How good is your cable management? [PICS]

hey all was was building another system a few days ago for a relative, nothing fancy:
c2d E7200:2gb corsair DDR2:8400gt (no gaming here):WD 320Gb Blue (single Platter):corsair VX 450.

anywho, i noticed that i soend 40min putting it together and at least that again doing cable management.

so any way do you bother with loads of cable amnagement?
pics would be great.

BTW: by no means is my system a benchmark to go by, i actually ran out of cable ties .

Hey, that looks pretty good. Certainly better than my last system. I'm planning a new one currently and looking at a modular psu to help with the cable management.

Large picture, sorry

ncie work skittle. I think i am going to do something similar on my up and coming PC im about to build. Except im going to take it a step further and spray paint every cable possible, black. So if its not sleeved or already black, im going to spray it black. I hope this turns out well, just gota be careful near the connectors. may have to paint with a brush the closer i get.

nice, any more pics anyone?
looks like you guys arnt as religious as i am, excluding skittle: BTW i have the same GPU as you onmy primary machine, (assuming is a hd4850) also gald to so see support for corsair PSU's. this is the first one ive bought, and im impressed, it even came in a mesh bag!

please post your PIC to, especially if they are BAD .

oh and the wire sticking out by the psu is the case fan wire and this is an antec 300^ and damn i want a corsair 620hx

jpbg: i really reccomend a Corsiar supply: altohugh its only the TX (i think) that are modular the VX supply from my PIC isnt modular, however i just routed them to the behind side of the case to hide them.

grimmy: those sata cable look long, i hate how short they often are.

that DFi board really stands out with all that orange, and i prefer the p35 to 650i, so i would call that an upgrade

what ram is that you got in there? it looks like the OCZ reaper?

the MB from my pic has the 24pin connector in a really horrible place making cabling a bit of a chore.

im gonna try and get some more pic of my main system and my older system.

grimmy: cool do those thermaltake heatsink make much of difference?

ok, i took a picture of my main machine (did a bit of cabling wheni opened it up too.)



specs for that is
C2D e6300 at 2.45ghz (350FSB)
2gb corsiar cheapo ram ( i got it when it was expensice)
2X 160gb cavier
hd4850 with akasa VGA cooler, as the original one ran either hot or with the XML mod really loud.

I think it does, hard to say exactly.

Since I use an IR Thermometer to figure out temps externally, with the HS on the muskin, or even my other ballistix's, the original heat spreaders registered around 49-50C. With those other HS from Thermaltake, the IR pickes them up around 32C for the muskins, 36C ballistix.

The reason why I say it's hard to say, those HS replacements are lil thicker casing. So it's hard to say if the heat is being masked.

I did run my memory voltage at 2.6v for the ballistix, which I do remember on load (prime95 blend test) they reached 43C. Heh, and they still seem to work. I may retest them in my other rig.

Forgot to mention the thermal pad it came with, which also makes it even thicker, but thinner when you tighten the screws.

But I did get temp readings in the low 40's on load. So I'm guess its doing its job. I agree more metal, it should absorb more heat.

I remember my copper 7700 Zalman, which I still have on my old P4, did allot better then the stock on load, but idle at the same temp as the stock did.

O0O0O im gonna put up my disaster of cable management!!! XD

ifor: nice system, if i were you i would rotate your CPU cooler 90 degrees so the hot air blows into the fan at the top so it is expelled imedatly.

thanks for the reply jpbg, that's really interesting, i never considered that the heat pipes would make that much of a difference. i just assume that any thing like that would be quickly over ruled by the quicker explelling of the hot air from the case. i see if it affected turn 90 or left as is. damn i would have to get an antec and a tower cooler.

Finally finalized my build with a Lian Li A70 to replace a cramped Antec 900. Makes it so easy for cable management.

wow nice GTX280's jcorqian wat fps do u get in crysis with them bad boys?

http://www.evga.com/community/Mods [...] ysid=10241

PIC4 for wire routing in my antec 900 zoo with everything + a kitchen sink inside...

I would want to buy another case if i spent much on one. but having a reusalbe case bare it own problems, when you get new kit but want to keep the old compoents you end up still having to buy another case. i have kept all my old machines back to PIII, they all get used for servers or linux'y things.

what res you playin at jcorqian?

chookman, thats some elite cabling there
how many gigs of storage do you have? and why would you need all that.

xringx: What in the hell is that little **** fan doing on the MOSFETS?

and stop jacking up your post count....

so far they scythe Mini kaze has been very good.....

http://www.microcenter.com/single_ [...] id=0274205

I dont know how much they help. Before I chose this board, most of the OC threads mentioned the need to cool the MOSFETS... and there are screw holes for the the NB, so I just purchase fans and installed them 1st time.

I dont think I really need them, but I have a fan fetish

hmm im fiarly sure that there is not a HUGE difference, just more PCi express power.

didnt you get a moular PSU for that money.

do what i do, and put it behind the motherboard try. also if you have no intension of using that many cables, you can cut the exess off at the PSU that what i did on my micro atx case.

post some PIC so we can take a look see.