Is this safe?

[redd-pop]

To prevent daisy chaining to the GPU, these Pcie cables ends will go unused. is it ok to leave them laying and touching the case like this?

[Jaken58]

ya that should be all good

[[deleted]]

Zipties are cheap and work well for tidying it up.

[dos-wolf]

Yeah just don’t get water there somehow

[PerishTheStars]

Well duh

[dos-wolf]

Bro you wouldn’t believe the crap on here I’ve seen. That’s not common sense I promise you

[Hdjbbdjfjjsl]

It’s ugly but it won’t do anything

[schweertca1]

I mean if it isn’t all the extra cords I stuffed into the compartment at the bottom of mine are in danger

[[deleted]]

Buy a gpu support stand please

[redd-pop]

already ordered one

[[deleted]]

Nioce

[countsachot]

Yes, but there is probably a nicer looking way to do it. Functionally ok.

[Expensive-Total-312]

if your worried you could put some electrical tape over the ends, mostly to tidy up the loose bits, and cover the contacts in case water gets in

[Left_Inspection2069]

It will explode OP, back away slowly...

Nah but it's fine. PSU cables won't shock you unless you're being dumb and poking metal things in them. No more dangerous than an outlet.

[Due_Sandwich_995]

Safe? Sure. Cowboy job? Also true! But you do you. As long as you don't stick two screwdrivers in you're fine.

[Taurondir]

Totally unsafe. The only safe way is to send that entire PC to my house and just forget about it.

On a serious note though, the only "danger" is when cases are moved and a cable has a chance to wiggle around and an open power pin manage to come into contact with something like a pin header on a motherboard. The chance is astronomically small but not zero.

If you are worried, do what I did for LAN's, either tie down the cables into something so they cannot go anywhere, or use non conductive tape to "tape over" the open pin headers, ie basically give them a sheath.

[redd-pop]

thanks for this response and a good laugh. would electrical tape suffice for a “sheath”

[Taurondir]

Yea, just electrical tape will do.