Need some opinion here regarding good cable management.

First of all, i am a bad cable manager.Cant do good cable management since i got my C5.And to be honest, the C5 is a very hard cable management casing.lol..

And since i got my new LL 007, cable management had been fairly easier.This is the best i could do so far.If you guys can help me to do some improvement, please do let me know.Thanks..

Thanks Doom for the link and advice. My main problem here is that the case's firewire cable is too short to connect to my mobo's rear firewire port. No chance for me to hide it under the mobo.That is why i need to put it on top of the mobo..Might redo the management later...

Ooh...my ..Cutting them off?I dont think i am daring enough to do that, not to mention having the skills to do an extension.lol..Anyway, the suggestion is appreciated.I think i will just leave the usb port. I already did not plug in the sound port as the cable is too short to reach my karajan audio port at the back. All i need to do is unplug the firewire cable. About the PSU cables, did i do a correct job hiding them there?

The main reason for me putting it there was because of the controller being silver color.I wanted a black one but too bad FM82 doesnt come with a black one.If i put it facing outsite at the floppy bay, it would not match my black casing.Anyway, i am running it at around 60% of the speed right now and wont be changing them as this is the max noise i could tolerate. Will be getting the FM121 soon with black controller and fix it at the floppy bay to match the case or else, get that 3 fan controller from SS for all my SS fan in the casing...

I understand what you mean there.Previously, my C5 is also having this problem as well as my cousin who is using the TJ06.Both of us need to stick it using double sided tape at the floopy bay to fix it there.Later, i switch it to the inside and screw it there...

Alright guys, really thanks for the great input there. I will try to redo my cable management after i finish my exams and hopefully it will be better next time.

@mADmAN, do you think i should hide the other cables at the CD-Rom bay?Would that look nicer?

@Doom, i actually just tied all of the cables up using cable tie. I was thinking about changing my PSU soon so i did not do anything about fixing them nicely.And i will be taking out those casing cables as well. If i got the chance, i might sleeve them as well.

Anyway, appreciate the comments there ..Will be doing better cable management next time and hopefully get more input from you guys as well...

Nah..Modular PSU isnt my kind of thing.Used to like them during the early days but after listening to some problems, i drop my interest in them..

Anyway Doom, in ur GT7 thread, are you using modular PSU there?This is because the cables coming from my PSU is alot and i cant seem to find a place to hide them away from normal eyesight. But from ur GT7,it seems you are able to hide them nicely, not like mine

Ic..I should avoid the modular PSUs then. Will try to redo the management and chuck in those cables at the ROM area later and see how is the results...

Went to LYP today and i couldnt resist myself getting the Silverstone ST56F. And i thought i do not need to redo my cable management during my exam period. Anyway, i just try to do my best this time with some advice from Doom and mADmAN. This time, i tried to hide some of the cables at the 5.25" bay and try to take out as many casing cables as possible. This is my cable management redo. Please do give me some opinion if improvement can be done.Thanks..

Well, i am going to sleeve those cables but i needed to find them first..lol..And i also though of changing that IDE cable to a black color version from CM as well to match it..Is there any IDE cable that only come with one connector instead of 2?I find having 2 connector but only 1 IDE device to be quite troublesome..

Well, to be honest, C5 is a headache when it comes to cable management.I couldnt even do any of them last time. They created a big hole beside the PSU and i thought of using it to dispose some of the unneeded cables but heck, its impossible. Not to mention hiding them is hard. When i bought the PC-7, its pretty easy to hide them (still hard cause i am not so good at cable management). At least there are more places for you to place your cables...

Well, i purchased it today at C-Zone selling at RM120. But i have seen in PC-Zone pricelist saying its for sale at RM90 only though.ALL IT also have them and the last time i ask, its about RM110. Not sure they still have it or not though..

I dont really like ribbon cables. I dont know why even though i have a few which is in black.Came with Asus i think..lol...I was looking forward for a 1 connector IDE round cable for better management but couldnt find them. I still remember CM having it but its in white while i wanted something to be in black though..

lol..I also wanted to put it on 4 ram slots but my freaking Zalman Fatal1ty is blocking the way ..Just realised that when i purchased the ram cooler..lol..Need to ditch the Fatal1ty asap once i got my budget.Causing me alot of headache..

Anyway, its original ram sinks that came together with the Zerotherm GX810.As far as i know, Zerotherm ramsinks can either be in green or in purple..

I dont like the fact that my DVD Writer is at the 2nd slot though.I still prefer it to be at first.Is there any other way of hiding those cables that are there if i were to switch my DVD writer back to the 1st slot?

This post has been edited by akachester: Apr 25 2007, 12:18 PM

Ic, but i cant put this at my 2nd 5.25" slot.Because i feel that the cable will still be visible from the side panel view wont it? I think i will try to switch the DVD writer back to the 1st slot, take out all the cables that are already there and try to tie it at the top of with a cable tie and a mounting base..Maybe that will be better..

Well, just gotten my hands on a single slot IDE connector cable from Cooler Master for just RM7..lol..

Its shorter than the rounded 2 slot IDE cable and makes cable management easier now...

Well, my cousin got it for me in a shop in Ipoh.Not sure where that is but its really cheap. Try look around in LYP and Sri Computer. The last time my cousin was there, he got himself the black rounded CM Ide Cable for only RM10. Once while, there is hidden treasure (as in cheap cables) lying around in Sri Comp...

Any idea would having L shaped sata cable be improving cable management?I am about to purchase a few of the Silverstone White Sata cable..

I also did the same, which is facing the cables at the front fan side. However, i just wanted to replace those sata cables with those L shapes one and in the future, i am surely going to add more HDD capacity into my PC.Just wanted to buy them for future case now..lol..

Well, i am going to get the Silverstone one as it looks really nice. And hopefully when i receive it with all my upcoming hardwares, i will redo the cable management hoping i could do something better this time...

Lol..Not really anything special like most people upgrading here.

Just a new GC, the HR-05 SLI chipset cooler, some minor stuff and maybe a new CPU Cooler as well...

Anyway, i will surely post some pictures. I also wanted to learn how to become a better cable manager..LOL...

Guess, i am just contented with the PC-7 for now.Cable management seems to be easy with this casing.Try using the C5 and you will notice the difference..

Gosh..You have the Zerotherm CPU Cooler?How good does that performs..LOL..So interested with that...

Anyway, nice cable management..