My cable tidying adventure!

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helmie

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Hi,
After my build, the computer was looking real messy inside. So, i had to tidy it.

I first bought an akasa cable tidy kit, but it didnt look too good.

Then I took Praetors advice, and went mad with cable ties! Theres still a little work to do, but its getting there!

BEFORE (Sorry about the pics, poor camera, not a very good photographer)



AFTER



So, an improvment?
 
Oh yes, there was a HUGE difference in temparture. Before, my idle temp was around 46- 49 Degrees. Now, 36- 40 Degrees. Oh, what a differnce a tidy case makes!
 
lol i did almost the same thing as you did...just put the cables closer to the front. i dint really get any temp drops on my GPU, CPU, and HD but the mainboard temp droped dramatically. from 52-55C to ~45C
 
how do you guys even have that many cables? I put all my extra psu cables in my top 5 inch bay, then i have 1 IDe round cable that goes to my hd and dvd drive, i have all my case wires go behide my mobo and come out the other side, and then my fan wires are taped down ;)
 
helmie said:
Hi,
After my build, the computer was looking real messy inside. So, i had to tidy it.

I first bought an akasa cable tidy kit, but it didnt look too good.

Then I took Praetors advice, and went mad with cable ties! Theres still a little work to do, but its getting there!

BEFORE (Sorry about the pics, poor camera, not a very good photographer)



AFTER



So, an improvment?
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i really really like that case.. thinking of getting one for myself. looks nice how you've got everything ran as well ..

mine looks terrible .. wires running everywhere..

but i think i'm going to get a new lcd before the case.. so i guess i'll just have to wait it out...
 
once when my room was around 45F (i had my windows open all night, brrr), i turned my PC on and the CPU was at 18C and my GPU was at 35C. lol

Usually my CPU idles between 20-25C. Never hit above 30C before though.
 
I could do more work with mine, I have a PCI slot taken up by 2 USBs and a Game port, both i dont use, so that can go. Also, My SATA cable is FAR too long, where can i get a really short one (UK) atound 3 inches sorta mark?

Im going to try and push more wires into the spare 5.25" Drive bays, as there are some in front of the front 120mm fan, blocking the airflow. Ill take some more pictures!
 
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