Bah, who needs round cables

Knivez · Mar 2, 2005

I pride my self in using zero bought round cables. And yet I still have what I believe to be a very neat wiring job.

Without door:

With door:

My um. . . . computer area:

Yes, I like Pepsi.

So basically, screw buying rounded cables, this is basically free. Just use your existing cables, bunch them up, and put some wire ties around 'em.

Jas · Mar 2, 2005

Not seeing the pics, but folding the cabled over on them selves and taping them works great. Been doing that for years. I do use round cables on my current machein however. On my last box, useing an NF7 board, I was able to hide the ribbon cables very nicely as Abit puts the IDE connecters at the edge of the board facing the front of the case rather than the side.

xTrEmEoVrClOcKr · Mar 2, 2005

Not bad, I just got done re-doing mine ....

shellshock · Mar 2, 2005

why even bother. You can get round cables for about $3.00 of newegg.com.
plus they look cool

mitro · Mar 2, 2005

Knivez said:
Yes, I like Pepsi.

Ahh that looks familiar, except for me theres usually a couple dozen empty Code Red cans.

Nice wiring job. I'll take flat cables any day over round ones. They are easier to route and with proper folding/taping its cleaner than rounded. Eh... just make everything SATA.

Zulu-1 · Mar 2, 2005

i just cut my cables in half and wrap them with electrical tape
now THATS ghetto

tenchi86 · Mar 2, 2005

Yeah I uselly just slice mine like once or twice and put some elcrtical tape on them.

MameXP · Mar 2, 2005

wow, those Pepsi will destoy your keyboard someday. I got 2 like that gone.

Also i notice alot ppl using Tt case. I think you guys are feeding them so they can live and come up with crazy ideas

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covana2244 · Mar 2, 2005

I used to make my own "round cables" until I realized you can get them for like a dollar, so I bit the bullet. Nice wiring job by the way.

xTrEmEoVrClOcKr · Mar 2, 2005

MameXP said:
wow, those Pepsi will destoy your keyboard someday. I got 2 like that gone.

Also i notice alot ppl using Tt case. I think you guys are feeding them so they can live and come up with crazy ideas .

As much as I hate Tt, I love the Xaser 3 ... VERY solid. Plus, isn't too ACTION PACKED or too bland, I love my X3.

veryhumid · Mar 2, 2005

nice cabling job, guys. I am with you, round cables are nice, but folding the flat cables works just as well. it's very hard to take up slack with a rounded cable, but a ribbon cable can just be folded.

mmm... folding...

Redstone · Mar 2, 2005

Nice job. I really don't like the look of round cables.

sean478 · Mar 2, 2005

yea round cables suk they dont bend verry well at all and where they conect bends and makes it look all broken i usaly just find someway to route the 80 pin cables with out bending them it usaly looks good if the cable is black but other than that when i need a round cable i just take a old 40 pin and fold it up with nylon ties

ps. nice pepsi can collection

the adam · Mar 2, 2005

i was lazy and spent the three extra dollars on the round cables but the UV reactive covering looks awesome under UV lights. I can see you are also a dell convert like me (I got the same monitor)

yeha · Mar 2, 2005

obligatory cablegami from silentpcreview:

Wilhelm-Tell:

Nevarion:

and of course the cablegami godfather, Ralf Hutter

sure it's easier to make sata cables clean, but i'll feel a slight loss of an art form when ide ribbons are finally phased out.

cmitchellfly · Mar 3, 2005

I took my round cables out and went back to flat (black). Folding and using double sided tape gets them almost completely out of the way.

thegreek · Mar 3, 2005

wow, those last 3 are neat... a little too neat

MensaBoy · Mar 3, 2005

i read somewhere that folding IDE multiple times (not the cablegami method, but like the first post" will raise the crosstalk and interference of the signal and can result in data loss

yeha · Mar 3, 2005

yeah we do go a bit too far sometimes. but when you're dealing with ~20 cfm of air movement for your whole case, you have to keep it as clean as possible.

mjw21a · Mar 3, 2005

Those are the tidyiest cases I've ever seen. Scarily tidy actually. They're freaking me out!!!!

Bah, who needs round cables

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