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I had a hard drive fail recently just a month outside the five year warrant. Go figure! So I had to open her up to extract it. Its clear that I need to do some cleaning since its been about two years. Are any suggestions on making things a bit more tidy? Its the 4000d airflow case. I have the four corsair LL120 fans and the evga aio and its fans that came with it. As far as drives go. I have the two nvme(windows and storage) and two ssd(Fedora and backup to my old backup). I thought about getting different fans but maybe I'll just keep them and replace the aio ones. Also the power cable going to the graphics card drives me nuts because it blocks some of the rgb. Thanks in advance.

Hi everybody, So I finally built my new PC today but I immediately ran into a big problem. I connected everything to my PSU, cable managed all the wires and without putting on either of the side panels I tried booting and it worked. I was super happy and put both side panels back on. But when I tried to start up the PC again, it wouldn't work. All the fans were spinning and the LEDs on the ram were also on, but nothing else happened. No fans ramping up like they usually do for a few secs before you see the boot screen. So I got rid of the right side panel and by doing that releasing the pressure that was put on the wires by it and sure enough it worked again. I did manage to get it to work with the side panel on now but I don't like the idea that as soon as I move the PC it could stop working again because of a bad wire or something. What could be the problem here? Is a bad wire or something else? And if it is in fact a bad wire, which one would it most likely be? My specs are: Ryzen 5 3600 Corsair 16GB 3200mhz RGB GTX 1080 Sea Sonic Focus SFX PSU 650W Corsair H100X AiO CPU Cooler I would be so happy if anyone knew a solution to this. Thanks in advance!

Hey, so i am putting together my PC components in a Zalman N3 case I have put everything together, except for the Fan power (interestingly this case has a molex connector for all 3 fans and is labeled as 'Fan Controller power'). After that i just need to turn it on This is my first time building a PC from scratch and being a student on limited budget, i can't really purchase any replacements if something goes wrong. Enclosing pictures of the inside of the case and also the cable management compartment. Please see if there is any dangerous wiring and any possibility of shorting anything please, please point it out. I would be grateful P.S : feeling really nervous right now

Hi LTT forum, I would like to know how much can I bend the internal USB 3.2 cable leading from the front panel to the motherboard. I have a Be quiet! Pure base 500DX case and the cable managment in there is really tight. Rn i dont have other components such as the motherboard (ASUS ROG B550-F GAMING). Is there a limit for the cable bending, where the copper wires would just snap in half without me even knowing it? Or shall i just bend it as much as the motherboard could handle? Thank you for any tips. NOTES: it is a flat cable, for reference use the motherboard standofs

I recently build a PC and for cable management, the best I could do for the 24 PIN cable was to push it behind the cable bar of NZXT case. However, that is introducing quite a stretch and bend in the cable and I am not sure if this would affect it's life. Should I change it? Here is how it looks like: https://imgur.com/876UHN8 Thanks for the inputs!

Hi I am somewhat new to the PC building World and I have some experience in the Marine electronics business (Garmin Marine dealer). After doing my first ever PC build this month I am wondering of the possibilities combining the marine NMEA 2000 Serial connector types for various parts of a PC build. For example the CPU, GPU and 24 Pin connector using the NMEA 2000 standard (CAN: Controlled Area Network). The NMEA 2000 standard allows power and data to be transmitted using one threaded cable. The cable from each peripheral device can plug into one rail that connects to the PSU (12v battery for a boat). This approach came to mind after seeing the low quality on cable connectors between my MSI Prestige Creation Mother Board and my Thermaltake Toughpower Grand PSU. The 24 pin connector was the worse. The front USB connector was so tight when I tried to pull it out the blue housing remained inside the MO connector side!! NMEA 2000 connectors look very similar to the connectors used in many water cooled PC systems. Water cooled PC look like a NMEA 2000 network. The cables and connectors can be made small and thin for small connection points. The quality of the NMEA 2000 cables are such that there are stories of boats being submerged for days or weeks and the electronic still work after being recovered. I mention the water proofing/resistance as I often read about PC enthusiast worried about humidity inside their cases and the risk of water line leaking. On the water cooled PC system side a NMEA 2000 network already transmit fuel flow rates which could be the water flow rate and water temperature rate in water cooled PC! I live in Bermuda where the humidity and salt air rule!! I believe the NMEA 2000 standard can improve the plug and play PC building crowd. One big advantage I see is one cable can be used to connect a digital tool or a display and the entire system can be analyzed for faults and performance. I attached an image of a basic NMEA 2000 network set up but just image the parts replaced with a GPU, CPU, PSU etc... Now just imagine a simple rail connection line as in the attached image placed anywhere inside the PC case. The rail can be split and extended with one cable to place a portion of the connection rail else where inside the case. NO MORE MESSY cables coming from the PSU!!!!! Currently a PC can be connected to a NMEA 2000 network via USB (see attached images). This allows the PC to send and receive data to NMEA 2000 device. The BIG draw back to the NMEA 2000 standard as I understand it is it has low data rates in comparison to current PC standards. NMEA 2000: 4800 Bit/second vs GPU Memory: 14 Gbps!!!!!!! In a NMEA 2000 network no one peripheral device is the brain of the system except the power supply. Of course with a PC the CPU and disk drives rule. A NMEA 2000 network can handle 50 devices at one time. The NMEA 2000 network could be limited to power and data transfers for HHD,SSD and power supply connectors (would lead to easier and cleaner cable management). Could the NMEA 2000 type connectors replace or be equal to PCIe? I will be writing to the NMEA 2000 organization to make a case to them to consider upgrading the standards (or risk being left behind) to cross over with the PC world. The transport world and PC are becoming one in the same. It would be great to get feed back from you all on this concept.

Hi so I am a first time builder and have finished my build, I am looking at cablemod and really like them when I did the configuration for custom lengths I couldn't make the dual 6+2pin for my graphics card in different colors so my question is can I just use 2 8pin instead of a dual 6+2.

Budget (including currency): 50 EUR Country: EU Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Simulator Do you guys now a reliable wall plate with USB and Display Port? Sim rig will be 2 meters away from my desktop and would like to run cables in the wall. DP should be capable of 4K 160hz and USB 3.0. Is the bandwidth dependent only on the cables or on the ports on the wall plate as well?

hi , I have built my PC with a new PSU days ago, a bitfenix formula gold of 550w , and the cable mangement for me was a bit hard , some cables are harder to route with this PSU, and my case and me didin´t help by much too I am already not the best doing cable management , the first obstacle was my 24 pin cable that was too large because the tape that is used on the cable to route for any hole on the case , after that I had to route the CPU cable under the GPU because the cable was too short but it´s fine because since it looks like it´s safe by some opinions and don´t look so ugly as it could be IMO , but what is worring me right now are my GPU cables , because I don´t know if it´s safe to have like it is right now , it seems that the cable is so thick , seems like that on the end of the cable when connecting to the GPU connecter does some resistence and it´s touching my side pannel , I don´t have to force the side pannel to close but it touches it. but the connection seems solid and the gpu doesn´t seem to bend or anything . I am doing something wrong on the GPU cables? it´s safe like it is ? tried other ways and the cable had more bends or some twisting that didin´t liked to see . Photos: https://imgur.com/a/CXJFLML

Hi there. My pc was working just fine, but I wanted to do some rewirering because it was a mess. But after I finished, and before closing the case, I checked that everything worked, just because. But when I hit the power switch, all I got were 5 beeps. I check on the manual for the meaning of those, but since it is a budget MB the printed docs are pretty much useless and all it says is a bunch of QR codes to go to the website. According to Gigabyte’s support page 5 short beeps stand for CPU error. It says nothing more. I try to check the RAM, clear the CMOS, remove the CPU, leave the bare minimum for the PC to boot but all I’ve got so far is the 5 beeps. I can’t think of something wrong I did or something that could possibly damage the components. Literally all I did was unplug the PSU cables and plug them again. Didn’t even touch the CPU until I disassembled the whole thing. Motherboard: Gigabyte H310m A2.0 CPU i5-9400F GPU GTX970 RAM 8gb DDR4 2400 UDIMM It’s a budget PC and I have no way to test the components elsewhere.

Finally ripped out everything from the crystal case I had, and installed the new 140mm fans with replacements for the AIO cooler. So far could not be happier with temps and how quiet the 140 fans run. Is there any obvious cable management I could do? Trying not to buy a whole set of cable mods. PS: I really hate the AIO cables

There is an older thread but don't want to revive it so I will ask here for some more advice. Anyone got any photos of decent cable management in the V21, I have moved my clear side to the top of the case partially because its under the desk and prefer to look down on the RGB goodness but also so I don't have to see the rats nest under the Mobo Tray but I would love to see what you have all done to make this case look beautiful. 916d7312-9ace-498e-b624-aaf2a87c4291.jfif WhatsApp_Video_2020-05-03_at_19_02_29.mp4

Wondering if it is poosible to bend an internal usb 3.0 cable to hard and break it? I just got an extension for it in my pc and didn't have much room so i had to bend it to make the length right. Just curious if it is possible to break the cable by bending it to hard?

Hey LTT, So i'm currently working on a project for about 18 of my convenience stores. Our Point of Sales systems were totally replaced about three years ago, before I took a very technical role in my company. Each register, cash drawer, customer display, scanner, credit card terminal and security camera are connected via ethernet. Well, the company that configured and wired the stores did a real POS job. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) We are talking ZERO cable management. Really bad RJ45 terminations. Ugh, Its a mess... Being the super busy business executive fancy pants that I am, I really cant justify going to each location and getting measurements for each and every cable. I have ballparks, but nothing suitable for ordering each and every cable. The reason why I need to buy pre terminated Cat7 cables is each one of these jobs will have to be done overnight when the store is not operating and be totally done 4 hours later when the store reopens. I just don't think I would be able to efficiently crimp every cable. I will run and take some pictures of one of my locations if theres any interest. I've got all the time in the world for you guys! So tl;dr Any tips or suggestions for big cable management prep? Recommendations for friendly, helpful cable providers? (Talked to CableSYS, no real help.) High volume RJ45 crimp tools? Thanks!

I have so many cables from audio (3.5mm, optical, component and various other), display, networking, usb and more. I am ordering cable ties (the Velcro ones) in 100 pack 8inch by 1/2inch. Any other ideas or suggestions on how to store them? I also heard putting them in plastic bags also helps. Thanks a lot!

Hey everyone sooo... my supervisor gave me the Job to make it look clean in our Office and also make a new Idea to make it "cool looking" So in the image so you can so how our work place looks like, all the cable on the floor and my supervisor does not like it. so i thought gonna stick on every Table one Power strip (so they can charge up their Notebooks and phone) and gonna hide all cables that comes form the Monitor in the bag which is under the tables. So next the one cable that is stuck under the table that gonna connect to the middle power strip that is on the floor and for not making it look weird i gonna use zip ties and tide them on the table leg. after that the one cable that comes from every table i gonna plug them to another power strip, that is on the floor and that is gonna go to the socket which is in the Wall. what do you guys think of my idea? or do you guys have any better ideas than mine? i would appreciate your help Saving... Saving...

With one connection to a power-hungry or overclocked card your system under heavy load may shut itself down and reboot! I have to share my case for anyone who is making his build decision or troubleshooting an issue. There are several topics on this forum about it (one pcie cable or two separate, etc.), but they are fairly inconclusive. This one will not fit every instance either, but may save someone his time in a similar situation. I've got an Aorus Xtreme 2080 Ti from Gigabyte. It's factory-overclocked to 1770Hz boost and has 2x 8-pin pci-e connectors. Initially I've plugged one 8-pin cable with two connectors between my card and Corsair HX1000i. But with high graphics preset in Red Dead Redemption 2 I've got instant-reboots of my PC in some cutscenes (including intro) and in the middle of the game. In cutscenes crashes were at the same place everytime: right after when Dutch calls Arthur in the intro or after words "there will be a party!" in another cutscene. Some tweaks in graphic settings helped temporarily (disabling MSAA, lowering shadow quality, changing resolution scale). There were no overheating, as sensors were telling. After that I tested my system in FurMark. At 720p there were no issues initially. But at 1080p reboot happened again after about five minutes. At another time it was triggered by alt-tabbing out of fullscreen FurMark test. Additionally pressing "reset" button in MSI Afterburner with 720p windowed FurMark in the background would trigger the crash too (consistently), even though I haven't touched any OC controls. So when I realised the thing about cables and added one, these reboots were gone. With one cable max power draw from 12V rails of the PSU was about 300 watts (seen in Corsair's Link) when one of the reboots in FurMark happened. After replugging draw was over 360 watts with jumps up to 396. There is a CPU's share in it ofc., HWiNFO tells around (and slightly higher than) 300 for the GPU alone now. When I was preparing for and building my system, I watched many helpful videos from LTT, JayzTwoCents, Paul's Hardware, Bitwit and others. But that one from Jayz I interpreted wrongly. Since the tests showed real difference (outside of margin of error I think) I should've gone with two cables from the start. The root cause of reboots themselves may be connected to a PSU playing safe with his over-current protection (and I thank it for that I guess). Or may be it's something else. It would be good to know, but I'm done with hard-rebooting my system. Any insight will be appreciated. Hope this case will help someone!

so i was looking at cable clips to adhere to my case to clean up my cables but im currently saving up for some upgrades like new fans, liquid cooling, cable mods and stuff and i know when i get those im going to have to cable manages again and i dont want to stick the clips on then have to peel them off and stick new ones every time i have to reroute cables. i was thinking about getting some cable clips and putting magnets on the clips so i could put them where i want and move them freely when needed. i would also like the fact that i could route the cables one way anif i dont like it i can just move the clips again and test different routings while being able to just move clips freely. im curious if anyone has tried this and if theres any complications i may run into that im not thinking about. i added a pic of clips that im looking at to kind give an idea.

Hey! I just built my first pc and Im having trouble managing the cables to look tidy. I tried using most of the cutouts on the case, but it still looks messy as hell. Build: Fractal Focus G case MSI z390 gaming edge ac 9600k Dark rock pro 4 Msi 2080S gaming trio Seasonic focus 750 px 3200mhz cl16 gskill ripjaws Any help is appreciated. Sorry for the bad quality pictures my camera lens on the phone is shattered so its really hard to take pictures without glare:D Furthermore I read in Seasonics guide that I should connect the gpu with 2 separate pcie connectors, but they only included 2 and one is plugged into the cpu. The card pulls theoritically 260-270 watts tops. Shoudnt a single cable be enough?

hi i was wondering how many cable combs i need for my build. this is my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D7P6MZ i am getting a custom loop so that why there isn't a cooler.

So I was just wondering: Is there a connector, that makes a vertical 24pin ATX input horizontal?

Hello, I'm looking for some cable clips or something similar to help organize the cables around my desk.

So I've been looking for 16 slot cable combs (my GPU has 2x 8pin... So yeah...) and it turns out they're not that common. I've looked at almost each store here in Greece, and not one of them has them. Most have 14 slot. Now I was considering purchasing 24 slot combs and just cutting them to size, but they are EXPENSIVE AF here, and I don't want to do that (yet). A second option I might have is to see if I can 3D print my own cable combs at the University, but there is a minute chance they'll do such a thing (I have to ask, but most likely I'll get turned down even if I offer to pay for the material). Finally, I can purchase online from Great Britain or some other EU country, but shipping and handling is almost 500% the price of the combs. I have taken into consideration Ebay, but ETA is late November so I have that as a worst case scenario, because I don't have a paypal, and don't really want to open one just for a one time deal worth less than <10 euro purchase. I would like to hear what you guys would recommend me to do. Thank you in advance.

I'm buying my custom gaming rig and I can't decide for best case. Things that I am looking at are CABLE MANAGEMENT, COOLING, ESTETIC. I'picked up three cases that are in my budget, but also that has good specs and looks good. ZALMAN R1 COOLER MASTER ELITE 430 COOLER MASTER K350 Give me advices PLEASE!!!

I am building a new computer and looking for a case with good cable management, good water cooling compatibility, and can handle 2 way sli setups. Would be nice to have dust filters and quiet too. I want to be able to put a lot of radiators in this case, at least 3 to dissipate a lot of heat. I want to water cool two 980tis in SLI. I have been eyeing the corsair 900d. My price limit is 400$ and the tower size does not matter too. It would be nice for it too look nice too . I want to build something like this but downgrading some of the equipment. I am going to be using an E ATX board, and Corsair Dominator Platinum Ram, which has huge heatsinks, just an FYI