Your PC ATM

[roast]

Did some more cable management tonight, as well as cleaning out my fans/PSU. My set up has been on the floor one day and I'm already finding tons carpet fibers in my filters. Can't wait for my new desk.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f282/Renagade_Recon/a6549ba8.jpg
I swear, this is the last time I'll post photos until I get something new worth showing.

Cable management does look a bit hard with that case...

BTW, what CPU cooler is that??

 

[roast]

true but he can do better job to looks cool right ?

I've seen worse.... and where are your system specs and pictures sir??

 

[Thrackan]

Holes can be made

 

[spud107]

done a little modding to mine since 'iv last been here,
new cables, no more convertor connectors.

and using brute force to make an lcd backlight work again . . .
(power supply from printer, invertor from a scanner, and a relay to turn it on when display powers on.)

 

[roast]

done a little modding to mine since 'iv last been here,
new cables, no more convertor connectors.
http://img.techpowerup.org/100331/01032010006.jpg

Is that a PCI bracket propping up your graphics card?

If so, thats Ghetto Fabulous!

Props for the LCD panel too. Those things can be a bitch to repair.

 

[spud107]

Is that a PCI bracket propping up your graphics card?

If so, thats Ghetto Fabulous!

Props for the LCD panel too. Those things can be a bitch to repair.

yeah, noticed it sagging a little,
i couldn't think of anything else to use at the time, but it does the job.
and i know what you mean about the lcd, i couldnt find where the fault was on the main pcb, so its prety much a seperate circuit for the light now.

 

[Radical_Edward]

true but he can do better job to looks cool right ?

Have you worked with this case before? The few holes there are for cable management are very small, as I don't have a dremel, I can't do much about it. Plus, I've already hidden as many cables as I can.

But I guess I have been a tad lazy with it. But I intend on getting a new PSU pretty soon.

This one, to be exact. So I think I'll be able to do a bit of a better job with it.

Roast, my CPU cooler is this one.

 

[brandonwh64]

Have you worked with this case before? The few holes there are for cable management are very small, as I don't have a dremel, I can't do much about it. Plus, I've already hidden ass many cables as I can.

But I guess I have been a tad lazy with it. But I intend on getting a new PSU pretty soon.

This one, to be exact. So I think I'll be able to do a bit of a better job with it.

Roast, my CPU cooler is this one.

Yea! life always sucks without a drimmel. i went out and bought the 30$ drimmel kit (on sale at home depot) and i have used it countless times on my PC parts and house projects.

 

[Radical_Edward]

Yeah, I need to get one, but my new desk, PSU, and 4850 are more important than hiding cables to please someone else on TPU.

 

[brandonwh64]

Yeah, I need to get one, but my new desk, PSU, and 4850 are more important than hiding cables to please someone else on TPU.

Yea thats always your number one goal is to have the equipment YOU want and make it look pretty later. i always leave cable management for when im bored and i have ALL my stuff for the build

 

[Thrackan]

Yea thats always your number one goal is to have the equipment YOU want and make it look pretty later. i always leave cable management for when im bored and i have ALL my stuff for the build

If I did that I'd never get my cables done

 

[digibucc]

Have you worked with this case before? The few holes there are for cable management are very small, as I don't have a dremel, I can't do much about it. Plus, I've already hidden as many cables as I can.

But I guess I have been a tad lazy with it. But I intend on getting a new PSU pretty soon.

This one, to be exact. So I think I'll be able to do a bit of a better job with it.

Roast, my CPU cooler is this one.

i know this is heresy around these parts but, don't worry about your cable management.

not saying it can't make a difference, but it only does in the worst of cases. for the majority of people it will simply be an aesthetic change - and yes when you come across a dremel get it done, but don't think you need to do it for your rig to be right, it is entirely optional.

Yea thats always your number one goal is to have the equipment YOU want and make it look pretty later. i always leave cable management for when im bored and i have ALL my stuff for the build

exactly

 

[brandonwh64]

If I did that I'd never get my cables done

some people are like that. always switching and changing parts. since i have gotten my I7 setup, i havnt switched anything except my video card to a 5850. I do have one more thing to add and im kinda putting it off til i feel like draining my loop to install my new swiftech NB clock

 

[spud107]

i know this is heresy around these parts but, don't worry about your cable management.

not saying it can't make a difference, but it only does in the worst of cases. for the majority of people it will simply be an aesthetic change - and yes when you come across a dremel get it done, but don't think you need to do it for your rig to be right, it is entirely optional.



exactly

agreed, cable management is overrated, as long as they aren't in the way its fine.

 

[Athlonite]

here's my finished product but Silverstone make it entirely to easy when it come to cable management

 

[Radical_Edward]

Athlonite, looks good. Any chances of photos with the case side off?

 

[Athlonite]

here ya go

 

[Radical_Edward]

Wow, that was fast!

Great job, looks pretty damn good.

 

[brandonwh64]

I remeber when my dad bought a crappy dell PC when i joined the army (even tho i told him i could build him one cheaper). Well about 1 year later i came home on leave before i deployed to iraq and i went to use it and noticed a loud grinding sound, so i asked him if i could take the panel off and see what was wrong. when i took the panel off there was a 12v molex connector wire inside the CPU fan and i asked my dad how long it was sounding like that and he said ever since he bought it. I laughed cause it had grinded it so bad the it had taken off the rubber and almost had cut the entire wire in half.

 

[digibucc]

I remeber when my dad bought a crappy dell PC when i joined the army (even tho i told him i could build him one cheaper). Well about 1 year later i came home on leave before i deployed to iraq and i went to use it and noticed a loud grinding sound, so i asked him if i could take the panel off and see what was wrong. when i took the panel off there was a 12v molex connector wire inside the CPU fan and i asked my dad how long it was sounding like that and he said ever since he bought it. I laughed cause it had grinded it so bad the it had taken off the rubber and almost had cut the entire wire in half.

lol that's when management is important, but as i said the majority of people don't get it that bad. and all you need is basic management to stop that, you don't need to go all out with a dremel. just move the friggen wire a few inches and tuck it if necessary.

bet he liked the newfound quiet, huh?

 

[Athlonite]

@ Radical Edward yup im happy with it just wish it didn't weigh so god damn much must be close to 20~22KG

@ Brandonwh64 LoL i had a mates PC catch fire because of a similar problem the wire rubbed on a fan till it was through to the copper and he moved his PC from lounge to Computer room and when he restarted it the wire had moved and now was touching the metel case after a couple of minutes it shut down and smelt real nice

 

[Radical_Edward]

@ Radical Edward yup im happy with it just wish it didn't weigh so god damn much must be close to 20~22KG

That is pretty heavy. I'm not sure how heavy my case is, but it's pretty hefty too. My last case was aluminum and when I changed to this one, I noticed quite a difference.

 

[roast]

yeah, noticed it sagging a little,
i couldn't think of anything else to use at the time, but it does the job.
and i know what you mean about the lcd, i couldnt find where the fault was on the main pcb, so its prety much a seperate circuit for the light now.

Kudos buddy.

Have you worked with this case before? The few holes there are for cable management are very small, as I don't have a dremel, I can't do much about it. Plus, I've already hidden as many cables as I can.

But I guess I have been a tad lazy with it. But I intend on getting a new PSU pretty soon.

This one, to be exact. So I think I'll be able to do a bit of a better job with it.

Roast, my CPU cooler is this one.

I like that CPU cooler a lot.... I dont know why. Might possibly pick one up for an upcoming AMD mini-build..

 

[Athlonite]

yes empty case weighs in at 12.5KG add in everything in my specs and it bumps up the weight considerably but its alot of steel the two pics are showing it sitting on a backless computer chair it over hangs it by a good few inches either side

 

[Athlonite]

@ radical Edward Don't get that PSU it has major stability issues on the 12v rail when under load quite large spikes and droops aswell as a lot of low frequency noise