Internal cable management is the most frustrating part of building a desktop PC. Wait, that’s not right—the most frustrating part is making sure all your parts are compatible. Okay, that’s not right either—the even more frustrating part is how expensive all those parts are. But cable management is definitely in the top five, especially if you like to tinker frequently with your setup. There’s an emerging trend for PC hardware this year, and the PCWorld editorial staff has christened it the War on Cables.
PC hardware manufacturers are coming up with ever more elaborate tricks to keep your desktop enclosure nice and tidy, eliminating power and data cables whenever possible, and when not, tucking them all behind the motherboard so the main chamber looks like a minimalist office lobby. (I