What do you do with extra PSU wires?

[Mathersalan]

It took 5 min to do this slack job of stuffing all the extra un-needed PSU wires into the cd drive bays

 

[Swatman]

I take my psu wires and throw them at the elderly walking by my house. lol. mine came tied together.

 

[RollingThunder]

Easiest for me.

 

[funnyperson1]

Stuff em into drive cages

 

[imposter]

Enermax liberty 500W FTW, no extra wires =P

 

[jaymz9350]

on my stacker i stuff them beside the psu in it's little cage.

 

[Clay-fasa]

I did have them routed behind my mobo tray, in most cases duct taped to stay in place.


Think Ill be going modular for my new system.

 

[athlonhead]

I put all my extra wires it the extra drive bay below the cd writer.
I am surprised that wasent on the poll.

 

[Aceros]

Modular ftw

 

[Stabbin]

Modular Silverstone.

 

[Automata]

Updated with pics:

Had fun over Spring Break...lol

 

[amd64crazy07]

Modular psu ftw...
My AMD rig has a modular psu so i just pick what i need and throw the rest in a box of random computer parts. But in my P4 rig i have a regular wired psu so i just tuck the wires away behind the mobo wall or up into an empty cd slot.

 

[gnarl]

Bah!!!

Chop'em off. If you need'em later...butt-splice!!

 

[JimmyG]

I voted for zip ties, but it depends on my "case of the moment".

If it's an open case where you can see the wiring, I open it and cut/heatshrink 'em.
If it's a closed case like I'm using now, and you can't see the wiring, I just fold them into a 4" bundle and use two zip ties...never know when an extra power plug will be needed in the future.

What I'd like to do if laziness weren't such a big factor, is to purchase and install a nice power bridge. Ya know, those power connector thingies with the screws. I'd run 2x +12v, 2x +5v and 4 grounds to a 3 screw connector. That way there's power on tap without all the wiring hanging around, and what I add has custom wire lengths/gages for what's required.

I'm not too tickled by modular psu's as power losses to the mobo through 2 ATX connectors just makes no sense to me.

The power bridge would also have a small voltage loss associated with it similar to the connectors in a modular PSU!

 

[EmAn]

right now i hae no extra wires every singleone used to the max im sure tis psu is about to go!!!

but i hope to get a modular soon so i can get rid of all that mess!!!

 

[n0aH]

Don't do anything with em. Close up the case and they're out of sight, out of mind. Airflow be damned.

Lol to true man

 

[SeasonalEclipse]

I let them hang in their natural positions which is dangling over everything. lol

 

[freakdiablo]

I have modular cables. My old one wasnt, and even though I left my case open 99% of the time, I say who cares.

 

[Moto7451]

I hide my wires behind the mobo tray.

 

[AC3421]

Well, first I take em behind the desk, you know out of sight, then i, uhhhh, you know, just uhhh, feel em up a bit...then uhhh....yah.....one thing leads to anoth............oh crap, wrong website