Material List

• About 6 Velcro Straps (will vary depending on how many wires need organized).
• About 20 twisty ties (once again, will vary depending on how many wires need organized).

Finished Product

Ever have problems with a tangled up mess of wires inside your computer case? Clean wiring makes future upgrades to the computer easier, helps with case airflow, and looks a lot nicer than wild wires. I have found a few different ways to keep wires very neat. These tips involve the wonderful Velcro straps, twisty ties, and a hiding spaces for all of the extra wires.

I had previously organized all the wires inside my case with twisty ties. The downfall of using strictly twisty ties is that every time I needed to add or remove a wire from my computer (I frequently add and remove wires from my computer) it involved untwisting several twisty ties and then re-twisting them. I solved this problem by using Velcro straps . Using Velcro straps, I can quickly add or remove wires from my computer, while keeping everything fairly tidy looking.

Once I get everything routed using Velcro straps, I then use twisty ties shorten cables that are to long. After I’m done shortening the wires and routing them, I then place any unused cables or cables with large amount of excess, behind the drive bays .

Once all of the cables inside the computer are bundled together, shortened, and hidden, the computer will have much better air flow and will look much cleaner. Additionally, future upgrades will now be much easier to complete. Use this project in combination with my Cheap Do It Your Self Cable Organization to get cables under control inside and outside the computer.

Having trouble with cable clutter underneath your desk? I’ve been fighting this problem for a while now and have come up with an affordable and effective solution using large carabiners, a couple screws or clamps, key rings, Velcro straps or twist ties and a box. The combination of these items allows for neat cables that are still easy to remove.

Before

After

Step #1 Get the proper materials and tools

• 3 Large carabiners* – Used for hanging the wires.
• 3 Screws* or 3 clamps* – Depends whether or not you want to hang the carabiners from screws or clamps.
• 3 Key rings* (key rings are only needed if screws are being used)
• Velcro straps* or twist ties* – These are used to tie up excess cable or wire.
• Box – (Around 1 cubic foot, more or less depending on how many power cables are going to be used) – This is used to hide the power strip and power cables.
• Surge Protector / Power strip*
• Screw driver* (only if screws are being used)
• Tape measure* – I used this to make sure my screws were equally spaced, but this isn’t necessary.

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Step #2

Disconnect all wires that are going to be organized. This will make re-routing the wires much easier.

Step 2.1

Screw three screws or mount three clamps to the underside of the desk or table that the wires are going to be hanging from. I have a wooden desk so I used screws because they’re more discrete than clamps. If screws are being used to mount the carabiners, hook one key ring to each of the screws. The key rings help to keep the carabiners from falling off the screws.

Step 2.2

Hang the 3 carabiners from the screws or clamps.

Step 2.3

Route wires through carabiners, plug everything in and then use twist ties or Velcro straps to tie up excess cable.

Step 2.4

Strap Velcro straps around wires to give them a clean uniform look. I personally don’t do this, but if you’re looking for a more uniform look this will accomplish that.

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