Any tips or tricks for first time cable management?

[Amateur Gamer]

Hi i'd like to cable manage my pc because i just threw the cables in the back and kinda did some management but it's far from good.

So before i begin to try and maybe regret it really badly i'd like to know if there are things that i should know before doing this.

 

This is the pc i put together:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/F4t3BP

[Skiiwee29]

Since its not a Tempered Glass case, as long as all the slack of the cabling is hidden and routed properly, you should be good.

[Amateur Gamer]

2 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

Since its not a Tempered Glass case, as long as all the slack of the cabling is hidden and routed properly, you should be good.

Well yeah but i'm an idiot and i love wasting my own time with stuff like this.

I don't know what's wrong with me but when i do something i always want to do it perfectly.

Stuff like cleaning is the same... When i start to clean a room it usually turns into cleaning the entire house :')

[Skiiwee29]

What happens out of site is more personal preference really... If you are happy with what is done with the cables out of site from view, then that is when you know you did it well. Try and group them up as best you can and put them in a linear fashion as best you can without blocking your back panel from being able to be put back on. 

[Amateur Gamer]

8 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

What happens out of site is more personal preference really... If you are happy with what is done with the cables out of site from view, then that is when you know you did it well. Try and group them up as best you can and put them in a linear fashion as best you can without blocking your back panel from being able to be put back on. 

I'll try my best  

The biggest problems are these (heat sink?) things on the cables.

They are kinda annoying because i can't bend them.

Or at least i don't think so... i'd rather not try.

[slightlyjaded]

With a modern aftemarket case it isn't really important. Group your cables as they come out of the components. And route them behind the backplane. A modern case has enough room to sort it out where no one can see it.

 

Personally I prefer cable routing that goes either vertical or horizontal, but that's a personal preference ( I use the power cables on my 980 to support the weight of the graphics card.)

 

Cablemod is several shades of awesome for this. I personally prefer complete sets of cables in modular systems, just because I don't want to deal with extensions. I figure this is your choice though. I like pretty things.

[Brooksie359]

I'd say the biggest concern for me when doing cable management is making sure they are secure and out of the way of any fans as its quite annoying to have to open up the computer case to fix something like that. 

[it_dont_work]

I find, stopping and not caring is helpful. as long as nothing is in the way of a fan blade its all good.

[Wix]

Make sure you have a stock of cable ties, twist ties, and velcro straps.

 

I route each cable one by one then group then together with straps or ties.

[Amateur Gamer]

It turned out not too bad but this flat cabled front audio is really annoying.

It's in the way of everything but i could't do much about it.

 

Here's a pic of it (poor quality though)

 

[miguelriley]

Thanks for the post. The advice are really helpful and I will surely use this for gathering the cable running out and surely first I will get the cable ties.