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My cable management is so bad I can't close my case but I don't care
Imagine telling someone around 2015, with Intel dominating CPU sales and AMD competing toe-to-toe with Nvidia in the GPU market, that you are using an Intel GPU with your AMD CPU. The times, they are a changing
A case with actual drive bays and ribbon cables everywhere, it if wasn't for that AMD Wraith cooler I'd think I was looking at a machine from 20 years ago.
And absolutely no way to route cables in the back.
You mean no room at all under the other side panel and/or the other side panel doesn't come off, it's all riveted together? Yeah.
Doesn't look like there is any other side at all which is fairly common in older cases (and possibly new pre built). The metal plate you see is probably the side panel.
I guess they could probably fit some small cables between the motherboard standoffs but that's about it.
there are two sheets of steel there, one that the motherboard and such mount to with all the screw holes and such, and the smooth outer skin.
I doubt there is any room to route cables there though. Doesn't look like it anyways.
No, wasn't intended to.
Guessing that this is a somewhat older case, the power supply being at the top like that it's pretty close to the motherboard and CPU power sockets and the drive bays, and GPUs could often run from motherboard power. You might have those huge grey IDE ribbon cables for floppy drives, you usually had the ketchup and mustard power wires, who cares what the thing looked like inside?
i always just hang shit somewhere it won’t impede airflow and let it be. the ONE time i bought a prebuilt system was the only time i’ve had a computer with the cables remotely “managed”.
unfortunately one of the zip ties they used impeded the fan on the cpu cooler, but only when the case was closed. it made this buzzing noise that i couldn’t track down for months, and then the motherboard failed. and then the replacement motherboard failed.
i went back to building my own computers again after that.
What's this "cable management" thing?
It is where someone, who will most likely never have to do something inside that box ever again, gets to over tighten everything so the plugs are held in by sheer force of will and there is not enough slack left to add a sata ssd.
Nope, I didn't have my last machines wires "managed"
Nah, this is some shit I'd expect from eMachines, except their computers wouldn't have a dedicated graphics card, nor two sticks of RAM. I guess your "build" could be adding the card and extra stick of RAM.
I always started out “Imma hide all these cables and make the insides perfect!”
By the time I’d run all the power, fan, IDE, front case, USB, etc. I was like fuckit, I just want to get this thing running. Half-assed jammed the cables out of the way or behind the case ITX backing. Looks like shit, put the case side back on, off I go.
Lots easier now with far fewer cables to be run, cases offer more space behind the mobo for hiding cables and not the 3/4” of space they used to offer.
It was incredibly difficult to create a clean build back in the day with non-modular PSU, molex power cables, and IDE connection cables. These days it's pretty simple, even if the back looks like trash. That's what the back cover is for.
Lots easier now with far fewer cables to be run, cases offer more space behind the mobo for hiding cables and not the 3/4” of space they used to offer.
That's why I only use cube cases nowadays. Just shove all cables into the back and you're done.
Honestly I can't. Looks like those from the store.
How's the Intel GPU treating ya? Looks awesome!
Feels
Ah, my old WoW gaming computer!
Right age. It's my 2010 gaming rig turned server.
I don't see a problem here.
PS: My opinion on PC innards was formed during the reign of IDE cables.
Mmmmmmmm..... ketchup and mustard 🤤
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.
How did you get access to my pc???
Wi-fi connection.
That is one hell of a wifi connection, lol
You're paying (theoretically!) for it, so you should know on what you're spending your money.
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.
Personally I hate RGB. It gives me a headache
Yeah I don’t get it, don’t you want the only light be coming from the lamp and the monitor?
Imagine if cinemas had RBG on every seat.
I bought a ton of RGB stuff cause I thought it was neat back in the day, then realized most of it is just annoying. Now I put it to use instead. Color coded keys on the keyboard (All alphabet keys one color, all punctuation a slightly different color, etc.), and and rgb light on my mobo that's tied to my GPU temp.
30c: cyan
50c: green
60c: yellow
75c: red
Makes it easy to have a general idea of my temps when playing games.
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.
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.
Just shove the excess cabling into the 5.25" Bay area so you can shut the case
I can tell this isn't a prebuilt because your PSU isn't a sus nondescript metal box.
Yeah, though as someone who has a thermaltake psu - depending on the model and sku, it might as well be.
Also, the non-descript psus from SIs that also do servers tend to be pretty solid, from experience.
As long as you can close the case, and the cables don't get caught in the fans, it's perfect inside.
If no side window, who cares, let it be messy! Call it your sleeper office PC.
I have a side window, and still don't give a fuck about cable management. Pc lives under a desk, dust be damned!