management, but until then, I will make do with this.
Thanks
 
For 8pin power cable,you can normally run them up the back of the graphics card. If you look in the corner between the PCI brackets and the motherboard, there should be a gap big enough to run cables up.
 
Muel said:
For 8pin power cable,you can normally run them up the back of the graphics card. If you look in the corner between the PCI brackets and the motherboard, there should be a gap big enough to run cables up.
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Does that involve taking the motherboard out?
 
Can you post a couple of pics of the back of your case to see what its like for cable management and how many cable feeder holes it has.

All those front panel cables need to go round the back then feed them through, the 8 pin power lead needs to go round the back as well, run it on the floor through a hole on the bottom if you have one then back out the top, you can buy extension cables if you need them, braided ones look good and neaten things up.
 
What you want to do is get all the black cables coming from top of case to motherboard behind the tray then bring them out where the psu cables go in.

It's not really messy, just the cables are visible.
 
PMol said:
Does that involve taking the motherboard out?
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No just the graphics card. If you look in the corner you'll see a gap. See it in the corner below:

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That looks better imo.

Probably a tad late but you should have got a case with cable managment, sooooo much neater.

But much better than before :)
 
P3N9U1N said:
That looks better imo.

Probably a tad late but you should have got a case with cable managment, sooooo much neater.

But much better than before :)
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My next upgrade will be a better PSU and a Corsair 600T perhaps, some real nice fans and a controller. Perhaps some braided cables too.
 
Great job considering the case doesn't look the best for cable management, i'm a newbie myself to doing PC builds and i went with a case that had great cable management, it really made things a lot easier.

You've done really well, those front panel cables look miles better hidden away along with the 8 pin power cable which is miles better.
 
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