How's your cable-gami?

[Cerb]

http://www.doddstech.com/cables.jpg
Decided to see how well I could get things out of the way on a cheap system...turned out very nice, save the flimsy floppy cable. The power cables sitting near the lowest 5.25" bay will be cable-tied, but there is still a DVD/CDRW that will be gutted from the client's old machine.

 

[deerslayer]

Nice work! You don't really have to spend much to keep your cables out of the way I've done similar things with some of my systems. The regular flat cables fold nicely.

 

[Cerb]

I figured I'd see making this one after seeing the mess that my dad had just made, not that it could be helped.
RAID 1 in the said case w/ a PCI card (make a difference trying to fold the cables),a DVD and tape drive...4 IDE cables and a floppy...it was quite a mess, so I figured I'd see how well I could do with a normal PC...better than I thought. Now if only I could speed up the windows updates...

 

[RalfHutter]

My take on cablegami:

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[Cerb]

Hehe, I've seen those before, too...slient pc review review of that case and then some forums searching after I recommended that case to a friend. I like the evercase, but the Antec (Chieftec?) is far roomier.
Not quite that good, but this was my first try .

 

[glen]

Ralf Hutter is the MAN!
Nice work Ernie.
Almost makes me want to take out the round cables and try some folding....

 

[Corporate Thug]

Ralfhunter, your case looks SICK! cerb, what is the green thing? thanx

 

[Cerb]

Shady, the green thing holds an 80mm side fan. Pretty quiet (with a quiet fan, that is) with the rubbery ring pressing against the case. it hinges out of the way for installing the mobo and such.
http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/11-127-007-05.JPG
mounting holes for the fan bracket hidden--normal rear fan.
http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/11-127-012-01.JPG
fan bracket w/ fan, and better shot of the empty case.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Cerb
Shady, the green thing holds an 80mm side fan. Pretty quiet (with a quiet fan, that is) with the rubbery ring pressing against the case. it hinges out of the way for installing the mobo and such.
http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/11-127-007-05.JPG
mounting holes for the fan bracket hidden--normal rear fan.
http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/11-127-012-01.JPG
fan bracket w/ fan, and better shot of the empty case.

thanx a lot cerb, i'm gonna order one, i've been looking for something like this
EDIT: can u give me the link to the product on newegg's site? thanx
EDIT: NM, found it. now to figure out a way to make it fit in my coolermaster case...

 

[Cerb]

Link? No point--there are several.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=7&manufactory=1470&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1
It's the Evercase e4252 mid-tower. Several options, and it looks pretty good in black.
If you have a PSU you like already, the black w/o a PSU would be the way to go.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=EVERCASE+E4252W005A
They've gotten a bit more expensive recently :disgust:, but IMO there still aren't better cases until over $50. The tool free mounting does work, but as you can see in the pic, I like to add ascrew in the back so that there's no wiggle room, as many drives aren't a perfect fit. However, it coems with enough screws to screw the expansion slots down (also comes with a screwless thingie for them) and all the drives in, unless you've got a monster mobo. Comes with room for grommets, and srews for use with them, but no actual grommets.
(the nearest would be the $60 Compucase LX-6A19, but at 0.8mm...I'd rather get a nicer 1 or 1.2mm steel case)

Ralf Hutter's, BTW, is the Antec SLK3700AM?, same as the Compucase but with a few extra goodies, I believe thicker steel, and it's not ugly (JMHO).

On the steel, I'm pretty sure I remember seeing 1mm for the Antec and coolcases versions somewhere, but can't recall where.