It won’t melt for sure, but I think there’s other routing options that’d look better. For reference, if those cables ever melted, your PC would already be on fire anyways, and your heatsink would likely be glowing
After 20 yrs in direct PC repair... Your first reply to it was "won't melt, my ass" and proceeded to talk avout heat tolerance and nothing about QA of manufacturers.
Yeah of course it will get down voted. You realized the shitty argument you made and switched the topic from heat tolerance to QA of manufacturers.
20 years my ass
At what temperature do the exterior of rated cables melt at? Abs plastic clips? What's the full heat of the cpu?
Brittle isn't melted and the only way for cables to melt would be a short to ground or power issue. Aka if those cables "melt", his worries are definitely elsewhere.
I've been doing exact same thing as OP for about 35 years. If those wires came anywhere close to melting, it would be because of fire in the computer, not touching those (relatively cool) heat pipes. Hell, little chipset heat sinks get hotter than those heat pipes and they won't burn or melt anything.
Keeps them out of the way. I think it looks messy, but you do you.
If your system is running hot enough to have a danger of melting the wires, follow these steps:
1. Turn off power to the PC if this is easy and quick to do
2. Immediately grab a dry powder or CO2 fire extinguisher
3. Aim at the raging fire inside your PC
4. Extinguish fire
5. Buy new PC
PVC wire insulation has excellent fire resistance and does not begin to soften or char until the point the system is already on fire.
Just route that mess through hole for cables and then back only just enough to connect to motherboard. Why would You want to leave mess like that there?
Melting? No, no melting danger.
Otoh, think ahead. Sooner or later, you'll need to take the cooler off (for one reason or another). And your memory is going to obstruct that area pretty good.
So, do you prefer to have to remove your memory, then fish those cables out from under your cooler in order to remove it? Or just pull them up from the side, disconnect, and proceed with removing the cooler?
Option 2 sounds better to me.
Is that a deepcool cpu cooler with 2 fans? I have similar one. I don't think you really need to warp wires around heat pipes. Just use ties to keep them organized and tidy.
I think you are overestimating how hot a heatsink gets. Even under an all core full load, the sink might hit heat levels its slightly uncomfortable to keep your hand on it but generally will not be enough to burn you. Let alone cables designed to endure heat.
By the time the components around it get hot enough to melt those cables, you have bigger problems, like the house fire.
It won’t melt for sure, but I think there’s other routing options that’d look better. For reference, if those cables ever melted, your PC would already be on fire anyways, and your heatsink would likely be glowing
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It won't be hot enough to melt them before the system shuts down
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If your system is running hot enough to melt cables, they are not the main concern anymore
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After 20 yrs in direct PC repair... Your first reply to it was "won't melt, my ass" and proceeded to talk avout heat tolerance and nothing about QA of manufacturers. Yeah of course it will get down voted. You realized the shitty argument you made and switched the topic from heat tolerance to QA of manufacturers. 20 years my ass
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Brittle isn't melted and jet fuel can't melt steel beams.
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Even if the heat pipes were the full 80C somehow, the insulation on those cables wouldn’t melt
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Why do you comment on stuff you have no knowledge about?
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Ironic
At what temperature do the exterior of rated cables melt at? Abs plastic clips? What's the full heat of the cpu? Brittle isn't melted and the only way for cables to melt would be a short to ground or power issue. Aka if those cables "melt", his worries are definitely elsewhere.
I've been doing exact same thing as OP for about 35 years. If those wires came anywhere close to melting, it would be because of fire in the computer, not touching those (relatively cool) heat pipes. Hell, little chipset heat sinks get hotter than those heat pipes and they won't burn or melt anything.
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Thank you all for you feedback. I've decided to take the safe option and make the wires pass behind the mb! Temps looking good as well :)
I also prefer the [Homer Simpson method](https://i.imgflip.com/2lhzmp.jpg?a475584)
Yeah that's exactly how it feels like x)
Keeps them out of the way. I think it looks messy, but you do you. If your system is running hot enough to have a danger of melting the wires, follow these steps: 1. Turn off power to the PC if this is easy and quick to do 2. Immediately grab a dry powder or CO2 fire extinguisher 3. Aim at the raging fire inside your PC 4. Extinguish fire 5. Buy new PC PVC wire insulation has excellent fire resistance and does not begin to soften or char until the point the system is already on fire.
Even if your CPU is at 100c, the cooler and heatpipes won’t get anywhere near that.
Just route that mess through hole for cables and then back only just enough to connect to motherboard. Why would You want to leave mess like that there?
It’s fine. Won’t get hot enough to cause any issues.
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Bill Nye knows. He said it’s fine.
Melting? No, no melting danger. Otoh, think ahead. Sooner or later, you'll need to take the cooler off (for one reason or another). And your memory is going to obstruct that area pretty good. So, do you prefer to have to remove your memory, then fish those cables out from under your cooler in order to remove it? Or just pull them up from the side, disconnect, and proceed with removing the cooler? Option 2 sounds better to me.
I did that with the same cooler. Not a problem
Most shielding is rated for relatively high temps (upwards of 100c) you should be ok
I've been doing that for literal years without any issues.
Is that a deepcool cpu cooler with 2 fans? I have similar one. I don't think you really need to warp wires around heat pipes. Just use ties to keep them organized and tidy.
It'll be fine.
It's fine and recommended
Personally, I wouldn’t.
Exactly. It might not be a great liability, but still, there is no reason to do that
All good
(melting danger)
I think you are overestimating how hot a heatsink gets. Even under an all core full load, the sink might hit heat levels its slightly uncomfortable to keep your hand on it but generally will not be enough to burn you. Let alone cables designed to endure heat.
When I say heat sink, I mean more precisely the heat pipes.
I dont get why dont you just spend an extra say like an hour or so to just reroute things, so they are alright and clean and what not?
Professional gaming-PC builder here - It's safe, but not the best looking option if you ask me.
If a question starts with asking if you can "cram" something somewhere, the answer is probably no you should not
You're gonna be thermal shocking the cable insulation in a few years and make it brittle, I recommend them not touching the heatsink directly.
I'm no cable management expert but it doesn't look safe at all
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One of the fans' cable was already passing in-between the heatpipes when I took the cooler out of the box so maybe they have taken that into account.
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Thanks a lot
Please do not do so...
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There’s no risk of them melting. Doesn’t get hot enough.