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Is My Cable Management Any Good?

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I was wondering if my PC has okay to good cable management. Originally, it had god awful cable management, but I improved it as I frequently upgraded hardware.

 

Here's a single picture: http://i.imgur.com/19NciB2.jpg(It's not the highest quality and not great lighting either, so be wary).

 


 

What do you guys think? Is it okay compared to many PCs or is it sub-par? I have many fans in my system so it is difficult to manage the cables and extensions at the top.

 

 

Edit: I uncluttered much of the fan cables at the top. I cut off the annoying H80i GT pump fan-lead cable (it was unused. I do not use Corsair Link). I then elaborately routed the rad fan splitter (I use my own Noctua one) through my case and basically cleanly routed it to it's header (using only a mile of fan extensions). This got rid of much of the clutter at the top.

Specs: Asus ROG Maximus VII Formula (Motherboard) | i7-4790k (CPU) | EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (Graphics Card) | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB (C:) (SSD) | Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB (G:) (HDD) | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (F:) (HDD) | LG 14X BD Rewriter (D:) (Optical Drive) | Corsair H80i GT (CPU Cooler) | Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4) DDR3 1600MHz (RAM) | OCZ ZX 850W (Power Supply) | Coolermaster CM Storm Enforcer (Case) | Asus ROG Swift VG278Q 144Hz 1440p (Monitor) | Kingston HyperX Cloud (Headset) | Corsair Vengeance K70 (Keyboard) | Corsair Vengeance M60 (Mouse) | Noctua NF-F12 (x4) (Fans).
 

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I don't like the stray fan cable at the top and at the rear of the fan. Other than that, looks good.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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I was wondering if my PC has okay to good cable management. Originally, it had god awful cable management, but I improved it as I frequently upgraded hardware.
 
Here's a single picture: http://i.imgur.com/19NciB2.jpg(It's not the highest quality and not great lighting either, so be wary).
 
 
What do you guys think? Is it okay compared to many PCs or is it sub-par? I have many fans in my system so it is difficult to manage the cables and extensions at the top.
 
 
Edit: I uncluttered much of the fan cables at the top. I cut off the annoying H80i GT pump fan-lead cable (it was unused. I do not use Corsair Link). I then elaborately routed the rad fan splitter (I use my own Noctua one) through my case and basically cleanly routed it to it's header (using only a mile of fan extensions). This got rid of much of the clutter at the top.

 

Pretty good, but the fan cables bother me. Maybe zip tie the GPU power as well.

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Fan cables throw it off, the rest seems to be okay.

 

 

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I don't like the stray fan cable at the top and at the rear of the fan. Other than that, looks good.

I agree. It made it look off.

 

However, I got rid of a lot of the stray cables up there. I have not uploaded a picture yet though. The ones in the OP are prior to that.

Specs: Asus ROG Maximus VII Formula (Motherboard) | i7-4790k (CPU) | EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (Graphics Card) | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB (C:) (SSD) | Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB (G:) (HDD) | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (F:) (HDD) | LG 14X BD Rewriter (D:) (Optical Drive) | Corsair H80i GT (CPU Cooler) | Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4) DDR3 1600MHz (RAM) | OCZ ZX 850W (Power Supply) | Coolermaster CM Storm Enforcer (Case) | Asus ROG Swift VG278Q 144Hz 1440p (Monitor) | Kingston HyperX Cloud (Headset) | Corsair Vengeance K70 (Keyboard) | Corsair Vengeance M60 (Mouse) | Noctua NF-F12 (x4) (Fans).
 

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It looks great because you can't see or at ask with the lighting.

What do you mean?

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Here (prepare for even worse lighting): http://i.imgur.com/5LzEiYl.jpg

 

Does it look better at the top now?

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Here (prepare for even worse lighting): http://i.imgur.com/5LzEiYl.jpg

 

Does it look better at the top now?

I can still see the cable hanging. It needs to be tucked somehow.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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I can still see the cable hanging. It needs to be tucked somehow.

What about the rest of the stuff? In the OP photo, more cable clutter could be seen. I did get rid of quite some.

 

Is it that bad? I could tuck it somewhere, but for now, I think I'm okay.

 

Besides that, does my PC look clean and managed pretty well? I thought I did clear away a lot of those top cables, but just that one hangs off the fan frames. 

Specs: Asus ROG Maximus VII Formula (Motherboard) | i7-4790k (CPU) | EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (Graphics Card) | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB (C:) (SSD) | Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB (G:) (HDD) | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (F:) (HDD) | LG 14X BD Rewriter (D:) (Optical Drive) | Corsair H80i GT (CPU Cooler) | Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4) DDR3 1600MHz (RAM) | OCZ ZX 850W (Power Supply) | Coolermaster CM Storm Enforcer (Case) | Asus ROG Swift VG278Q 144Hz 1440p (Monitor) | Kingston HyperX Cloud (Headset) | Corsair Vengeance K70 (Keyboard) | Corsair Vengeance M60 (Mouse) | Noctua NF-F12 (x4) (Fans).
 

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What about the rest of the stuff? In the OP photo, more cable clutter could be seen. I did get rid of quite some.

 

Is it that bad? I could tuck it somewhere, but for now, I think I'm okay.

 

Besides that, does my PC look clean and managed pretty well? I thought I did clear away a lot of those top cables, but just that one hangs off the fan frames. 

Other than my nitpicking, the system looks totally fine.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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Show the back, then we will judge

The back??

 

No. No way.

 

I mean...who really cares about the back? I have heard of some people doing some weird stuff back there, but they are crazier than me. I'm sane enough that I don't care about the stuff no one will see, haha.

Specs: Asus ROG Maximus VII Formula (Motherboard) | i7-4790k (CPU) | EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (Graphics Card) | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB (C:) (SSD) | Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB (G:) (HDD) | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (F:) (HDD) | LG 14X BD Rewriter (D:) (Optical Drive) | Corsair H80i GT (CPU Cooler) | Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4) DDR3 1600MHz (RAM) | OCZ ZX 850W (Power Supply) | Coolermaster CM Storm Enforcer (Case) | Asus ROG Swift VG278Q 144Hz 1440p (Monitor) | Kingston HyperX Cloud (Headset) | Corsair Vengeance K70 (Keyboard) | Corsair Vengeance M60 (Mouse) | Noctua NF-F12 (x4) (Fans).
 

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Other than my nitpicking, the system looks totally fine.

It would likely be hard to get rid of that hanging cable. It is sort of blended in with the side panel hooks, so it is not really that bad imo.

 

If you compare the before/after pics I posted above, would you say I took care of the additional fan cables at the top a little better??

Specs: Asus ROG Maximus VII Formula (Motherboard) | i7-4790k (CPU) | EVGA Geforce GTX 1080 Founders Edition (Graphics Card) | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB (C:) (SSD) | Western Digital Caviar Black 3TB (G:) (HDD) | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (F:) (HDD) | LG 14X BD Rewriter (D:) (Optical Drive) | Corsair H80i GT (CPU Cooler) | Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4) DDR3 1600MHz (RAM) | OCZ ZX 850W (Power Supply) | Coolermaster CM Storm Enforcer (Case) | Asus ROG Swift VG278Q 144Hz 1440p (Monitor) | Kingston HyperX Cloud (Headset) | Corsair Vengeance K70 (Keyboard) | Corsair Vengeance M60 (Mouse) | Noctua NF-F12 (x4) (Fans).
 

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