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Here are my recommendations though:

• Mount the surge protector under your desk using heavy duty double stick tape or screws if it has keyholes
  
• For your keyboard/mouse cables. If you're willing, the best way is to drill a hole just large enough that they can fit through. Drill it underneath where your large mousemat is. Then cut a tiny slit in the mousemat for them to come through. You can then feed them under down through and under the desk.
  
• Mount your USB hub under the desk on the front off to the left or right side from where you sit using command strips or double stick tape. Easy access to plugin items when needed and just unplug devices when not using. If you're using the ports 100% of the time, it may be better to mount it under the desk towards the back out of the way. I use mine only for short term things like pluging in a headset, SD card reader, etc. So when I'm done I just unplug them and it's clean.
  
• Under the desk you're going to want to buy some cable clamp type things. Depending on your types of wires you may need a few different sizes. I've bought tiny ones for single thin cables, medium ones for a usb or two, and xlarge ones for power cords/hdmi/multiple cables
  
• Depending on your situation, you could also pick up the IKEA Signum rack for under the desk to help with things, or a J Channel cableracewaytype sitution
  
• With all of the management and running things under the desk, I personally found I needed to buy a few extenders for different things. So I had to pick up a couple of USB 3 extension cables, as well as a couple of power extension cables so I could get things all cleanly routed then down/up at one single point to the outlet or computer.
  
  Any other questions just ask. I could always take pictures of my setup and under the desk if it would help, just PM me for those.

The coolers I'am using is a H75 for both and the kraken g10 is excellent. I went from my 80degree overload before this setup just relying on the acx cooling. After this setup, i get around 45-50 degree tops. So a 30 degree difference. Huge jump. But I would pick up these items to cool your vrams. The kraken g10's method of air cooling the vram is not enough.

Thermal Adhesive
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001GIM9V8/ref=pe_385040_30332190_TE_3p_dp_1

Order 3 sets of these for the big vram chips
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835708009

Order 2 sets of these for the smaller vram chips
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835708011&cm_re=Enzotech-_-35-708-011-_-Product

Corsair H75
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FZHWFEW/ref=pe_385040_30332190_TE_dp_2

Other than that, it's great and delivers a nice performance than what i expected. Would still love to do a full loop water cool but right now, I really love this setup and my temps don't go beyond 50 during heavy load like running crysis, battlefield 4, using unigene valley and many more demanding programs and games all at max settings and running the resolution at 3440x1440 is just nice.

Also, a few more things since I'm just sitting around anyway :)

• You might want to consider removing the HDD cage for better airflow. You can buy a cheap and simple bracket to mount the HDD in the top 5.25" bays. Added bonus is you won't have that extra length of wire running all the way down from the optical drive to the HDD.
  
• I don't see it in your case, but in your parts list you listed a Noctua NF-F12 fan. This fan is meant for high static pressure (like in liquid cooled setups), and may not really be right for you. Check out Noctua's page on the matter. The NF-S12A may be better for your push-pull configuration.
  
• It's hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like you've bunched up the PCI-E power connectors in the front of the case just before the GPU. It could look better if you bunched them up in the back instead!

Little bit late, but I used this on this inner bottom of my desk, right against the bottom of the desktop. It's awesome and super easy. Just peel and stick adhesive on the back and it holds a bunch of cables. It would work the same along the backside of a desk as well.

Cable Raceway

http://www.amazon.com/Wire-Sanity-wire-organizer-kit/dp/B003U4NHEE

This might be a little overkill for what you need but I just used this exact kit to organize power and HDMI cables for over 50 TVs at work and it did great. If you can run everything backwards, clip one of these to the bottom of the desk, down the leg and then to their respective devices it'll be a nice clean look!

Looks pretty good, man! Most companies who make sleeving or extensions make some sort of green and usually a lime green. If you wanna get brave, you can always sleeve your own cables and then the color options are basically endless! I'm itching to go that route soon.


Here are a few links.

CableMod allows you to design your own custom cables or extensions afterwhich they make them and ship them out! - https://store.cablemod.com/configurator/

https://www.amazon.com/Antec-Supply-Sleeved-Extension-Length/dp/B07C54FW25/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=lime+green+cable+extensions&qid=1571068925&s=electronics&sr=1-2

If you go here and select the type of cable you want it gives you color options as a filter on the left-hand side. - https://modmymods.com/cables.html


Have fun!

Alright. Having a modular PSU is definitely helpful.

My motherboard is the Asus Z87-A. It looks like your CPU power is slightly closer to the top of the motherboard than on mine, so you should have better luck routing it through the lower rubber grommet, around the back and through the hole on the top right (when you look on the back side).

Front side / Back side (sorry, ugly pictures)

I bought this extension from amazon and you'll see in the back I have plenty of "slack length". I guess it's ~550mm + 250mm extension total length.

If not, you'll have to run the cable across the front over your GPU, which should also reach fine. I had it that way for a while, and your CPU power isn't more than 100mm away.

bundle them together in one thick sleeve. Having a fabric sleeve lie on your desk is imo better tham a lot of different wires :)

I have this one: https://www.amazon.com/OmniMount-OECMS-Neoprene-Cable-Management/dp/B004M8SSW8/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1492424504&sr=8-5&keywords=cable+sleeve

It's white or black (turn it inside out) and it's better than other sleeves imo because of the holes it has: you can let wires run in or out at any point you want, so it would be perfect for the cables from your mouse&kb, and you can let the sleeve run all the way to the top of your desktop, so the wires only exit the sleeve at the exact height they neet to be plugged in. Tuck away all the loose wire you have into the sleeve, and I think it'll be much tidier.

On break at work so i’ll make this quick. Most motherboards come standard with these but there are outliers. Looked these up quick just to give you an idea. The right angle side of the cable would plug into your drives and should help you keep away from bending your cables with the back panel. Hope this helped.

Data cables

Power cables

Edit: These are also good to use.

20mm is close to 3/4". Techflex sells their sleeving closed, or opened like this. This stuff looks super clean and still allows you add/remove cables easily. If this will be a one time permanent install you can get their solid stuff and heat shrink the ends.


https://www.amazon.com/Techflex-Split-Sleeving-feet-Black/dp/B0008JF8UK/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1498840586&sr=1-4&keywords=techflex

here is my most recent build

waited like 3-4 years for an upgrade and replaced everything but PSU, GPU, and HDDs.

Could look a bit better but i had no zip ties and didn't want to cut any wires. also a non-modular PSU.

and now i am getting coil noise from PSU :'(

not really sure i could do to make it look any better other than a new PSU with plug in ports like these sexy guys




parts links:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EB6O4N8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CRJSXR4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KPRWAX8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009VV56TY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/ENGTX560_Ti_DCII_TOP2DI1GD5/

I'm quite partial to stuff like this

Haven't used that particular brand, the stuff I have is from Best Buy and has a velcro closure along the split, but I can't find in on their site.

As Unisenon pointed out, Velcro straps are much better than zip ties, as you can add and remove cables easily. The only time I would use zip ties is when you know the two cables won't be separated. (The data and power cables for my USB hub for instance, they both go to the same spot, and I'm not going to be using one without the other.)

Get something like this https://www.amazon.com/Centech-USB-Power-Meter/dp/B00DAR4ITE and test the current and voltage of each one. Thickness and feel is OK for durability but many of those cables may not be delivering the right amount of power. If you have a fast charger, that is also another item as well. Lastly, make sure they are all charging and data cables, I accidentally added a charge only cable to my travel kit and was stuck with not being able to move files between devices. Hope it helps.

I personally used this raceway. It is paintable so it blends in pretty well and I think it looks great.

https://smile.amazon.com/Legrand-Wiremold-30-Inch-Concealer-Raceway/dp/B0015EA3NO/ref=sr_1_34?crid=AA9HUH0MV6SQ&keywords=cable+raceway&qid=1549770356&s=gateway&sprefix=cable+r%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-34

You can get a basket to hand under the back of your desk like this or used a sleeve like this to make it a single group of wires like this.

It's definitely a rosewill 4u.

However, he has the 12 bay hotswap version.

I'm pretty sure he's using this controller. There are not too many 16 port sata cards, most people use sff8087 to sata breakout cables.

That looks like an OEM board with an OEM AMD heatsink. But I'm just guessing at this point.

This \^ and you can also buy some cable clips/anchors like these and just stick them wherever works best in the case :)

Here's a short album of my recent 650D build. There are 3 shots from the back from various points in the process. It's a pretty tight fit back there (giggity) and the most difficult part for me was the flat SATA cables. These little suckers made my life so much easier, and I'd highly recommend them. Some round SATA cables would probably help as well.

Here's the link. Its super thick glass, works great for keeping the desktop away from the dusty carpet.

Easy enough!



Beyond that, I use velcro straps, clear tape, double sided tape, cable sleeves, and zip ties depending on the circumstance. Doing an Amazon search for Cable Management will also help get you some ideas.

You can buy an 8 pin extension like this to help it reach. Also you can tie the fan cables in a loop so they don't have a lot of slack.

Hmm, I use something like this on a Corsair 750D but the cables on mine have smaller spaces than the product page on Amazon so they're a better fit for drive caddies. (the one I used I got from a local computer store)


Could you use this which comes in a 2 pack: https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Pack-Power-Splitter/dp/B012BPLW08/

group the cables logically by destination (i.e. monitor cable, keyboard, mouse cable all go the the PC) and use velcro ties to secure them. Gather power cords that can plug into the same power strip. Again, use velcro ties to secure them together. Wind up any excess slack (again velcro ties)

You want velcro ties

I usually drop the mobo/cpu/cooler/ram in, then the power supply and run everything through the back. Once I have everything hooked up neatly, I start working on my HDDs and their cable management. Finally any lights, fans etc. Also these are fantastic.

Zip ties. Various sizes.

Once everything is connected, try to find places where you can anchor a zip tie to tidy things up. It's usually pretty easy around unused drive bays. If there's no place at all to put one, you can use these.

I strongly recommend Velcro for the outside cables

what i did: get a 3 or 4 ft power strip, like so: http://www.amazon.com/Prime-Wire-Cable-PB800012-12-Outlet/dp/B0027D3LNG

Screw into the rear underside of the desk, or in your desk's case, maybe onto the back near the top.

That would keep all your power cables up off the ground. Liberal application of velcro straps could remedy the rest.

Yes! And consider these too!

This looks the best looking from the reviews, but most of it comes down to how you want to use it and how much you need it. I haven't bought so yeah lol.

You could use something like this buy as many as you want since I don't know how long your desk is.

OP here, sorry guys I've been busy at work with EU problems :)

It's setup to be a hybrid SAN/NAS depending on how I decide to configure it (currently no OS). You're correct in saying it's a SAN device, and not an entire Storage Area Network, but Id didn't think I'd have to be so specific. The original plan was to install this into my rack and piggyback it to my NAS over fiber, but I might use it as an off-site mirror for NAS.

It didn't really need much horsepower, so I used a mainboard out of an old HP dx2300MT I had kicking around. RAM is 2GB of DDR2 & CPU is a Pentium D 3.4 GHz.

As for the case, you're correct as it's the Rosewill RSV-L4411 and the card is also an Areca ARC-1160D with the RAM upgraded to 1GB.

This cable raceway would help dramatically if you were willing to install this under one of your flat surfaces.

https://www.amazon.com/Channel-Cable-Raceway-Black-Length/dp/B002DNM42O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1488144408&sr=8-2&keywords=ikea+signum

I like these, personally. Lots of stores carry them.

Something like these

Edit: alternative

People keep recommending zipties and I'm just like ya'll should be using velcro.

Like this. There's other options of course.

So would these velcro ties work alright?

i bought these a month or two ago https://www.amazon.com/VELCRO-Brand-Black-2-Inch-91140/dp/B001E1Y5O6

more cable ties than i'll ever need

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Micro-Trader-Black-Adjustable-Reusable/dp/B0169H26P4

those should be fine too. mostly 5 stars.

you dont really need anything fancy, either the ties work or they dont

Cable anchor: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00AUB81DC/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1472726511&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=zip+tie+mount&dpPl=1&dpID=41yxopuQylL&ref=plSrch
(Use if u want to use zip ties, will probably be able to keep them hidden)

Velcro straps: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001E1Y5O6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472726568&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=velcro+straps
(Will probably be able to be seen)

Use a combination of velcro cable ties and adhesive backed cable raceway. You might be able to mount your modem and router to the wall and might be able to find shorter power and and cat 6e cables if needed.

this is what you want

https://www.amazon.com/VELCRO-Brand-Black-2-Inch-91140/dp/B001E1Y5O6

If you don't have the option of hiding them in the wall and coming out under your desk, you could go with some of the concealer/strip items and try to match it to your wall color. Something like this

http://www.amazon.com/Ziotek-Zip-Tie-Mount-Pack/dp/B000BSJHLE

https://www.amazon.com/Management-Sleeve-JOTO-Computer-Entertainment/dp/B015HWXG4M/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1537309983&sr=1-7&keywords=cable+management

So I don't have nearly as much stuff as you do but here's what I did with my wires.


You can see my management here

http://m.imgur.com/a/5PUM7

I bought these cable clips
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BB2YTU2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_9Jc8yb49NGARY

And these Velcro ties https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E1Y5O6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_wKc8ybN3KZVBF

You could try something similar!

My setup looked very similar to this, I used this on the back of the table to route the wires to the side and use cable ties. I had to get longer power cables for my monitors and some longer hdmi cables.

http://www.amazon.com/CB-8P-8-Pin-Motherboard-Extension-Premium/dp/B0036ORCJY/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1344568310&sr=1-2

ummmm... I'm guessing the description on amazon.ca is bogus?

It seems to be talking about a cable..

https://www.amazon.com/OmniMount-OECMS-Neoprene-Cable-Management/dp/B004M8SSW8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468761584&sr=8-1&keywords=Omnimount+Neoprene

Get one of these

This is what it did for me.

I would recommend velcro. I've done the zip ties before and it's a pain in the ass to cut them all when you want to move stuff around. Something like these.