My Brother Owns a Gaming PC And Does Not Manage His Cables, Should He Keep Them Messy Or Not?

[SLIClocker]

Title mostly explains it, He always has his cables at his setup ALWAYS messy and he will never clean them up, He does not believe me that it looks terrible and will not do anything about it, I am writing it to prove to him that he should clean his cables because it looks disgusting, Who is with me?

[iRileyx]

If no-one else or not many people see the build it doesn't really matter how the cables look. If he doesn't care for the looks and just cares for the function of the PC, leave them be lol.

[Guest]

Looks horrible but if he doesnt care about looks then dont force him. 

[AlwaysFSX]

Literally does not matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDCMMf-_ASE

 

[Ganz]

Beauty is the eye of the beholder.  If he doesn't think HIS PC looks terrible, then there's nothing to be done.  It's not like unmanaged cables will explode or anything.

[SLIClocker]

No what is mean is it is very unhealthy looking and caught a spider in there because of the cables, It is not on the inside of the pc it is on the outside, My computer is right next to his so i kind of have to force him into managing his cables, Now trust me i mean the are filthy dust all over them while my area is well cable managed and tidy and looks like a totally different world, Now do you guys understand?

[chilicheeseburger]

On 10/13/2017 at 8:41 AM, SLIClocker said:

Title mostly explains it, He always has his cables at his setup ALWAYS messy and he will never clean them up, He does not believe me that it looks terrible and will not do anything about it, I am writing it to prove to him that he should clean his cables because it looks disgusting, Who is with me?

As long as they're not on the floor in a way that makes it likely for someone to trip over it's not really an issue except for the fact that it looks shitty. Also it's his setup so he can pretty much do whatever he wants with it. If it bothers you that much, maybe get him a cable raceway as a stocking stuffer for christmas or whatever.

 

23 hours ago, SLIClocker said:

No what is mean is it is very unhealthy looking and caught a spider in there because of the cables, It is not on the inside of the pc it is on the outside, My computer is right next to his so i kind of have to force him into managing his cables, Now trust me i mean the are filthy dust all over them while my area is well cable managed and tidy and looks like a totally different world, Now do you guys understand?

*Sees the word spider* *Looks at your location*... 

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

No what is mean is it is very unhealthy looking and caught a spider in there because of the cables, It is not on the inside of the pc it is on the outside, My computer is right next to his so i kind of have to force him into managing his cables, Now trust me i mean the are filthy dust all over them while my area is well cable managed and tidy and looks like a totally different world, Now do you guys understand?

I mean, spiders are his problem. 

 

Otherwise, cables wont harm airflow. insects getting stuck in your case fans might, but thats not what this thread is about

[KenjiUmino]

a messy person that does not care is a messy person that does not care. 

[SLIClocker]

Well he is 12 years old and i am trying to teach him about hygiene so yeah... Can you guys say something like "He should definitely clean his cables, Messy cables are disgusting" You would be doing me a big favor because i am going to be showing him this thread so yeah...

[ZimFreak]

If it's his PC, stfu about his damn cables.

[SLIClocker]

Alright guys thank you for your help, *Cough Jerks Cough Cough*.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, SLIClocker said:

Alright guys thank you for your help, *Cough Jerks Cough Cough*.

Well I dont see why it matters so much..... Like yea its ugly but is it his PC? Yes. 

[Eduard the weeb]

45 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

No what is mean is it is very unhealthy looking and caught a spider in there because of the cables, It is not on the inside of the pc it is on the outside, My computer is right next to his so i kind of have to force him into managing his cables, Now trust me i mean the are filthy dust all over them while my area is well cable managed and tidy and looks like a totally different world, Now do you guys understand?

yeah Here is a video may halp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc01oUqmxhE

 

 

[ZimFreak]

23 minutes ago, SLIClocker said:

Alright guys thank you for your help, *Cough Jerks Cough Cough*.

It's because cable organization literally does nothing except makes it look pretty.  Also, you asked "Should He Keep Them Messy Or Not?" and we answered honestly.  Teach him good cleaning habits in terms of cleaning the dust filters and spraying out the fans with compressed air every month. You can tell him it'll be easier to clean if you tidy up the cables nicely but it's not necessary, just a nice thing to do.

[IKnight]

1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

I mean, spiders are his problem. 

 

Otherwise, cables wont harm airflow. insects getting stuck in your case fans might, but thats not what this thread is about

I enlighten you with the worst case scenario https://www.sweclockers.com/galleri/7923-gtx-460-vs-groda 

[TVwazhere]

Just now, IKnight said:

I enlighten you with the worst case scenario https://www.sweclockers.com/galleri/7923-gtx-460-vs-groda 

I think the GPU won LOL

[IKnight]

Just now, TVwazhere said:

I think the GPU won LOL

I mean. Fried frog could be counted as a delicacy  

[chilicheeseburger]

5 hours ago, IKnight said:

I enlighten you with the worst case scenario https://www.sweclockers.com/galleri/7923-gtx-460-vs-groda 

How on earth do you get a frog inside your PC?

[IKnight]

3 minutes ago, chilicheeseburger said:

How on earth do you get a frog inside your PC?

I have no clue. What so ever. 

[THFourteen]

Before YouTube nobody gave a crap about cable management. 

[flibberdipper]

8 hours ago, SLIClocker said:

No what is mean is it is very unhealthy looking and caught a spider in there because of the cables, It is not on the inside of the pc it is on the outside, My computer is right next to his so i kind of have to force him into managing his cables, Now trust me i mean the are filthy dust all over them while my area is well cable managed and tidy and looks like a totally different world, Now do you guys understand?

My PC is about as tidy as you can get and spiders still cause me to have to de-web it once a week. It doesn't matter.

[Lathlaer]

As someone who used to have no idea whatsoever what's so important about cable management and is now building a custom hardline loop with custom sleeved cables, take it from me - it's not something that can be easily taught. He needs to want it. He needs to be the one who will do it.

 

What worked for me was watching YT channels such as LTT (to lesser extent) and Jayztwocents - show him some cool hardline builds like Skunkworks or Red Mist or some other stuff from other YT channels. Either he will like it and will want to have something as cool as that or he won't in which case - he will need to mature into that. Or not - there are adults who don't wanna invest much time in designing their PC and this is perfectly fine as well. Not everyone needs to have tempered glass hardline tubing with color matched custom sleeves and synchronized RGB lighting. Someone needs to buy those non-tempered glass cases as well lol ;-)

 

You can safely tell him that keeping his PC clean of dust will prolong the machine's longevity - it's not a matter of opinion, just a fact. 

[Mooshi]

I know the purpose of this thread was to be "look, see!", but dude who cares? Unless you share a room and have no choice but to look at it, it's not a big deal what your brother's PC looks like.

 

This is coming from someone with a tempered glass side panel and figure inside their case. I keep the looks for myself, not anyone else.

 

Edit: I've read a bit more and if your PCs are next to each other and attracting bugs, yeah..waaaaaaay different entirely. I've lived with my cousin before and that house had a bug problem. Killed my PSU and damaged parts of an expensive rog motherboard.

 

That ish needs to be cleaned ASAP!

[NotTheRelaxngEnd]

9 hours ago, chilicheeseburger said:

*Sees the word spider* *Looks at your location*... 

lol