Ideas to cable manage your desk

Abraham Lora

Abraham Lora

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Ideas to cable manage your desk

Hello everyone, today we are going to discuss about one of my personal pet peeve, organization.

In order to maintain a well focused mind, you must have your desk organized. I happen to record myself going over the process of decluttering my desk and making my space more cohesive.

I moved my switch from the floor to on top of the table. I had set it on the floor because I didn't have a space dedicated when I first built my desk, now I have a dedicated area for some of my servers as well as my switches.

On this process, I used a number of items to run my wires through, creating a channel underneath my desk. This gave my work area a new look and makes it easier to find things around.

The items used for this project are:

Now that you have the full list of items, I will walk you through how I used them to organize the cables.

I used the zip ties mount under the desk to create a channel along with the zip ties, and yes, I know that the zip ties can be more permanent but these are wires that I know I will not be moving for some time. I then used the mounting pads to mount the power extensions on the wall, ideally, you might want to screw into the wall for a more permanent placement. I used the velcro ties to wrap around any cable slack behind the server.

Since I needed to extend some USB connectors to a central area of my desk, I used a USB 3 cable extension and combined it with a USB hub, Here I have connected my camera, headset and USB from the monitor to the PC. Last but not least, I mounted a Headset mount under my desk with charging ports, now the USB on this only provides power. This comes in handy to charge the headset when I go to sleep, using a short 1.5 feet micro USB cable.

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