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Splinter · Sat Aug 23, 2003 4:09 pm

I bought a bunch of splitloom, and it helped quite a bit, but it's still not as clean as I'd like.

I hate the damned IDE cables, even rounded ones.

Sigh.

Also, the multiple cables from my heatsink fan (Volcano11), one to the back of the case, one to the motherboard, one to the powersupply. Messy messy.

Mime · Sat Aug 23, 2003 4:39 pm

Small, long cables, like the audio cable to a CD drive, can often be tucked in behind the motherboard which helps to keep them out of the line of sight. :wink:

Splinter · Sat Aug 23, 2003 5:01 pm

I turned the HDs around, it helped considerably.

HowardDrake · Sat Aug 23, 2003 5:02 pm

Nice idea Splinter. Might have to try that soon. OTOH have you seen my room? :lol:

Splinter · Sat Aug 23, 2003 5:24 pm

eckslax · Sat Aug 23, 2003 5:31 pm

I just use a case without a window. :wink:

Splinter · Sat Aug 23, 2003 5:35 pm

eckslax wrote:
I just use a case without a window.

Out of sight, out of mind, eh?

Too bad it still affects the airflow in your case :/

mattsteg · Sat Aug 23, 2003 5:57 pm

Splinter wrote:
eckslax wrote:
I just use a case without a window.

Out of sight, out of mind, eh?

Too bad it still affects the airflow in your case :/

And who cares? As long as everything works, I know I'm happy.

LicketySplit · Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:19 pm

Its just when it dont work that pisses me off :wink:

Howard...dont wanna SEE ur room :lol:

YBK · Sat Aug 23, 2003 6:22 pm

Howard's room... Hahhaha...... full of PC's

I hate my 5.1 speaker's cable. Always tangled up.

LicketySplit · Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:37 pm

NOt only full of pc's...can u imagine how warm that sucker is with his farm in there? Howard...u gotta get u a little chickadee with fan to cool the room....u know...one that kinda takes ur breath away...that will get rid of the warm air too :wink:

Im still thinkin we could have one hell of a vacation with what he spends on lectricity..whew... :lol:

firerules16 · Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:42 pm

Hmm, well, I try to route any unsightly cables to the right side of my case, the side without the window, it helps a little bit, but I really need some rounded IDE cables.

*sigh*

I helped my friend put together a new compy with nice shiny built in SATA and a 120 GB Maxtor SATA hd. It's amazing how the lack of just one ugly and space hogging IDE cable can make a case look way cleaner.

Fire Rules

Splinter · Sat Aug 23, 2003 8:02 pm

Split loom has got to be my favorite method so far, I just ordered another 6 feet of 1/4" black tubing.

I hear fan controllers make a ton of mess, so I'm trying to plan out how I'm gonna route everything.

Sun Aug 24, 2003 9:14 am

What do YOU use to hide the unsightly mess of cables?

The case cover.

Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:34 pm

well, I don't use anything, I just route things to the back of my case (behind the 3.5" cage where floppy goes)

I don't use round cables, take up too much space, I just lay the flat ones against the back of the case, it looks clean

as for fans, I have no clue how to do it cleanly

eckslax · Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:09 am

Fans are the things that botch me up too. I did a pretty decent job with the IDE and other manditory cables, but those fans all over the place are just too difficult to manage. I'm sure that there is a way to minimize the impact, but I'm not feeling very creative.

Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:34 pm

eckslax wrote:
Fans are the things that botch me up too. I did a pretty decent job with the IDE and other manditory cables, but those fans all over the place are just too difficult to manage. I'm sure that there is a way to minimize the impact, but I'm not feeling very creative.

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well, I have two free 5.25 drives, so I just shuv everything in there

Fri Aug 29, 2003 4:27 pm

Behind the drive cages is one of the best places to stash cables. Also you can run many cables behind the mobo, as that is a good place to stash flat IDE cables. As for fan wire, I bought some wire clips and put them on the side of my case and ran all the wires through it to the top. Kept them out of sight of the window, and made the case look extremely clean.

VTNC · Fri Aug 29, 2003 4:46 pm

scissors

pez-king · Wed Sep 10, 2003 5:32 pm

I bought these Belkin velcro cable ties at Walmart. I used them along with good layout planning to get it tidy in there.

LicketySplit · Wed Sep 10, 2003 6:26 pm

Metal garbage twist ties work well...once u get it where u want it...(it takes awhile)..then i use the nylon zip ties...trick :wink:

What do YOU use to hide the unsightly mess of cables?

What do YOU use to hide the unsightly mess of cables?

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