When did cable routing become...

concubine · 10 Mar 2011 at 17:04

so common place? I last built a PC many years ago (Athlon 64 3200 - beast), used it, abused it, and forgot all about PC hardware since.

Browsing the PC enthusiast scene it seems pretty clear that - nowadays, if a case doen't have "cable management features" then it's pretty much dead in the water.

I can understand why, not only for practical reasons (airflow) it just looks way better as well!

But I am just wondering out of curiosity, when did the first cases with cable routing features come about? Do you bother?

I imagine very few bother sleeving a la MDPC, as neat as it looks!

iamtheoneneo · 10 Mar 2011 at 17:38

Around 4 years ago it started to become a feature on the mid range cases....which was about the time having more than one graphic card became possible and when cpus suddenly needed more power so more leads everywhere naturally meant people needed to somehow get rid of them.

Now adays most people on these forums will wan't a case that offers some cable routing options.

JasonKnights · 10 Mar 2011 at 20:48

The More tidy the case the better the air flow, plus most high end components are like works of art! And people like to show them off without messy wires all over the place!

TigerUK · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:16

I just installed my revuilt rig after replacing the mobo and case, its a complete mess, cables flying everywhere.

Semple · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:22

I've braided my cables. Not only does it improve airflow, it also makes it look good

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King Damager · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:41

Semple said:
I've braided my cables. Not only does it improve airflow, it also makes it look good .

This is the 'new' thing.. not only are people hiding cables out the way, but they're braiding them too, the best issue with this was w3bbo's recent Dark Angel (can't quite remember the name) where the cables looked so good braided he couldn't decide whether to hide them or not xD

kd

scrlk · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:50

The later models of the Eclipse 62 had 3 cable routing holes in the mobo tray.

Kanifee · 10 Mar 2011 at 21:52

its a statement in the enthusiast market as much as anything else these days, when people go to the lengths of matching there hardware aesthetically as well as performance wise and with that much thought and money invested its little wonder so much time is spent on presentation.

i think 12 - 18 months and manufacturers will offer mnpc tech style braiding on there high end psu's .