My First Case Mod

krotchy

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First I want to thank Talcite the maker of This Thread for inspiring me to fix my insane wiring with 9 bucks worth of twist ties and twist tie mounts.

Ok, here is my case mod. It may look messy around the bottom still, but keep in mind theres 2 7900 Gt's and 3 Hard drives + 1 molex for the mobo all right there, so that is 6 Power connecters in one place. Trust me this is absolutely beautiful compared to what I had before. Also if you notice the 2 stray wires in the bottom left of the case, those lead to the side fan, and run perfectly up the side when the case is closed but look messy in the pictures.

In my original wiring job, any spare wire was essentially balled up and shoved inside the cage below my cd drive. Now there is a 120mm fan mounted in the cage, and no wires blocking flow from this fan. Also I took the excess case wires and routed them through the back, and I ran one 4 pin molex through the back, so it comes out right below my SATA hard drive and powers the sata drive, a case fan, and half of one GT. Plus the SATA cable is routed behind the hard drive and comes up from underneath, leaving the bottom fan clear. Notice on the top left, the 4 pin motherboard connecter travels along the top of the case and drops down right to the motherboard.


Case Side with Flash
Case Side without Flash
Case Front no flash
Case Front With Flash
Case Back Side
Perspective View no Flash, Faceplate On


In pic 1/2 you can see the HSF area is clear, and though you cant tell, all the main wiring is routed right along the side of the drive cages along the back of the case, so it doesnt impede airflow.

In pic 3/4 you can see my added HSF, which is mounted using 4 twist ties and 3 sticky mounts. It doesnt vibrate at all.

In pic 5 you can see some excess wiring hidden behind my case, which is invisible with the back side plate on.

The last pic has the front face cover put back on, and the side open.



 

RallyMaster

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Ah...I see you have put a 120 mm in three 5.25" bays...nice. Did that to my case as well.

OMG the blueness is so like mine...but I've an 80 mm LED on side window...gotta get a LED 120mm for my bottom intake for the full effect :p
 

Talcite

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nice job, its good to see my guide helped. the blue lights are a really nice touch heh