Cable Management

[fergy007]

Hi
I have recently built a new pc using a NZXT Phantom case, I am wondering if anyone has any tips or pointers for tidying up the cables.

My case seems a bit of a mess even though I have used the back plate to hide quite a bit of the wiring.

Any advice will be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[jsc]

It usually takes 2 or 3 tries before you end up with something that you like.

Look at what you did. Look at what you like and look at what you don't like. Try to fix what you don't like.

Wiring will fall into two categories: power and signal.

You have a bottom mounted PSU. You also have enough cutouts in the motherboard tray. You should be able to run most of the power wiring behind the motherboard tray. The only thing that you might have a problem with is the CPU power cable. You can get extension cables. For the CPU power cable, route the cable to the back, add the extension, and run it up through the CPU cutout to the motherboard.

Extension cables
http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g44/c34/s276/list/p1/DIYMod_Parts-Wire_Management-Extension_Cables-Page1.html

With a little more work, you can cut extra holes. That's what I did with my Antec 900 cases:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/264112-28-antec

 

[fergy007]

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