My before and after cable management pics :)

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Well it took me a day to get it all together because i was adding some components.

Before1

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Temps have dropped but it might be from a combo of the two new 120mm silent led fans, extreme spirit 2 copper northbridge hsf, and accelero2. I know the airflow is better with the cables in a better place though.
 
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Whoa, that's a great job buck. I love how you use the custom sata/power cables. Btw, what is the cpu cooler you're using? it's massive 0.o
 
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Originally posted by: Talcite
Whoa, that's a great job buck. I love how you use the custom sata/power cables. Btw, what is the cpu cooler you're using? it's massive 0.o
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Its an asus silent square. It was in a deal with a cpu/mobo/cpu hsf from frys. It works pretty darn well.
Thanks for the compliments :).
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: wizboy11
Stop reminding my to fix my cable mess ;)
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This should be motivation, i took a whole day for this (it woulda been half a day if i had a better PS cable-wise). I had fun doing it. :)
 
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You should be proud of that cabling job!! Very Nice!!

Also your Heatsink is very descent. Albeit there are a few other I would have chose.
Still to be fair I have not read even one bad review on that particluar cooler!!

Again sweet wiring job!!
 
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Originally posted by: Sirfelixcat2
That's a beautiful job. Would have loved to see a step-by-step pictorial of that job. Wonderful :)
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Funny story behind that, my camera was at work, so i got my gf's camera to do a step by step. Her camera was full (i am kind of unfamiliar with hers), so in a hurry i tried to delete a few pics, but instead started to format the mem card. I quickly took out the battery thinking that my get data back program would help when i got my box up and running, but it didnt. I saw the humor in it, she did not... :D
 
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Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
You should be proud of that cabling job!! Very Nice!!

Also your Heatsink is very descent. Albeit there are a few other I would have chose.
Still to be fair I have not read even one bad review on that particluar cooler!!

Again sweet wiring job!!
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Thanks! :)

That HSF was more than free with that deal from frys, and after reading decent reviews, i decided to save some cash and stick with it. Its VERY quiet, and keeps the cpu pretty darn cool while overclocking.
 
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Very impressive. The after pictures are amazing. It looks like you put a lot of thought and effort into the project. Congratulations.

I have to get some pics of my rig up one of these days........
 
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Originally posted by: Boyo
Very impressive. The after pictures are amazing. It looks like you put a lot of thought and effort into the project. Congratulations.

I have to get some pics of my rig up one of these days........
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Yep i sure did, the only things i would like to change right now is a different HSF to improve airflow (its a great HSF, just takes up alot of space) and a different PS with detachable cables. Its rediculous how i had to hide all my excess power cords.
 
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Nice work- looks much, much better now!

How do you like the TT NB cooler? Do you have any way of measuring NB temps to assess its efficacy vs. the old heatsink?
 
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Originally posted by: dawza
Nice work- looks much, much better now!

How do you like the TT NB cooler? Do you have any way of measuring NB temps to assess its efficacy vs. the old heatsink?
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Ya, i kept track of the temps beforehand, the main reason that i switched it out was that the asus chipset cooler wasnt working right, it was catching the fan and making a very loud noise sporadically. I dont think that my cooler was working right, the temps were very high. Idle they were in the low 50s (yes i was overclocking), and low 60s full load. Now with the extreme spirit2, its 35-40 idle and with load.
 
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Originally posted by: pcman83
ya it looks sexy. I want to clean up my case, but to do that I would need a new psu.

Pic of my mess...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/pc_man83/window.jpg
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Is that a p160? How do you like that case? I like that case much more than my lanboy, I am thinking of getting one actually, not sure yet though.
Some things i would suggest:
SATA cables like this
Cable sleeving kit
Zip ties (small ones)
zip tie mounts
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Its a nice case, but sometimes it wont turn on and it pisses me off. But I believe its my power supply, it is like 5 years old. Thanks for the tips on cleaning it up.
 
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