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Well, I have the DF-85 full-sized case, and I have done a fairly decent deal ith cable management, but I feel I could make it neater.


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THis is the backside of the case, I'm not really hugely fussed about how it looks, since obviously you can't see whats going on, but it just to show how much cabling I'm working with.

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Ok, so just to give you an idea of whats in the case, I have nine fans, three on the front, two at the back, two at the top, a side fan and two on my CPU cooler. I have two HDDs, one DVD drive.

Then I have four lighting strips and two cathode ray lights, for case lighting.

NOw, I've done the best i can, but what do you guys think I could improve here?
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post #2 of 11
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Bump, perhaps.
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post #3 of 11

Looks pretty good to me.

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post #4 of 11
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I spose i could only make it neater by getting some of the cable sleeves.

One bad thing about having 9 fans, so many cables are required.
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post #5 of 11
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Originally Posted by Ragnarok05 View Post

I spose i could only make it neater by getting some of the cable sleeves.
One bad thing about having 9 fans, so many cables are required.


I have 12 fans so imagine how I feel. :(

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post #6 of 11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nvidiaftw12 View Post


I have 12 fans so imagine how I feel. frown.gif

Ouch, how do you manage to have 12?
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post #7 of 11
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Originally Posted by Ragnarok05 View Post


Ouch, how do you manage to have 12?


Fan controller.

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[Gateway] FDH2402 [Microsoft] Sidewinder x6 [XFX] Core Edition PRO850W [In Win] Dragon Rider 
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post #8 of 11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nvidiaftw12 View Post


Fan controller.

That would help. What case do you have?
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Western Digital WD Green 2TB WD20EARX LG Dual Layer DVD Writer CoolerMaster V6GT CPU cooler Windows 7 64-Bit 
MonitorMonitorMonitorKeyboard
ASUS 24" LED Samsung 32" LCD TV Series 4 BenQ 24" LCD Logitech G510 
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post #9 of 11
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ragnarok05 View Post


That would help. What case do you have?


In sig.

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Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
[Corsair] 120gb Force GT Some Lite-On thing [Coolermaster] v8 [Ubuntu] 12.04 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
[Gateway] FDH2402 [Microsoft] Sidewinder x6 [XFX] Core Edition PRO850W [In Win] Dragon Rider 
MouseAudioAudio
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
[Intel] 2500k [4.5ghz] [1.3 volts] [AsRock] P67 Extreme 6 [Sapphire] 6950 Toxic (unlocked to 6970) [Samsung] Low voltage memory [@1866 mHz 9-9-9-24] 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
[Corsair] 120gb Force GT Some Lite-On thing [Coolermaster] v8 [Ubuntu] 12.04 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
[Gateway] FDH2402 [Microsoft] Sidewinder x6 [XFX] Core Edition PRO850W [In Win] Dragon Rider 
MouseAudioAudio
[CM Storm] Sentinel Advance II [AUDIOTRAK] Prodigy HD2 ADVANCE DE [Polk Audio] PSW 505 and Monitor 40's 
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post #10 of 11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nvidiaftw12 View Post


In sig.

Ah I see. Seems like a sexy case.
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CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i7 2600K GA-Z68XP-UD5 Gainward GTX 670 Phantom G.Skill Sniper 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital WD Green 2TB WD20EARX LG Dual Layer DVD Writer CoolerMaster V6GT CPU cooler Windows 7 64-Bit 
MonitorMonitorMonitorKeyboard
ASUS 24" LED Samsung 32" LCD TV Series 4 BenQ 24" LCD Logitech G510 
PowerCaseMouseAudio
CoolerMaster SilentPro 700W Antec DF-85 Saitek R.A.T9 Cyborg Logitech Z06 5.1 Surround  
  hide details  
Reply
My Pc
(16 items)
 
  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
Intel i7 2600K GA-Z68XP-UD5 Gainward GTX 670 Phantom G.Skill Sniper 
Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
Western Digital WD Green 2TB WD20EARX LG Dual Layer DVD Writer CoolerMaster V6GT CPU cooler Windows 7 64-Bit 
MonitorMonitorMonitorKeyboard
ASUS 24" LED Samsung 32" LCD TV Series 4 BenQ 24" LCD Logitech G510 
PowerCaseMouseAudio
CoolerMaster SilentPro 700W Antec DF-85 Saitek R.A.T9 Cyborg Logitech Z06 5.1 Surround  
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