Cable management... Service?

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Odd thread title yes I know, But basically I'm disabled, And as such I can't really do any of the cable management myself, My friends have helped out as best they can but their time is limited and I don't wanna put them out of their way just to spend time under my desk sorting out all the cables for my pc and stuff. So with that in mind I was wondering if anybody knows of a professional cable management service that would come in and sort out all my cable management woes from my pc and everything else, It would definitely help my mental!
 
Really appreciate all the replies, yeah it's basically a case of all the cables coming out of the PC, my friend is a superstar and helped me build the PC and did all the cable management in that. So my PC itself is actually doing just fine with regards to cable management.

It's just everything else outside the PC... I think we all know that cables are alive and have a mind of their own after the lights go out...

Yeah I've seen the places that charge £80 to £100, haven't had a chance to get around to calling them yet as they seem to be the kind of places that do big enterprise stuff so I thought I'd ask here first if anyone knew of any alternatives.

I can't stress enough how awesome and lucky I have been with regards to my friends helping out with a variety of stuff, I guess it's more case of they have their own lives to lead and I don't want to put them out every time I need some cables moved around here and there.

@Threepwood I really appreciate the offer but you don't need to do that mate. The words of encouragement are more than enough!

I'll see how I get on with this quest of cable management and if I come up with anything interesting I'll update the thread!
 
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another thing I was thinking of doing was getting a nice big USB hub and just having all my peripherals going into that as opposed to using the onboard ports, which I can't reach without help. Any particular disadvantages to doing this?
 
hornetstinger said:
Central location, I use a KVM switch on my desk so saves me reaching down and under the desk where the dark unlit USB ports are (and only USB2 on the front anyway)

Only drawback would be if you're transferring a lot of data ie from one USB HDD to another USB HDD, that could overload the USB bandwidth and be slower than using two dedicated motherboard USB ports.

Fine for lots of devices ie mice keyboard joysticks etc
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I don't think I'll be needing a kvm as I only have one pc so I don't really need to switch between anything it's more for just easy access to unplugging and plugging in usb devices. At the moment I have a whole bunch of usb stuff all plugged into the back of the pc and I think it's one of the more difficult parts of the cable management to be honest, just looking at my setup right now I have about 6 or 7 usb devices connected and they're all feeding into the back of the pc and it's just a tangle of cables...
 
Yeah... So I just got quoted:

£285.00 + material 40 + VAT

Thankfully, one of my friends who is coming up to London to pay me a visit anyway said he'll do it for a Five Guys burger and a can of coke! Here's hoping it all goes well, I will probably buy some supplies though to help with the cable management itself, I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions?
 
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