rate my cable management

[btarunr]

Okay I went back to some of tk and sladesurfer's cable mgmt pics. You win considering you have managed these oodles of cables with clinical precision. tk and ss were neater but that was because they were dealing with far lesser components and cables in all.

Re-rating: 10/10

 

[t_ski]

So . . . the EZ_RAID connectors can be used without having to have a RAID configuration?! Brilliant! That would mean I can get that pinched SATA cable out from in between the mobo and back panel!

The orange EZ-Raid connector towards the front of the mobo (or the bottom of the pic) should be OK to use by itself. If you use the other one (the one with the arrow pointing to it), I think you might have some isses. I was trying to do some testing with an external drive on that connector, but couldn't get it to work right. I ended up having to use the JMicron controller instead (and that one doesn't support hot-swap). That may have been from the jumper settings being off from what they needed to be though. Since then I figured the ports out and built the 4-drive array...

 

[Random Murderer]

The orange EZ-Raid connector towards the front of the mobo (or the bottom of the pic) should be OK to use by itself. If you use the other one (the one with the arrow pointing to it), I think you might have some isses. I was trying to do some testing with an external drive on that connector, but couldn't get it to work right. I ended up having to use the JMicron controller instead (and that one doesn't support hot-swap). That may have been from the jumper settings being off from what they needed to be though. Since then I figured the ports out and built the 4-drive array...

lol, and i'm using the other orange port by itself, once again i think we're looking at one of the quirks of this board.

 

[imperialreign]

The orange EZ-Raid connector towards the front of the mobo (or the bottom of the pic) should be OK to use by itself. If you use the other one (the one with the arrow pointing to it), I think you might have some isses. I was trying to do some testing with an external drive on that connector, but couldn't get it to work right. I ended up having to use the JMicron controller instead (and that one doesn't support hot-swap). That may have been from the jumper settings being off from what they needed to be though. Since then I figured the ports out and built the 4-drive array...

I'm going to mess with it here in a bit - only reason I used the JMicron connector was because after reading the descriptions in the manual, I was under the assumption that that connector is the only one that wouldn't impede a future RAID setup when i get a couple more drives. Damn owner's manual - it's been my only "real" gripe with ASUS is that they can't write a manual that's worth a crap.

You're at the point where you are going to have to build your own cables if you really want it to look any better. I think you have hit the ceiling with managment alone, from her it wouldhave to be all about length adjustment, sleeving/heatshrink, and custom cable ordering.

I kinda thought so . . . I'm even already made plans to do that this next weekend to fix up those PCI-E cables . . . the more I see them (even in the pics), the more they bother me - damn OCD and my need to have everything "perfect" kicking in

 

[imperialreign]

thought I'd 1-up myself

well, thanks to my "prefectionism" attitude, I tackled some more cable management on this case.

TBH, I think I've now reached a perfect 20:10 as far asa cable management goes - I've very happy with how this case currently looks, and am ready to move on to my next project(s).

Actually, I'm so happy with how it turned out now, I'll even show off the back (ugli) side of it, if you notice, I've only removed ONE component from the last go-round:


<edit> sorry bout any camera flash - it's a buggar taking pics of brushed aluminum and copper. Also, for all but the last two pics, the fan panel is removed just for clarity.

front side:

top side:

towards the front of the case:

angled towards the back:

the bottom of the mobo:

with the fan panel installed:

re-rate it, y'all!!

 

[exodusprime1337]

wow not bad, a few minor changes and the new fan's on the side make a good combo for ya. Very very nice indeed.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Heres what mine looks like now,not quite perfect.I'm gonna cut some holes in my tray when i get around to it.

 

[imperialreign]

not too bad, tigger69. I'm sure it'll look even better once you get around to putting a hole in the tray.

I like how you're mobo is on, too



So . . . does anyone see anything else that needs to be improved on my setup (aside from getting something better than scotch tape to hold down cables on the backside)?

 

[Duxx]

Digging the new components. Looks snazy. Do you use all the cables? I hardly touch my firewire and usb connectors on the front of my case, therefore i dont even connect them. If you do, then of course you cant eliminate them. hah

 

[imperialreign]

Digging the new components. Looks snazy. Do you use all the cables? I hardly touch my firewire and usb connectors on the front of my case, therefore i dont even connect them. If you do, then of course you cant eliminate them. hah

yeah, everything has it's purpose . . . the firewire I tend to use with my camera, USB for whatever . . . the only front panel component that isn't hooked up is the audio jacks. Whenever I get around to afixing them to the X-Fi, though . . .


I'm really happy with the new 140mm fans. They're pushing a bit less air than I'd like - but they look nice and get the job done quietly. For my project that I'm going to start working on - I'm partly trying to go for that 'polished' reflective look. At some point, the rig is going to be torn down and I'm going to buff/polish the ever loving crap out of the innards. If done well, you can get a nice mirrorer look to aluminum.