Cable Managment

[emm]

Hello im new to pc building and i was wondering is there anything that i can but, that could help with cable managment? inside of the pc, i want it to look clean not too many cables, i know theres a fan hub thingy but i wanna make sure that its just the fan hub and no other things that i can buy, thanks.

 

Edit: i know that there are cases that are better than others, but im asking for stuff like the fan hub.

[OhioYJ]

Honestly I basically never use fan hubs. Fan connections are typically on various spots around the motherboard, making it more convenient to hook to those spots, and rather than run cables all over to a central spot. Also since they are typically on the edge of the motherboard typically only a small bit of the fan wire is seen if it just comes out to connect to the motherboard. Just my opinion though.

 

I'll have to try and find a better picture (angle) later, but for example, there are 8 fans in this build, all connected directly to the motherboard:

 

 

In my opinion fan hubs are better if you run out of headers, not necessarily to clean things up. But that's just my thought some people may think differently.

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Hardware inc. case? 

[Budget DIY]

There ARE going to be cables in your PC case. Some cables will be visible, if you've got a side panel with some kind of glass in it. You kinda can't avoid that. However, you can try to make those cables look better, or just good.

 

-If you get yourself a fully modular PSU, you're likely able to get cable replacements made, in fancy colours. LTT used to have a sponsor for exactly that. (cablemod? Don't know)

-Make the visible parts of cables, short and clean. Try to avoid making them look like they are under tention.

-I myself used heatshrinkwrap around my smallest cables. (cables from the case, like power/front LED/reset switch cables) Making them look more beefy and way less cluttered.

-Just try to bundle similar cables, using zip-ties, and hide them behind the motherboard.

 

 

This picture above shows you the read side of my (highly modded) computer case. 3 aRGB fans up top, 2 aRGB fans in front. 5 HDD's and 1 SSD. Was forced to use a fan hub for the top fans, and the front fans are connected to the case fan hub/speed controller. The case itself had also loads of cables going to it.

 

Cables seem to go upwards, instead of downwards. This is because I flipped the internals of my PC, so I had a right-side window. Making cable management different from what's normal. Took me a few hours to get at this point.