Cable management isn't limited to the inside of your PC. If your desk is cluttered with keyboard, mouse, headset, and speaker cables, it won't really feel tidied up.

Cable management is for tryhards. That’s what I told myself until a couple of weeks ago, when I again found myself parting the great, tangled seafloor of ethernet cables to vacuum my office.

Cable management is what gives you that nice, clean look that many PC builders strive for. Your GPU, motherboard, and fans are placed front and center with minimal cabling in the way.

My case cable management looks pretty clean too (though the tube running to my Arctic Liquid Freezer really is immense). Just, uh, don't mind the dust. Dave James. Editor-in-Chief ...