Cable Managment
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its in the 650D Corsair
it was my first gaming rig, so i put it together as fast as i could
lol the back side of the computer case kinda buldges because of the wires that are not properly managed.
aww i wish one of u guys were here. i mean would do it, but my floor is carpet, so even when i was assembling it i was so nervous, i touched metal every 2 seconds when i was working on it.
it was my first gaming rig, so i put it together as fast as i could
lol the back side of the computer case kinda buldges because of the wires that are not properly managed.
aww i wish one of u guys were here. i mean would do it, but my floor is carpet, so even when i was assembling it i was so nervous, i touched metal every 2 seconds when i was working on it.
That's a good case for cable management. Route all the cables you can behind the motherboard tray, and then make sure all the wires are somehow tied to the back of the motherboard tray.
Can you upload some photos? That's usually the best way to help out with cable management. I know cable management is such a chore to do but it looks good once it's all done.
I am still looking into writing that tech guide about cable management for CF. I'm looking at doing it in August when I'm off school.
Can you upload some photos? That's usually the best way to help out with cable management. I know cable management is such a chore to do but it looks good once it's all done.
I am still looking into writing that tech guide about cable management for CF. I'm looking at doing it in August when I'm off school.
OK some suggestions for you.
Firstly the problem is all the cables go out of the power supply and behind the board tray through the wrong grommet. I see you have put one cable through the grommet which is closest to the PSU, see if you can get more cables through that grommet. That will tidy up the look at the bottom a lot.
Not sure why you have that USB 3.0 mounted like that in the case, would be best to either remove it or see you can mount the USB 3.0 expansion port the other way round so it's like your hard drives. I thought those 3.5" USB ports went in the front of the case anyway where a floppy drive would traditionally be installed?
I see you've got some SATA or Molex power cables hanging around at the bottom of the case by your GTX 670, just put those behind the motherboard tray too. You should have enough room to hide them away.
Not sure what that cable is which is hanging around on top of your graphics card, I think they're molex power lines powering your LED strips? It would be best to take out the LED strip and then route it start at the bottom of the hard drive caddy, because then you can route a molex cable underneath the hard drive caddy and then hide it easily. You get what I mean?
I also notice your graphics card is in the bottom or middle slot? Why? It would probably run faster if it were mounted in the top PCI Express 3.0 slot. Does your CPU cooler get in the way if you mount it up there? If you mount the card in the higher slot, you can re-route the power cables to go through a grommet which is closer to the GPU.
I wish I could say "pass it here and I'll do it myself" but it's kinda hard when I'm in the UK in you're in Los Angeles.
Hopefully I've given you some help. Good luck.
Firstly the problem is all the cables go out of the power supply and behind the board tray through the wrong grommet. I see you have put one cable through the grommet which is closest to the PSU, see if you can get more cables through that grommet. That will tidy up the look at the bottom a lot.
Not sure why you have that USB 3.0 mounted like that in the case, would be best to either remove it or see you can mount the USB 3.0 expansion port the other way round so it's like your hard drives. I thought those 3.5" USB ports went in the front of the case anyway where a floppy drive would traditionally be installed?
I see you've got some SATA or Molex power cables hanging around at the bottom of the case by your GTX 670, just put those behind the motherboard tray too. You should have enough room to hide them away.
Not sure what that cable is which is hanging around on top of your graphics card, I think they're molex power lines powering your LED strips? It would be best to take out the LED strip and then route it start at the bottom of the hard drive caddy, because then you can route a molex cable underneath the hard drive caddy and then hide it easily. You get what I mean?
I also notice your graphics card is in the bottom or middle slot? Why? It would probably run faster if it were mounted in the top PCI Express 3.0 slot. Does your CPU cooler get in the way if you mount it up there? If you mount the card in the higher slot, you can re-route the power cables to go through a grommet which is closer to the GPU.
I wish I could say "pass it here and I'll do it myself" but it's kinda hard when I'm in the UK in you're in Los Angeles.
Hopefully I've given you some help. Good luck.
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Interesting advise.
Anyway, everything Vista said. This may not be the best approach but unplug everything and put it all through the grommet closest to the PSU at the bottom. Then wire everything up along the back then stick it back through the whole closest to where it's going to be plugged in. If you have some bulging cables don't be afraid to push down on the side panel to get it down. My cheap 50 dollar case managed to fit almost all my cables including the main ATX cable behind it. Just had to do some pushing.
Once everything is in the right place ziptie everything down and together to make it more compact. Don't get the ties too tight though, you want to be able to snip them off later without cutting your cables.