How did you organize the new box? Did you use a specific type of organizer? I have a few scattered boxes of cables, wires, and parts that I need to reduce into one "usable" container. Thanks!
My recent scheme (I organized during Covid): everything goes in covered Sterilite transparent containers with labels from a brother printer. The containers are cheap, stackable, somewhat waterproof and I find it helps that you can see a bit inside them. There are many sizes to choose from, I tend to use the 6 qt. and 16 qt. sizes the most.
They do crack if you drop them, but this is mitigated by the price.
The key is that occasionally I go through and toss obsolete items. Recent casualties: all Micro USB, when the last Micro USB device died. RCA audio patch cables: all the speakers are smart now and don’t hook up to old-school receivers. Nearly all telephone wires. USB chargers less than 5 watts. Miscellaneous video cables, like VGA, DVI, composite video, component video.
For me, identifying obsolescence is secondary to deduplication. It seems like USB cables breed if not monitored. Thinning the herd keeps things fitting in the small boxes.
It was all easier once I abandoned my lifelong dream of saving the day with a null-modem cable.
No need for an organizer for me as I go into the box maybe 2x a year so it is easy enough to pull out ziplocks until I get to the right one.