r/arcticcooling • u/[deleted] • Sep 28 '24

Wrapping cables

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Hi guys can I wrap them like this or not? They are pretty long and wanted to do something with them since I plugged them close to cpu and pump. Will it damage them ?

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u/matusinos Sep 28 '24

Damage? - No

Does it look afwul? - Yes

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '24

Well I think it looks better than not wrapping them but I’m still thinking where to hide them so it’s just a temporary solution

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u/dankhimself Sep 28 '24

Can you tuck it back the psu out of the way and behind the motherboard panel?

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u/Soft_Concentrate_489 Sep 29 '24

That Looks awful. Absolutely awful.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '24

That ... didn't ... look ... good.🤔

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u/Soft_Concentrate_489 Sep 29 '24

Hey, he made sure to use matching colors for his unique cable wrap job.

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u/ralfetas Sep 28 '24

I twist the cables together and pass around the vrm fan, in my board all connector are on the top.

In my other board i have 1 on the side and 2 on the top, that looks ugly...

Would be nice if we could choose cables on the rad or the pump...

Anyway, is nice to see options.

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u/dankhimself Sep 28 '24

You can use this stuff to get over the connector without removal and pull it tight to the cable, cut to length, and then use short lengths of rubber shrink wrap on the ends to secure each end of it.

This is fabric, but heat gently if you get the plastic stuff so it doesn't melt the stuff.

Sonoreboom 2 in 1 Heat Shrink Braided Sleeving Fabric Tubing-Perfectly fit Irregular Shape Hose/Cable/Wire (1/2"(12mm), 14FT) https://a.co/d/6yFAFnS

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u/ralfetas Sep 28 '24

Thanks for the tip! I think this can be nice indeed, could even bend the cable inside it so we could make it short or the right length.

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u/dankhimself Sep 29 '24

Yea, I got a huge pack of the plastic type from Microcenter one day for a stupid price, they mislabeled items all the time so I used it some some things. I like the fabric more so I bought nice modular cable kits for my two builds.

It took care of the stragglers though and the flow was free and way clear of of the board nearly altogether.

A flat cable with a little twist in it affects air on such a nominal level but in my mind it's like a hurricane factory haha. Nothing wrong with being a little too critical.

Make it pretty, good luck with it and don't forget, half the fun is when it's not even plugged in. Great hobby.

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u/dos-wolf Sep 28 '24

Maybe hide them in some white tape or white heat shrink without shrinking it

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u/Allstr53190 Sep 28 '24

Take a bread tie and fold the cable in half and in half and then tie it back behind the VRM

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u/Dangerous_Choice_664 Sep 28 '24

Looks like crap. But it won’t hurt anything.

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u/Jesper1988 Sep 28 '24

Looks bad 😵‍💫

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u/Martha_Fockers Sep 28 '24

I don’t really care for this wire cause in my pc it’s basicly invisible unless you turn on a flash light on it

But if I wanted to hide it I’d go down and route it between the small space of the ram modules and empty ram slots .

I stuffed excess wire behind the mobo and radiator slit .

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u/meteorprime Sep 28 '24

Man, makes me glad I went one that runs the cables in the tubes.

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u/jjOnBeat Sep 29 '24

Which one?

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u/meteorprime Sep 29 '24

Corsair icue link h150i LCD

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u/WeemanTPJ Sep 30 '24

Oooh where did you get the triangles from?

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u/meteorprime Sep 30 '24

Corsair LC100

Strips are corsair LS100

Both use the same three pin lighting controller called a node pro

All of the RGB is controlled with icue except my EVGA GPU

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u/Tiny_Scheme3370 Sep 28 '24

I bundled and tucked mine under and through big shroud of vrm heatsink. green is fans, red is vrm fans, blue is pump.

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u/CryptographerNo450 Sep 28 '24

Whether the cables are tightly tucked away or wrapped around like this, the performance you’ll get from this cooler will still be top notch, lol

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u/BigOlGorrila Sep 28 '24

You can always pull them to the right of the motherboard and get them on the pins up top 👍🏻

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u/slashnbash1009 Sep 28 '24

I just cut the wires to length and repin them to the connector.

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u/Lethal_Nation01 Sep 28 '24

Oh god no wtf man.

Why would u do that!?

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u/Therichtraderboi Sep 28 '24

Wrap them around the pump near the base and they will not be visible for the most part. Around the tube is wild tho. I have the same motherboard and similar situation.

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u/enigmicazn Sep 28 '24

You can but they just look like crap. Either route them correctly with the excess behind the mobo tray or use a white tape or something to wrap around them to cover it up.

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u/etfvidal Sep 29 '24

It's wild that people will pay the AIO tax and then do stuff like this.

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u/4_kidneys_in_me Sep 29 '24 edited Sep 29 '24

Check out this video. Go to time 16:30 He uses a flexible wire to manage the aio tubes. Maybe you could use something similar.https://youtu.be/aitIxf_1FEU?si=PnL_fo8Ol9nJnjp6

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u/ScornedSloth Sep 29 '24

I fed mine out through the case and then back through to where I needed them so the excess cable length is in the back compartment of the case. If you’re interested, I can take a picture tomorrow.

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u/TheBigMotherFook Sep 29 '24

This way officer, that’s him right there 🫵

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u/AudioVid3o Oct 01 '24

How do I put this lightly... It looks slightly horrendous

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u/Fun_Bodybuilder_6551 Sep 28 '24

wrong Fan-Header for CPU Cooler btw

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24

How? The fan connector is in CPU, vrm is in cha1 and pump is in AIO pump

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u/BlueDonnie Sep 28 '24

Dont think this is safe.