My cable management is so bad I can’t close my case but I don’t care

  • qyron
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    11 hour ago

    If it works, good. That is what matters. Just remember to clean it every once in a while. I’ve seen fully dust and lint clogged heatsinks before.

  • @[email protected]
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    127 hours ago

    I don’t see a problem here.

    PS: My opinion on PC innards was formed during the reign of IDE cables.

  • @zib
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    77 hours ago

    Well, the important thing is that the cables aren’t impeding the flow of air around the parts that get hot. It doesn’t look like they are, so I don’t see a problem.

    • Tywèle [she|her]
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      158 minutes ago

      The only thing that matters is that the cables don’t get caught up in any fans. Other than that you can stuff as many cables in a PC case as you want and it won’t impact temperatures by much (maybe 1 or 2 degrees Celsius). JayzTwoCents made a video about that. Cables don’t really impact air flow.

  • @Cort
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    1210 hours ago

    Just shove the excess cabling into the 5.25" Bay area so you can shut the case

      • @Cort
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        9 hours ago

        I think that’s the 3.5" Bay you’re referring to. The 2 cd/dvd drive bays at the top should be big enough to cram the wires in

          • @Cort
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            7 hours ago

            I haven’t looked in years, but you used to be able to get covers or dust filters that popped into 5.25 bays for a few bucks.

            Also, those cables are flat, so you might be able to fold them in half and put them under the cd drive, but above the storage drives

    • @[email protected]
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      22 hours ago

      I have a side window, and still don’t give a fuck about cable management. Pc lives under a desk, dust be damned!

  • shoulderoforion
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    99 hours ago

    As long as you can close the case, and the cables don’t get caught in the fans, it’s perfect inside.

  • @TwistedPear
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    1511 hours ago

    Unpopular opinion, but I just get a solid side panel and do minimal to no cable management. I don’t care about rgb or if the insides look pretty.

    Steer clear of the fans and it’s all good.

    • @hperrin
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      310 hours ago

      It’ll work, but in a few years those cables will be full of dust.

  • @villainy
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    69 hours ago

    I could tell because every internal connection isn’t hot glued in place.

    • @Masta_Chief
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      811 hours ago

      I haven’t seen a case since like 2014 that didn’t have the cable management on the other side but like like OPs case doesn’t. Hard to tell from here

      • @[email protected]OP
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        1511 hours ago

        It don’t. I’ve had this case for awhile, got it out the dump of an office building and just kept upgrading it.

    • @RightHandOfIkaros
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      311 hours ago

      If this is a proprietary case (such as those from Dell, HP, etc), which it looks like this is, then it probably doesn’t.

      My suggestion is to get even a bargain bin $50 case and switch to that quickly. Far less limiting and probably has cable management components all over.

      • @kitnaht
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        25 hours ago

        The Montech cases are really good, come with 6 RGB fans preinstalled, and a glass side (not plexi)

  • @[email protected]
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    411 hours ago

    I had the opposite problem building mine, if I tried to cable manage* I couldn’t close the case because there was too much slack

    *hiding all the cables in the back panel

  • @hperrin
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    10 hours ago

    Why did you put an 850W power supply in that? You could probably put a 650W that’s much nicer for the same price.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      510 hours ago

      It was on sale and I thought “eh what the hell I’ll upgrade sometime down the road”

      • bizarroland
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        610 hours ago

        Yeah, as long as you’re pulling more than like 20% of the rated power then having a slightly overspec power supply is only going to bring you good things.

          • qyron
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            11 hour ago

            To my knowledge, PSUs are rated up to a declared power output but unless you have hardware that requires all of its power, the PSU doesn’t put out the full charge.

  • @[email protected]
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    310 hours ago

    I love PC parts branded “sparkle”. I had a Sparkle power supply and I just hoped I would never see a magic blue sparkle.