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Aka Ishur

For a start that black cable hanging under the heat sink looks like it has the length to go round the back. Otherwise its a small improvement. Remember good airflow means cooler computer, longer lifespan.

brianblaze

The skinny cable form the heat sink? Too short sadly. I need to get some cable extenders I think! The case doesn't lend itself to tidyness!

Recurve360

A simple thing to do would be get cable ties. Even if the cables are just braided together you will have the apperance of it looking much cleaner and will aid to airflow.

Also any cables that arent being used just run them along the bottom of the case and hide them under your HDD.

brianblaze

Recurve360 wrote: »

A simple thing to do would be get cable ties. Even if the cables are just braided together you will have the apperance of it looking much cleaner and will aid to airflow.

Also any cables that aren't being used just run them along the bottom of the case and hide them under your HDD.

I used a fair amount of cable ties, but I think I was remiss to braid the cables! I'll try that though for sure!

EoinHef

Its probably a bit long but this video is worth a look to get an idea of the basics of cable management,i just wish i could follow its advice better:pac:

NCIX.com vid with linus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERhxmzQR6xA

Serephucus

Retro Linus Win!

EoinHef

I love his backwards cap:P

deceit

I just test fitted some of my fittings so I can figure out the layout and what parts I need to finish the loop.
I know its really messy but its a temp loop until the last of the parts arrive.
I will change the fittings at the bottom so the tube exiting the graphics card will go into the left side of the motherboard block, I also have to turn the memory block on the left side and fix the part coming out of the top of the memory block on the right so its using 90s (I didnt have enough fittings delivered so I had to improvise temporarily)
As you can see its all straight tubing so it will be all replaced with crystal link to improve the look of it. Even the part coming out of the top of the res will be replaced by a double length crystal link fitting. (Just bare all that in mind before you think it looks god awful :P )

Aka Ishur

deceit wrote: »

(Just bare all that in mind before you think it looks god awful :P )

Oh yeah....awful....right.....

That upside down XSPC logo would drive me nuts tho..

deceit

Aka Ishur wrote: »

Oh yeah....awful....right.....

That upside down XSPC logo would drive me nuts tho..

Its annoying the hell out of me also. I am waiting until the last of the parts arrive to change it though because of the hassle I had draining the damn thing last time :P. I put in a dain valve at the bottom of the rig though so should be a lot easier now

viperirl

deceit wrote: »

I just test fitted some of my fittings so I can figure out the layout and what parts I need to finish the loop.
I know its really messy but its a temp loop until the last of the parts arrive.
I will change the fittings at the bottom so the tube exiting the graphics card will go into the left side of the motherboard block, I also have to turn the memory block on the left side and fix the part coming out of the top of the memory block on the right so its using 90s (I didnt have enough fittings delivered so I had to improvise temporarily)
As you can see its all straight tubing so it will be all replaced with crystal link to improve the look of it. Even the part coming out of the top of the res will be replaced by a double length crystal link fitting. (Just bare all that in mind before you think it looks god awful :P )

Looks fine so far but you should take a pic from a tight angle in order to show the depth/height of all those fitting in and around the mem blocks.
Is there much a of a kink in the bottom of the right mem block? Looks tight there.

viperirl

deceit wrote: »

I put in a dain valve at the bottom of the rig though so should be a lot easier now

Best decision I ever made to put drain valves in mine otherwise it would have been extremely messy to drain.

deceit

viperirl wrote: »

Looks fine so far but you should take a pic from a tight angle in order to show the depth/height of all those fitting in and around the mem blocks.
Is there much a of a kink in the bottom of the right mem block? Looks tight there.

The tube at the bottom was just me being lazy and using a curved piece of tubing and cuttong it so one side ended up longer then the other, when I seen it on I said feck it will leave it as it will be coming right back off as soon as the parts that where not in stock are delivered.
Edit: I'm using temp parts so would look horrible side on :P as there are random fittings on it.
The depths of the left memory block to cpu block is 40mm, cpu to vrm 45mm and right ram to motherboard 40mm. I've ordered 3 40mm extensions, 2 30mm, 2 20mm, 2 15mm and a few other bits. I will look alot better when I use them. On the cpu to left memory block i'm using 4 7.5mm and one 15mm fittings so looks messy.

viperirl

deceit wrote: »

The tube at the bottom was just me being lazy and using a curved piece of tubing and cuttong it so one side ended up longer then the other, when I seen it on I said feck it will leave it as it will be coming right back off as soon as the parts that where not in stock are delivered.
Edit: I'm using temp parts so would look horrible side on :P as there are random fittings on it.
The depths of the left memory block to cpu block is 40mm, cpu to vrm 45mm and right ram to motherboard 40mm. I've ordered 3 40mm extensions, 2 30mm, 2 20mm, 2 15mm and a few other bits. I will look alot better when I use them. On the cpu to left memory block i'm using 4 7.5mm and one 15mm fittings so looks messy.

Jaysus....you're a perfectionist! :-)
I'm sure it will look fantastic when you're all done. Then you can make the most of the all the space you have there by adding a 3rd GPU and second loop for it. You know you want to.

deceit

viperirl wrote: »

Jaysus....you're a perfectionist! :-)
I'm sure it will look fantastic when you're all done. Then you can make the most of the all the space you have there by adding a 3rd GPU and second loop for it. You know you want to.

I'm actually switching to 290x's eventually so will be a while before can afford 3 gpu's :P, will struggle with one in january without using my credit card :P

Vade

After seeing Deceit's stunning set-up mine looks bland and empty but I finally got around to that cable management I've been putting off. Now I just need the new cooler to arrive and I can ditch the stock one.

chewythefirst

Vade wrote: »

After seeing Deceit's stunning set-up mine looks bland and empty but I finally got around to that cable management I've been putting off. Now I just need the new cooler to arrive and I can ditch the stock one.

That is some nice cable management man, great work. This is what has been missing from here for a good while (apart from deceit the bollox

Squaredude

Phantom 630?

Vade

Squaredude wrote: »

Phantom 630?

Yep

deceit

Vade wrote: »

After seeing Deceit's stunning set-up mine looks bland and empty but I finally got around to that cable management I've been putting off. Now I just need the new cooler to arrive and I can ditch the stock one.

Really tidy rid, I would have left the cage in the bottom though as I think it looks nicer even when not in use (can understand for the better airflow though. How come the directional fan was removed?

Vade

It wasn't ever installed
I'm waiting on a few bits to arrive yet.

dwighet

Heres a few pics of my bucket o`bolts..
Just got the case a few weeks ago and watercooling gear will be installed at the end of the month..
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The plan is to have a 360x45 rad up top.A 240 x 80 in front and tossing up wether the put a 120 x 80 in the bottom aswell..
Dual bay res and pump and monsoon fittings...not sure to go chrome fittings or red...the dye will be uv red.
Fans will be corsair sp`s

viperirl

Looks nice and neat. Are you going to watercool the GPUs too? Personally I'd go with the chrome fittings otherwise you could end up with too much red. Nice to have a bit of contrast here and there in the colour scheme. Just my 2c's.

dwighet

viperirl wrote: »

Looks nice and neat. Are you going to watercool the GPUs too? Personally I'd go with the chrome fittings otherwise you could end up with too much red. Nice to have a bit of contrast here and there in the colour scheme. Just my 2c's.

Gpu`s will be on water...Cant wait for a bit of piece and quiet.. Yeah chrome is the go...
All blocks will be EK and I have new ram vengance 2133 red mobo will be asus maximus formula v1 and i7 4770 k...
The i7 is probably a bit overkill for what i need but hey..Better looking at it than looking for it..:cool:

Portlawslim

dwighet wrote: »

Heres a few pics of my bucket o`bolts..
Just got the case a few weeks ago and watercooling gear will be installed at the end of the month..

The plan is to have a 360x45 rad up top.A 240 x 80 in front and tossing up wether the put a 120 x 80 in the bottom aswell..
Dual bay res and pump and monsoon fittings...not sure to go chrome fittings or red...the dye will be uv red.
Fans will be corsair sp`s

Whats the case? looks like there's loads of room in there...

Tinie

The side mountings for the SSDs looks very nice and neat.

dwighet

Portlawslim wrote: »

Whats the case? looks like there's loads of room in there...

corsair 750 d...Good bit of room and not a huge case...

dwighet

Tinie wrote: »

The side mountings for the SSDs looks very nice and neat.

They do but once I put a fat rad in there they cant be seen...:(

deceit

My work in progress is nearly done . Finally the parts arrived, my measurements where off again so I had to alter the route slightly but it seems okay. The part on the bottom of the right ram block will be crystal link when I replace all fittings with crystal link.
Oh and the last pics are from my sisters pc i'm building

Luck100

Got a thorough whipping from the boards.ie cabling committee on my last post

Had some time this weekend so I went back to re-organize. Still couldn't really do anything about my front panel header cables, they're too short to go behind the motherboard panel.

Once I had it opened up, I realized I hadn't connected the secondary PCIE power connector on the motherboard. It's a funny one, it actually uses one of the sata power plugs. Not necessary for single gpus but recommended for stability in SLI. Anyway, seems like I can overclock the gpu a bit higher now with that plugged in.