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Old 21 March 2009, 05:30 PM
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Default A bit of Cable tidying

Spent an hour or so trying to sort out the cables inside my computer this afternoon.

here is a few before pics, just after i built it:



And this is how it looks now:



here are a few other pics:




I found these little sticky pads quite useful, especially for hiding cables under the top off the tower out of site where there is nothing to put your cable ties round:



I know the cables aren't exactley hiden, but they are now neater, opinions welcome.

Specs are
  • Q8200 @ 2.33ghz
  • 4gb ocz ram
  • 500gb segate hdd
  • Powercolor 4830 512mb
  • coolermaster 330 elite black
Scott.

(Ps. I have a few packs of sticky pads and cable ties, PM if any one wants one - i cant put price on here, advertising etc)

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Good use of the pads

One thing: you know when you clipped the cable ties? You should put the blade nearest to the clip so that you don't have those bits sticking out.

I guarantee that at some point you will snag yourself on the sharp bit left.

Anyway - don't always worry about hidden, just make sure that there is plenty of space for air to flow - and you've got that in abundance!
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air flow was my main concern really, as before all the spares were just shoved in the drive bays at the front, and yeh, the pads are really useful for the few on the top of the case, as i did it all, and then I was like "erm, i need a molex for the rear fan" so just stuck it to the top out of site.

Cheers,
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Nice job mate, really neat and tidy.
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how about just putting the case back on?

it will be nice and lean then, out of sight out of mind?
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wasnt really going to be that difficult with one card, and one drive lol

Try:

3 cards:
PCi graphics
Audio card
DVi capture card

Drives
DVD Burner
IDE HDD1
IDE HDD2
IDE HDD3
SATA HDD1


then you can say you cabled it niceley

and whatever i do it still looks like a birds nest..

why are ribbon cables for HDD not twisted like floppy ones were.
lol


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Originally Posted by mart360
why are ribbon cables for HDD not twisted like floppy ones were.
lol


Mart

You mean ATA? Like this?


and the SATA ones are very small anyway
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