Hi I've been looking around and thinking about how to manage those un-tidy cables T__T
Couldn't find the how to hide those cables that's so untidy shown in the pic below
Most of the website or guides recommend me to hide the cable behind the mobo panel I've tried that but it seems to be too thick to fit in all those cable. Any suggestion will do as I really prefer it to be more tidy than the one shown below and plus I'm planning to get another 3 more fans to mount (2 on top and 1 infront of PSU below) by then I tink its gonna be even more messy T____T

Casing I'm using is a Cooler Master Elite 431 Plus.


This post has been edited by gxthelord: Aug 22 2013, 08:42 PM

from adie82 lowyat member

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2235427/all

Casing like Elite 431 is a little challenging. Try to refer to the pic below and be creative. It isn't difficult, but there's a certain limit to what you can do, due to the nature of the casing.

This is powdekful cabling management

Inb4,i never think Elite 430/431 can go this tidy..

Mod side panel like this...

wahh this really gave me an overview where to hide those cables. I'll try it and post back later, now downloading movie

wahh pro modding :/ I still new lehh some more this is first time assembling rig ><
Not that pro yet lor.. Btw if that case mod like that all the dust can go in jor lor? since open ventilation o.

After fiddling around I just managed to get the power buttons cable(wiring to the front to go behind)
For the power supply cable it is too thick for me to set up like you.
My Casing just won't let me close even if I route the USB 3 cable/USB cable from behind under the small box near the PSU like how u route the white/red strips.
I tried closing it but its like bumped up on side of the casing. This is the best I can do
Any ideas?

If you can't hide it, beautify it... make it 100% fully individual sleeved cable. PSU cable, front I/O, SATA, fan cable.....search HERE @ HERE for sleeving references.

Easy way is changing casing...Xigmatek Asgard Pro, Bitfenix Shinobi Window, CM Elite 311 is among entry model casing that have good cable management feature...

next time would definitely read about more casing before I get one, this one here was just bought
Always thought hiding those cable are easy till building it myself ><
Anyway tahnks for the suggestion. Maybe I would find a DIY black box that can cover the side of it so not so visible

So after countless trial and error still the box method works the best to hide the cable. I haven't painted the cable into black so you can see how the box looks like. Now my question is how to hide those cables in between the mobo and drive bays(sata cable, the big 24pin PSU cord) ._."


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SATA Cable - Get black coloured 1 as camouflage.
24 pin - this, have seen Viewnet sells it.

This post has been edited by kingkingyyk: Sep 22 2013, 11:36 PM

silly me never thought of using black sata as camouflage. LoL I've read the link u attached those are extensions? Does viewnet at digital mall sell those?

No idea but I saw it at LYP. You could try to find them in DM.

This post has been edited by kingkingyyk: Sep 23 2013, 08:23 AM

So I have switched to Black Sata Cables instead of coloured cable as recommended and it did help alot as no more coloured sata cables flying everywhere.
Bought a new HDD so have to relocate the Sata cables from bottom.
So my idea now is to cover entirely the front of the PSU area with a custom cut box that fits well(yellow coloured) to cover remaining cables.
After that those cables that are enclosed with colours still need help on hiding those.

How do you make the sata cable roll?

u mean like roll into cylinder shape? Take a long pen, then start rolling up from bottom the sata cable. Pull it as tight as possible when u roll it, in the end it will become like that. Works for PSU Cable and small cables too.
Attached two pic to illustrate how it was done. ^^

same as wat i did to my non modular PSU. THats the best option already....

were u able to close the cover? Cuz I tried that way the casing behind unable to close.

im using 430 which 431 based on.. yea, its the nature of the casing..it has no space behind mobo... u cant hide it, but u can make it more tidy... & use modular psu if u can

no problem. you just need to really place the cable all nicely and do some cable routing. still no where near cable management casing but thats enuf for me

not sure whether you can see it clearly or not. the best thing is to hide the cable beside the hdd tray or in best case squeeze it behind the mobo mount.

make sure no cable obstruct airflow between intake fan and exhaust fan summore clear of cable from GPU fan and CPU fan then all should be ok already



This post has been edited by Freedom1104: Sep 24 2013, 08:17 PM

is it possible u take a pic with flash from 45 degree so it win reflect like my pics. One thing I am curious tho do u route cables beneath the mobo?

lol not possible now as the rig is not with me. outstation now.

its alright tonight I'm going to re-try to fit those cables again in that small area xD will update again. Hopefully this time will work out. ><

So after thinking a while I decided to throw the box idea away and stick to hiding the cable as much as possible. I think I'm almost done as most of the cables are hidden. Now only left the whole big bunch of cable at the bottom of part.

So here are the end product after making some adjustment from front and behind. Need ideas to hide the bunch in the middle part of the PSU now.

I think you've already done a good job. If you refer to the photos that I've shared with you earlier, you can see that the bunch of cables in the middle part of the PSU are basically there, the best that you can do is to tuck it to the side, as much as you can.

This post has been edited by rav3n82: Sep 25 2013, 08:51 AM

Thanks a lot. Gonna try that when i building new rig. Now i lazy to open the casing anymore.

yup i use your pic as a reference to make my current management. But still need a little more time to push the remaining cables in. But ytd accidentally cut my finger veins and had 4 stitches. T__T so i guess gonna have to pause with this work for a while

no problem. Here got a lot of sifu can help de XD

After resting a few days I finally can finish it. Here's the final product. Base on your picture as reference. Slowly and tidy putting those cable in one small box is possible. I used the tie that u can buy for cables. (gonna find black to hide those ties)

I think I'm sastified already. Or it can be more better?


This post has been edited by gxthelord: Oct 3 2013, 04:37 PM

Fuiyoh....ayam satisfied also! Excellent job on the cable management man. I think you've done the best you can already. Now it's time to get a MSI GTX 780 Lightning and everything will be just perfect.

Danger! Poison below.

damn!! that's one hell of a sexy card!!! >< How much ah that cost

SRP RM2999.

Actually the reference 780 is also very nice. It has a green "Geforce GTX" green bling bling. Can get Zotac's 780 at around RM2199.

whoa~! 3k~! T____T need to save at least a few months mann~~ >< The zotac 780 reference words are in greeen too? cuz the other day I bought a 760 but the words are upside down when attached to the mobo ._."

Yes, the reference 780's LED lighting is only in green. Only the 780 Lightning have 3 different color modes depending on the card's load.

This card also nice ehh~~ so sad the owner of this card.. Now I think EOL already ba this.

This post has been edited by gxthelord: Oct 4 2013, 08:38 PM