Bad Cable Management

kyledog24

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So I fell for it, I bought a pre-built last year and have been using it avidly since. Now that my hard drive is starting to fill up with too many games, I've begun looking for a second hard drive to install. Now my case doesn't have a visible hard drive bay, it's actually in its own section lower in the case. The only way to access the hard drive bay would be to open the solid metal panel, which I haven't opened before. What I saw was cables galore, I didn't realize how many cables they had hidden behind the case. This is a major problem because the amount of cables in that panel is blocking me from installing anything into the hard drive bay. I don't know how to go about this as I feel like If I disconnect a lot of cables, I won't know the proper spots to plug them back in.

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If anyone has a good idea on how to properly go about this problem, please let me know. Cause until then, the only options I have is to use an external hard drive.
 
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Of course, anything external rather than internal will most likely not be as good. But if you absolutely can't fit a internal Hard Drive then your only option would be an external one.

Thats far from the worst ive seen.
Typically, you dont install drives from that side of the case, you should install them from the other side, then attach the cables to the rear side.

If you do have to unplug cables, dont worry about it. They may seem overwhelming but if you take pictures as you go (one per cable detach) you can easily figure out which goes where (as they are all shaped differently for this reason)
 

kyledog24

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Regarding installing the hard drives on the wrong side. My case is titled the "Element Gaming Case" from IBuyPower. As far as I know, I can't install a drive from the glass panel's side because of the case's format. The only drive's I can install from that side are two SSD's. If you can find a way to install them from the glass panel's side, It'd be a great help to me.

https://www.ibuypower.com/Product/LandingPage/Element
 

GRafkiD

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Of course, anything external rather than internal will most likely not be as good. But if you absolutely can't fit a internal Hard Drive then your only option would be an external one.

 
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