My new 1337 computer - with pics

[dave87]

Nah, you don't need a cable tidy kit to sort out those cables, some time & common sense is all you need to sort it out. I've got a hell of a lot more stuff in my case (6 hard disks, dvd-rw, raid cards, 8 fans etc) and its tidier than that -




Old pics, I have since added other cards etc, but you get the idea...

Dave

[Clunk]

blimey, that is tidy

[FInalD]

That is tidy.

Only reason I say the kit is to make the multistrand ones into single which makes hiding them easier, and even if you don't and leave on display they look much neater.

FinalD

[cougarslam]

Nah, you don't need a cable tidy kit to sort out those cables, some time & common sense is all you need to sort it out. I've got a hell of a lot more stuff in my case (6 hard disks, dvd-rw, raid cards, 8 fans etc) and its tidier than that -




Old pics, I have since added other cards etc, but you get the idea...

Dave

i bet you have a lot of untidy cabling behind the hard disks.

i like ur akasa amber fan but whts the deal with the white 1s?

ur pc must be noisy with that amount of fans.

[dave87]

i bet you have a lot of untidy cabling behind the hard disks.

i like ur akasa amber fan but whts the deal with the white 1s?

ur pc must be noisy with that amount of fans.

Untidy cables that are hidden, and not impeading air flow



The white ones are the main system fans - complete with fan controller -



The rest are all just to keep the air moving over key parts (the hard disk trays are quite restrictive, and the ram wasn't getting much air - controlled by my modded fan controller -



Noise isn't bad - given the fact they are all on fan controllers, and are 9 blade-ed 120mm fans The rest are turned on as/when required

If I try for performance, I can get my Athlon XP (on air I might add) within 4oC of ambient temps - thanks to the ThermalRight SI-97 - monster of a socket A heatsink (but at that level of performance, it is rather loud )

[Chedburn]

There is room to fit two i think, its designed specificly for 8mm tubing i think. But there must be an aqua computer barb which changes to 1/2.

[sawyen]

the cables need reworking me thinks.. there are ways you can reroute them behind the board for say to make them less apparent...

If you'd get the cables fixed, then you're in for the |337 elites for sure..

X1800XL is not all that bad really, easily gets to X1800XT on the core..

Check my rig if you need some ideas on how to mindly reroute cables..

[Rys]

I'm in with the tidy cable crowd too

[dave87]

Looking good rys, how good is the Koolance Exos system?

[Clunk]

very tidy Rys, looks like you polished the inside

[Rys]

No polishing, just naturally shiny backplates and mainboard try, box fresh as I got them. The Exos2 is nice, although mine has been faulty since it arrived. The fans never spin, so I effectively run my loop completely passively. Was a bit of a bugger when I ran CPU and GPU, but now it's just CPU I'm alright even at max CPU load for ages. I can't overclock too much though Been meaning to get rid of it for ages because I've never been able to fix it, but I love the silence too much!

[sawyen]

No polishing, just naturally shiny backplates and mainboard try, box fresh as I got them. The Exos2 is nice, although mine has been faulty since it arrived. The fans never spin, so I effectively run my loop completely passively. Was a bit of a bugger when I ran CPU and GPU, but now it's just CPU I'm alright even at max CPU load for ages. I can't overclock too much though Been meaning to get rid of it for ages because I've never been able to fix it, but I love the silence too much!

cant you just replace the rad fans? I'm sure they're just your typical 120mm fans..

[Rys]

cant you just replace the rad fans? I'm sure they're just your typical 120mm fans..

I've tried that once before but I honestly don't know how to get the unit open enough to do so And given that it's both fans, I think it's more the controller for them than the fans themselves. If I could repair I would, but it runs fine passively. When the X6800 starts to feel slow at stock and I need the OC, I'll probably just get rid and go good air.

[Chedburn]

I have bought a bunch of cable tidy kits and gonna try and get a window for my case. Will take some more pics when i have fitted them in