Conley

I'm putting this in air cooling, since cable management is essential to air cooling (That and I didn't know where else to put it).

So, I need you guys to rate my cable management on a scale of 1 to 10. Mid tower + non modular = cables everywhere, lol. Any suggestions would also be appreciated.

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Modki

Very Nice!

I don't know how much space is between the mobo and the tray it's mounted to. I usually run the cables going to the edges (USB, LED, Switches, etc) behind it and then to the front.

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I_dalder_I

well its pretty similar to mine "i have a mid tower with NO cable management and non modular just like you" yours might be a lil cleaner up top tho. Lucky i want that case

7/10

Conley

Thanks for the input guys

I just don't know how to clean up the area around the DVD drives.

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Modki

Get yourself some building material (Construction paper, okay. Sheet Metal, better!) that's the same color as your case and cut it into an L shape.

Put it over the Drivebay area and the bottom where the PSU is. It hides everything really well for cases with side windows.

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Conley

Oh, that's a good idea! It doesn't matter right now though, because my Antec 300 doesn't have a side panel. I was thinking about modding it, though, just to see what would happen...

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Lord Xeb

Not bad. Mine was like that before. But if you use a dremel, time, and a lot of sweat, you can do this with those cables:
















But over all I would give you 6/10. good job with what you have.

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Conley

Wow, that's really clean, Lord Xeb! I didn't know if cables would fit on the other side of the case, outside of the cable management box-area thing.

That black paint on the inside helps hide cables, too.

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Lord Xeb

Yeah. Also you know on the back of the mobo try how it looks like an E? The very top part of that E, cut out a small retangular hole to feed your USB and front panel wires through that and under your mobo. Also your AUX. CPU power cable, go and cut a hole just on the other side of your PSU so you can route that cable around the side of the PSU and through the mobo tray. Then near the 4/8 plug is, cut a hole and have the cable run up under the mobo just a little bit (about maybe 2-3cm down from the mounting holes for you mobo) and cut a hole in the vertical part of the E and then plug her in. The cables for in that cubby hole, go and use zip ties to get them neat and pack them tight. And I flipped my drives around and had to put a few holes for my wires. but it works like a dream and is very clean. As for the PCIe AUX. power.... I have no idea what to do with them so I did my best to hide them. And for your CD (and so you can run your front panel cables out) cut a hole where that black tap is on my case were you see the front panel wires come out. That will let you do a few extra holes to hid wires



Also I am going to be repainting. I didn't do it right so now I am going to sand/strip and repaint the whole thing. I got 4 cans of enamel that I will use so about 1-2 coats per can. I wll be putting about 5-6 coats down.


Oh and hear is the really sad part. I have probably spent well over 20-30 hours getting those damn wires cleaned up (in total) and I have had maybe 3-4 revisions <.< That is just what i have ATM.

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