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The mildly amusing thing about cable management is when I build up a system for a friend, it is always very tidy, mine not so much.
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...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
It's more a mental thing, if you care mentally, bothered, OCD , autism etc, then it really bothers you, it would drive me bonkers if my cabling was off, esp if I had a window case, which I don't!As long as the cables aren't touching rotating parts, hot parts etc, and not absolutely terrible ie old style wide PATA cables totally blocking airflow, who cares
got a picture of your desk or the area you need cleaned.. £80ph is bonkers tbh... i'd probs do it for £80 for the whole day depending on access/difficulty.. since i like building computers in general.. i'd just do it as a hobby. Where abouts in North London..
I'll have to look around my study but i'm sure i can donate a couple usb hubs etc
Does mean all the wires to the hub will be visibleanother 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?
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?
LOL.
for what? Tidying some cabling up?
That guys is a total rip off.
likewise. Unless you don't touch the cables at the back or you are not adding/removing anything.. it will always get messy again given time. I've gotten to the point where i can't be bothered tidying because of thisI neatly lay the power cables and extension down nice and tidy, plug everything in, then 6 months later it looks like a rats nest even though I rarely unplug anything from under my desk. Unless you have OCD, it's dirty or the other half is nagging you to tidy it up, I'd let it be.
Inside the PC I don't get. I rarely dip inside my PC when it's working and it's not like I bought it to stare at.