Does cable management effect airflow?

CakeBadger · Jul 7, 2014

I'm really bad with cable management yet I don't have a windowed case. My cables are all over the place and I really don't feel like fixing it but if I have to I will. I have four cooler master silent fans and a cooler in my case. Will cables effect my temps?

Essdub8 · Jul 7, 2014

Cables do indeed affect airflow. Simply going through and zip-tying your cables together instead of letting them spiderweb out all over the place will help the air move through your case.

Minstedmaz · Jul 7, 2014

Yes, you should also check if your case has space behind the motherboard plate where you can run some of them, but mostly do what Essdub8 says.

t3nn1spr3p · Jul 7, 2014

Shove as many cables behind the motherboard plate as you can. Cable zip-ties for bonus points.

M0j0jojo · Jul 7, 2014

Yup it definitely does, thats why its always best to buy a fully modular PSU, so then you dont have to worry about those pesky useless cables that just take up space.

MightyBoyGaming · Jul 11, 2014

Well yes, it does, if its literally between both sides of the airflow then it will get in the way and make your cooling inefficient.

Do everything you can to make it as clean as you can. If you have no backplate that you can hide things around then try as much as you can to cable tie and clip them to get them out of the air tunnel that you've created.

And yes, Modular is amazing for helping out with this, plus, you can buy pretty coloured cabling OMFG

Retrowire · Jul 11, 2014

These are all great answers. Check my signature link for more details on keeping your computer cool.

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