Excess cable length?

[Bloudy_Parrot]

How do you guys deal with excess cable length?

[WhitetailAni]

Stick it where you can't see it.

[minibois]

Cable ties from https://lttstore.com/

#notsponsored.

 

In reality I just use twist ties.

 

EDIT: I should mention by the way I answered this question, assuming it was about cables outside of a PC.

For cables in your PC, I would recommend NOT using twist ties. Twist ties of course have a metal wire on the inside, which is responsible for the whole "holding things together" process, but metal can of course short something in a PC.

For inside a PC I usually use zip-ties and if included the velcro from the case.

[NineEyeRon]

Run it behind things, cable manage it away, tuck it into troughs etc.

 

Really depends on the cable and the situation, you just need a bit of imagination and a bit of experience to do it well. A good case and good cables also help.

[Godlygamer23]

8 minutes ago, Bloudy_Parrot said:

How do you guys deal with excess cable length?

Route it and tie it to the chassis anchor points or use my own, and/or to other cables.

[pythonmegapixel]

Coil up the excess length and cable-tie it.

Here's a photo demonstrating this on a network cable that I was longer than I needed:

 

My apologies for the abominable image quality - this is just a crappy phone camera; I couldn't be bothered to get out my proper camera to take this picture

[richodude]

shove it in a corner!

[AbydosOne]

6 minutes ago, minibois said:

In reality I just use twist ties.

+1 for twist ties. I save all the ones I get, and bought a roll I could cut to length when I ran out.

 

I've been migrating to velcro ties for longer/bigger cables. Zip ties are a last resort for when I want something to stay somewhere awkward long term.

[pythonmegapixel]

10 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Stick it where you can't see it.

1 minute ago, richodude said:

shove it in a corner!

ewwwww no!

That just feels like a half-arsed attempt to solve the problem - basically doing nothing about it and hiding it from view.

 

(this is tongue in cheek - obviously, you do you!)

[WhitetailAni]

This is The Way (if you can't afford LTT cable ties, and we all know any other methods are inferior):

Spoiler

Above-the-desk wiring (this is where most of the cables come up and go down - my Mac Mini is essentially a hub marker. It's right in between my two monitors and right below the router.

 

Under-the-desk wiring.

Yes, that is 2 8-outlet power strips.

And yes, those are phone line cables.

One I use as a filter, the other as a filter/splitter (and no they don't work - I haven't found the RJ11 pinout things yet so I can't convert the really old square phone port into an RJ11 port, and the standard ones are cut. I'm working on repairing them.)
Left one with rounded bottom is my main one - it's got my tower, monitors, Macs, speakers, and my Windows 7 box that I haven't used yet.
Right one is secondary - runs my Zip drive, legacy tower, Zip drive, and Chromebook charger.

Best cable management ever, right?

[richodude]

Just now, ragnarok0273 said:

This is The Way (if you can't afford LTT cable ties, and we all know any other methods are inferior):

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Above-the-desk wiring (this is where most of the cables come up and go down - my Mac Mini is essentially a hub marker. It's right in between my two monitors and right below the router.

 

Under-the-desk wiring.

Yes, that is 2 8-outlet power strips.

And yes, those are phone line cables.

One I use as a filter, the other as a filter/splitter (and no they don't work - I haven't found the RJ11 pinout things yet so I can't convert the really old square phone port into an RJ11 port, and the standard ones are cut. I'm working on repairing them.)
Left one with rounded bottom is my main one - it's got my tower, monitors, Macs, speakers, and my Windows 7 box that I haven't used yet.
Right one is secondary - runs my Zip drive, legacy tower, Zip drive, and Chromebook charger.

Best cable management ever, right?

i see nothing wrong with this

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, richodude said:

i see nothing wrong with this

Exactly!
This is how everyone should do it - put your Two Towers on each side, power strips in the middle, and your sub in the back for MAXIMUM AMPLIFICATION!!!

[Godlygamer23]

1 hour ago, AbydosOne said:

+1 for twist ties. I save all the ones I get, and bought a roll I could cut to length when I ran out.

 

I've been migrating to velcro ties for longer/bigger cables. Zip ties are a last resort for when I want something to stay somewhere awkward long term.

I prefer to use high quality zip-ties for everything. I don't have to worry about anything becoming undone.