Case fan wiring - How to untangle?

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Just did a build. Haven't even closed the case up. I used a modern case that allows cable management around the back of the motherboard. Thanks to this, the main chamber of the case is pretty neat. The price of this is that back chamber (behind the motherboard tray) is a spagetti bowl. The biggest contributor to this, and most problematic to untangle, is the case fan wiring.

My case has five fans, two front, two top, and one back. So the wires come in from all directions. I have this all plugged into one molex cable coming out of my modular PS. I have another Molex cable (at least) if I need it.

Anyone have techiques they use to deal with this type of situation, and maybe pictures of the end results?

Thanks.
 
What case are you using?
And if no one can see the "spaghetti bowl", does it really matter?
Zip tie more of your stuff together if it really bothers you. The back of mine is still fairly organized into "streams" of wires, it's almost essential to prevent your case side from bowing out. Plugging all the case fans into a one train from one molex is fine, I've done it on my case. Not sure I totally get your problem :p
 
Better late than never....

Case = Lian Li PC-B25F.

For now I just stuffed everything back there and closed it up, with some difficulty. The cause of the difficulty is the garden hose diameter mother board main power cable. There's a point where it crosses the main structural crossbar of the case, and there's not enough room. I don't know if the SATA data and or fan power cableing is interacting with it to make it take even more room.
 
I went with the sticky pads, that have an adjustable strap, I have two or three of those across the back of the chassis, and that way the cables are not crossing over each other, then I zip tie them close to where they are going through to the board, and near to the connection point to keep them together and minimize the airflow obstruction.
 
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