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Zip ties can get you so far

Just bought a pack of zip ties, and did a little cable managing, and tinkered around a little with my cables, and fans. I just turned on my PC, and I haven't tried it under load yet, but my core is running at 28c, 7c below normal. And my GPU is 37, around 10c below normal.
I'm sure ambience has quite a bit to do about it as well, but I just want to show off the little work I put forth with magical zip ties.

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Cut the excess slack on the zipties as close as possible. Looks great though! Try wrapping the cables behind the mobo tray for greater cable management.

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I cut a few of the ties, I left the rest to conserve a few. A lot of cables have already been pushed behind the mobo tray though.

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Looks really good! I could use a couple zip-ties myself lol

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Looks really good! I could use a couple zip-ties myself lol

Thanks, these things really make all the difference in the world. I bought a pack of like 60 full sized for $3.29 or so. Definitely worth it.

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Wow that's pretty cheap! This is a dumb question but can you tell me where I can find some?

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Wow that's pretty cheap! This is a dumb question but can you tell me where I can find some?

autoparts store, walmart, bestbuy.. etc. ha

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hehe or time to get a new case? :P

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You could honestly do SOOO much better, even if its just with zip ties. Good first effort though

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