Tidying up rig

[mithrandir]

My rig seems quite messy internally and I was wondering what the best options are to sort out the mess?

I'm thinking of using cable sleeving such as those from Vantec, but are there any other solutions to tie back cables so they fit around the PC case frame?

Here's a snapshot of the internals:

 

[llwyd]

oh dear god, use our image hosting mate, ImageShack is about as sluggish as it gets. There is a link to the upload site on the Nav bar at the top of the forums, or go to http://upload.overclock3d.net/

On the topic of cable tidying, sleeving is good but very time consuming and costly. I prefer cable / zip ties and routing cables behind the drive bays. Some people drill holes in the motherboard tray and run the wires behind that

 

[Ham]

Off topic:

You have one kickass mobo there mate. Used too have one.

 

[mithrandir]

oh dear god, use our image hosting mate, ImageShack is about as sluggish as it gets. There is a link to the upload site on the Nav bar at the top of the forums, or go to http://upload.overclock3d.net/

On the topic of cable tidying, sleeving is good but very time consuming and costly. I prefer cable / zip ties and routing cables behind the drive bays. Some people drill holes in the motherboard tray and run the wires behind that

OK. I'll keep that in mind for future pics I put up here.

Thanks for the info btw. Don't think I'll drill holes but maybe run them behind the drive bays.

 

[jamena]

or cram them into one of the unused drive-bays. Usually one of the 5.25 ones is good for extra psu cabling

 

[fingz999]

need to connect your sound cable from your drive mate

id go with the above use a 5.25 drive bay and cable tie them in

 

[FragTek]

Mate there are some great ways to tidy up those cables, let me link you to a few key items.

Firstly obviously good PET sleeving, you can find this @ any online shop for the most part....

Now for some instrumental things to a good clean case:

- small & medium black cable ties in 100 packs (4" for small works well, and 8.5" works well for medium) : http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?pagenum=1431

- adhesive backed 4-way cable tie mounts in 100 packs : http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?pagenum=1435 (Type "T" at the bottom of that page)

- helical cable bundling wrap (great for gathering large bundles of cable together in a single area (such as along the case floor): http://www.mcmaster.com/nav/enter.asp?pagenum=772 (top of page)

With the combination of those things you can pretty much let your imagination run free as to how you can straighten things out inside your case. Those are the only things I use when I want a super clean professional cable-free look. Turns out perfect every time!

And if you have the time, dedication, know-how, and tools as Llwyd stated, cutting holes in the mobo tray for behind mobo cable routing is the ultimate. I did this on my phase changed rig and it turned out fabulous.

Here's a pic of that rig... Every single cable connected to that mobo was run behind the board, including the ATX cable, THAT WAS TRICKY! I could have done with shorter IDE cables but I didn't have the time to faff around with it so I just clumped em together.

 

[mithrandir]

need to connect your sound cable from your drive mate

Thanks for the info. BTW the sound cable is connected now (it was disconnected at the time I took the pic).

@FragTek Many thanks for those links, very useful

I've since bought some Akasa velco wraps, but I think cable sleeving might be the solution.

 

[mrapoc]

Is there such a thing as cable sleeving via the zip up/ velcro method that looks good and UV reactive?

I couldnt get the nice effect with the normal sleeving as I couldnt be bothered to take the ends off each connection and just fit it onto the ones I could squeeze through lol!