Cheap alternative to wire management?

[Naruto]

I have seen flexo sleeving, wire loom, spiral wire loom, etc... and I was wondering if I can find another alternative. I have heard of plastic sleeving that could be picked up at Home Depot or any hardware store. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

 

[0roo0roo]

home depot has spiral wrap for reasonably cheap. i guess if you felt nutz you could get the pin puller and heatshrink or flexo everything. doesn't seem worth the effort though.

 

[GAZZA]

Flexo is very cheap imo, but takes the longest to do but does look the best

Other ways are zip ties, splilt and spiral loom coverings which are nice and quick.

 

[SWScorch]

I like electrical tape Use it like spiral wrap and it looks great and does a good job with the wires.

 

[pelikan]

I like electrical tape too.

 

[joshg]

If you are only wanting "wire management" I would say just use some zip ties! This way you can get everything out of the way with an extremely cheap and easy to change solution. You probably might have some laying around somewhere, anyway...

I used a total of 2 zip ties in my case, and there are NO wires in the way of anything. I have free access to change the HSF, memory, chipset cooler, and expansion cards and there aren't any wires blocking anything. The storage device power wires are all tied together and to the side and back of an empty drive cage slot, and are both out of the way as well as out of sight.

No it doesn't look "cool" like some of the fancy sleeving and all, but if your case doesn't have a window then it's perfect (better airflow and nothing in the way of tinkering).

However, if you're trying to spruce up the look "through your window" and are trying to get rid of the wires look, then you'll probably want to look into something else.

 

[DurocShark]

I have blue plastic wire housing from AutoZone. Looks nice through the window, easy to install (no pulling pins...) and cheap.

 

[mosco]

i just hide them.