some wire management for your a$$!

Yoshida · UberTweaker Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 1219

Well after alot of quiet pondering ive decided to tame my computer cables and here she is before:

dont be frightened,

and after about 3 hours of cleaning and mastering the skill of balancing cheetos in one hand and cabling in the other here she is! the innerds of frankenstein (or Punisher 2.0)

after:

its not as great as some of the work you guys have done, but as you can see its a HUGE improvement, I still have to add my last fan in the back and the 2 in the front, but i have it set up so it shant be to hard. I used about 100 zip ties on this project

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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:04 pm Post subject:

looks good man if you work with it a little more you can get it even better. it just takes some time and effort.
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Sally · UberTweaker Joined: 31 Mar 2004 Posts: 1158 Location: WA

You're no weaze, but you definitely made a HUGE improvement. Definitely ahead of me on that one
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mojo1340 · UberTweaker Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 1022

Good Job! Much better. Have you noticed any temp differences?

Ham_fisT · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:32 pm Post subject:

Very Nice

Zip-tieZ RuLe

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meobius · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:38 pm Post subject:

behind the mobo is your friend... out of sight out of mind.
the atx connectors over the heatsink so it doesn't block the northbridge

for the ide, and floppies i'ld get shorter cables, only what i need.

if you can manage it, try to put the cathode power thingy (inverter?) in a slightly better place, in a corner, or against an edge.
the wire you have running all the way down and around, see if you can stick it in the corners, or under the mobo.

all i can think of right now...

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JayDubya · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:07 pm Post subject:

That looks much much better than before. Kudos to you. If only there was a way to clean up those cables and wires around those nasty hdd's and cdroms

The only way to really do that would be to shorten them like Meobius said.
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Xal · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:54 am Post subject:

much better

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Zero_Fresh · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject:

You can get away with putting most of your zip-tied wires behind your drive bays if you disconnected your IDEs to get the back there. Other than that.... looks great man. MAJOR improvement.. Did your case temp drop at all?
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Excellent Job!
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Yoshida · UberTweaker Joined: 24 Dec 2003 Posts: 1219

well i dont have all my fans in yet so im not sure if there is a difference yet right now its at 71f, (used to run at 68f) but it is short 3 fans that it had before, that im gonna try to get in before the lan tomarrow (my screw driver stripped so i need to buy a new one), and ill post up results and pics of the lan tomarrow

Josh · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:02 pm Post subject:

Great work, it looks one hell of alot better now, its an awkward and painful job, but well worth the time and effort.

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dugrant153 · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:08 am Post subject:

Yoshida, you have inspired me...

... to clean my case up

mine's a total mess!!

Silly Thermaltake power supply comes with like 20 feet of wiring!!!
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Hoedizzy · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:45 am Post subject:

A little tip for you all...use some plastic tubing that you can find at your local hardware store. Its the kind that splits down the middle, it will clean everything up and greatly reduce cable tie usage, while increasing airflow!!!! yaaahoo

Xal · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:20 am Post subject:

^agreed, looks good too

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