Cable Management Advice/Recommendations

[TreacherousSaint]

Hi All,

Looking at doing some long overdue cable management on my PC setup. I will put relevant details below as well as a full pc spec list if needed at the end. Thanks in advance and let me know if there are any more details you all might like.

Currently I have the following situation:

• Busy desk roughly 1.5m by 0.75m surface area with 2 cable holes on each side
• Tower currently sitting on left side of desk with 2 27inch monitors (Center and right side of desk, right side being mounted on a movable arm)
• Room gets very dusty quickly
• Potentially looking at another monitor to mount either to the left or above main centre screen

I'm looking for recommendations or advice on the following upgrades that I think I need to cleanup my desk:

• Tower placement (Keeping tower on desk for dust/temperature purposes vs floor either under or next to desk)
• Good quality cables:
  • DP to DP 3m-5m length (Main screen 1440p 165hz)
  • HDMI to HDMI 3m-5m length (Main screen alternate for work 1440p 165hz, Second screen 1080p 75hz)
  • USB type A to USB C charging cables 1m-3m length
  • USB hub?
• Under-desk cable management/holder
• Cable sleeves
• Kettle cord 3m-5m extensions for Monitors and PC
• Surge-protector multiplugs (Looking for around 5 plug points with 2-pin slots as well)
• Monitor mounts (I prefer a centre screen with additional monitors surrounding it)

Full Specs PC:
Screen 1: DELL S2721DGFA 27" QHD 2560 x 1440 165Hz Gaming Monitor (Display cable to achieve 165hz)
Screen 2: Dell S2721HN 27" Full HD (1920x1080) 75Hz 4ms IPS FreeSync Desktop Monitor
Screen 2 Mount: Equip 650120 13" - 27" Interactive Monitor Desk Mount Bracket]
Case: Gamdias APOLLO E2 Elite Tempered Glass Mid-Tower Gaming Case
Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming Plus MAX ATX Ryzen Motherboard
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2X16GB) DDR4 3600MHZ (2 RAM Modules)
CPU (Processor): AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Hexa Core 3.7GHz (4.6GHz Boost) Socket AM4 Desktop CPU
CPU Cooler: Gamdias Chione M2-240R AIO CPU Liquid
GPU: Galax GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Serious Gaming Edition (1-Click OC)
PSU: Gamdias KRATOS P1-750G RGB 750W Modular Power Supply / Meet 80 PLUS Gold Efficiency
Storage:
1x KLEVV CRAS C710 512GB M.2 PCIe 3x4 NVMe 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
1x Western Digital BLUE 2TB HDD
1x Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVME SSD8
Mouse: Glorious Model O Wireless mouse
Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 Cherry MX Red Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7+ Wireless Gaming Headset
All power through surge protection multiplug

 

[RandomSheepZA]

Hay bud

I got a cable tray from these guys: Under Desk Cable Basket | Johannesburg | Cape Town | Durban
Good service, maybe a lil slow but they do deliver.
I got the raw and just give it a couple coats of Rustoleum mat black.

Lindy cables are good, run all my monitors on their cables. Sometimes hard to find but the Dell ones are also good, if you can find.

Lindy CAB-DISPLAY-MM-5M-L 5m Displayport 1.4 Cable - Anthra Line - GeeWiz

Lindy CAB-DISPLAY-MM-5M-L 5m Displayport 1.4 Cable - Anthra Line for sale online at the Best Prices! Door to Door and Overnight Delivery

www.geewiz.co.za

As for USB hubs, have a look at the Orico line, they good but all depends on what you want.
There are some great looking ones on Aliexpress which can do 10gbps

As for power cables, have a look at link https://www.linkqage.com/ - They might even have sleeving swap.

I was thinking of going the same for mine but decided again against it just because i didn't like the look of it.

Multiplug go for an Ellies, because they are good: Ellies Electronics Multiplug 12 Way High Surge Protected

For monitor mounts i can whole heartedly recommend North Bayou: Monitor Desk Mounts Archives - North Bayou
I have 2 of their 32' mounts and i have 2 x 24" on one of them so they can handle the weight. Also look on TA for the mounts as sometimes they are cheaper.

Hope that helps.