Got Dremel ? Use one of them to create some cable managment holes.Check the guide in my sig for some more tips.Its a big case so theres lots of space to hide stuff
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Advice for cable management in a Rocketfish?
I'm looking for some advice as for how to improve the terrible cable management in my Rocketfish case:
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I'm not looking for perfect cable management (is this even possible in a Rocketfish?), but even a small improvement would be good
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I know the tiny PSU with short cables is part of the problem, I may be picking up the Corsair CX400w or other cheap-but-quality PSU reasonably soon.
+rep handed out for all at least moderately helpful advice
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I'm not looking for perfect cable management (is this even possible in a Rocketfish?), but even a small improvement would be good
I know the tiny PSU with short cables is part of the problem, I may be picking up the Corsair CX400w or other cheap-but-quality PSU reasonably soon.
+rep handed out for all at least moderately helpful advice
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Its in there somewhere
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Originally Posted by imadude10  Dude, Where's your mobo?! |
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The only tools I have for modding it are a drill with bits for metal, a hacksaw, and a file
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No real power tools unfortunately. I might be able to borrow a dremel from my uncle; I know he has one.
I have put some holes in the motherboard tray for cable management, there is one behind the mobo for the 4 pin connector (but the wires are too short to use it), one behind the PSU for routing the 4-pin and any spare Molexs/SATAs, and one by where the main 24-pin touches the USB cable (the one that goes over the GFX card).
I'll try moving the optical drive to the lowest bay later tonight
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It is hard seeing the mobo, the 8800GT and GeminII totally obstruct it
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No real power tools unfortunately. I might be able to borrow a dremel from my uncle; I know he has one.
I have put some holes in the motherboard tray for cable management, there is one behind the mobo for the 4 pin connector (but the wires are too short to use it), one behind the PSU for routing the 4-pin and any spare Molexs/SATAs, and one by where the main 24-pin touches the USB cable (the one that goes over the GFX card).
I'll try moving the optical drive to the lowest bay later tonight
It is hard seeing the mobo, the 8800GT and GeminII totally obstruct it
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I moved the DVD drive down to the bottom slot:
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I also bundled the wires together better, and moved the rear-fan wire to the back (less in the way).
I'll try to see about modding things better, but first I need to decide if I'm going to pick up a new PSU, and if so, actually pick one up
I also bundled the wires together better, and moved the rear-fan wire to the back (less in the way).
I'll try to see about modding things better, but first I need to decide if I'm going to pick up a new PSU, and if so, actually pick one up
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It is not an OEM PSU. It's a FSP 300w micro-ATX, it came out of my SG-05. The motherboard is the Zotac GF9300-D-E, one of the best Mini-ITX motherboards available. I originally had this in my SG05, but it was overly cramped and ran too hot (no room for CPU fans, so it had to be passive). I wanted to put it in a different case because of those reasons, and the only one I had (and still have) is the Rocketfish. Overkill, yes, but it works wonderfully and I don't need a new case
Originally Posted by davek ...Do you really feel that a rocketfish is needed to house that computer? It looks like you have an OEM mobo and psu at least, right? Why? |
bump (any more ideas/opinions)
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