My first attempt at PC case cable management

[Foebane72]

I've seen videos on these wonderful cases that have a variety of options for tucking cables out of sight that would otherwise block airflow, and I realised that my mini tower case has rudimentary options for that, or so I believe.

This is how my case interior used to be:

And this is how it is now, after extensive and hair-raising rearrangement:

I can't do much about the CPU power cable going across the CPU fan, but I think everything else has improved in airflow. However, the cables (especially the big fat mobo power cable) project outwards, so much I cannot put the cover on that side of the case:

So, can I leave it like that? It shouldn't cause any problems, and it might even aid with ventilation, although more dust might get in.

What should I do? What are my options?

 

[Paul NZ]

The other PC here, thats where the rest of my power cables are (on the side). Just make sure when you put the side on it doesnt cut into them

Another option buy a modular PSU. You wont have so many cables. If you dont have a lot of hdd's etc in the case

 

[Foebane72]

The other PC here, thats where the rest of my power cables are (on the side). Just make sure when you put the side on it doesnt cut into them

Another option buy a modular PSU. You wont have so many cables. If you dont have a lot of hdd's etc in the case

I'm using a semi-modular PSU, but even if it was fully modular the 24-pin ATX cable would still be fat. And I cannot put the side on, at all. What should I do?

 

[Paul NZ]

On the other PC here, the cables I dont use, I used a cable tie...And chucked them up by the dvd writer. Out of the way

Not all modular cables are fat / big. The Strider modular PSU I have in this PC (Silverstone ). You can buy flat cables

The standard ones are too big, they look ugly

There's only 3 cables coming out of it. The power, the ATX 8 pin , and one sata cable. I dont have a dvd in this, because there's no front bays on this case

But if I need one, I'll get an external one.

 

[Foebane72]

I changed my mind and put everything back inside the case (toughest part was the PSU) and I think I've organised things a bit more elegantly - at least I can see what goes where, now:

Also, there is the safety factor, like before, those cables on the outside were the main motherboard connections, and a wrong move or even a yank would've fried the motherboard, so safety first.