Wire Management

[BoyBlunder]

alright well, i've tried zip ties, and now I'm using duct tape. i thought it would make the inside look nice, but it still doesn't. i see rigs on here with virtually no wires, and i want to know how they do it?

tips appreciated

 

[Bruce]

Run your cables behind the motherboard.

 

[mtl_hed]

Originally posted by Bruce
Run your cables behind the motherboard.

exactly

also:
*sleeve your cables (PSU, IDE)
*turn your HDDs "face-forward" if you have a drive cage that permits it
*get rid of your floppy drive
*use rounded ide cables

 

[User Name]

rounded ide cables isnt the best to use.

for me, flat cable works best since i can fold and hide them away

 

[SEALTeamSix]

I agree, I'd use flat cables as well. I made a sick rig for someone that had no wires showing at all except the ATX mobo connection. (and even that one was just a peeker).

As a side note, does anyone know how the new Mac G5's get away with looking like they don't have wires?

-SEAL

 

[rockdude14]

idk abacuses's dont ahve wires

and they have more computing power

 

[n64man120]

Yea the 1337est of the 1337 use flat wires such as Username. Thats so insane how me makes it look like absolutly nothing is plugged in.

 

[User Name]

actually mine isnt the cleanest.

i saw one case posted in [H] around 3 years before with ultra clean cables. every power cables are directly soldered directly to the pcb. i can't find it anymore

its lian li case if im not mistaken with the side panel replaced with plexi. damn clean i must say

anyone remember that?

 

[n64man120]

Well once you start soldering the power right to the pcb... thats just insane. But for using normal cables.. ur the man

 

[deathBOB]

What I hate is the round ATA cable that came with my board. Its a really nice cable, but it has a connection in the middle and a connction on the end, which is hard to hide.

 

[Eric1285]

Meh, I use round cables and just some tubing on all my power supply wires. It's not super clean, but it looks neat. I ziptied down every wire I could, and most of my cables run behind drive cages. Took me less than an hour to do, and it's clean enough so that you can see the goodies inside.

 

[Mr_Evil]

My main rig was is pretty clean right now, but when I get my second SATA drive it'll be even better SATA really helps cable management. The new Machine I built last night is SUPER clean aside from the wire from the side panel case fan (but I got a solution for that.)

I use several different things for cable managment, Velcro, Split Loom, and good 'ol Black Zip Ties in different sizes.

Only good thing about rounded cables are their length, I also think they suck after a little incident involving a $60 DVD Drive to find out the rounded cable was the culprit. Ribbons are fine as long as they are folded.

 

[BoyBlunder]

is it possible for me to run the wires behind the mobo while the mobo is screwed in? or will i have to unscrew everything?

 

[monster.under.thebed]

run behind mobo tray, or just use sleeving
++

 

[User Name]

Originally posted by pat
is it possible for me to run the wires behind the mobo while the mobo is screwed in? or will i have to unscrew everything?

depends on the wire

but most of them requires you to remove the mobo first

 

[Logan321]

Originally posted by SEALTeamSix
I agree, I'd use flat cables as well. I made a sick rig for someone that had no wires showing at all except the ATX mobo connection. (and even that one was just a peeker).

As a side note, does anyone know how the new Mac G5's get away with looking like they don't have wires?

-SEAL

Rounded cables can work really well for some drives, flat cables are often better for CD-Rom drives because airflow past those drives is unimportant.

I thought they just left cables out of the G5s because cables aren't "trendy".