My Lian Li a70fb

setter · 24 Jan 2010 at 16:26

Finally got the components transferred out of my akasa eclipse 62.

Not the tidiest in the world, but ill hopefully be replacing the psu with a modular unit. Also replacing the stock fans with something more subtle and getting the front panel connectors braided. Couldnt wait so i put it all together to see what the case was like. Very impressed with the build quality, and the tool less design. The amount of space is huge, makes my poor 7300gt vid card look lost.

paradigm · 24 Jan 2010 at 16:29

You've seen how it should be done...

setter · 24 Jan 2010 at 16:33

paradigm said:
You've seen how it should be done...

I seen your A71FB here mate.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=15808539&postcount=17

Very neat, are you using a modular psu paradigm?

paradigm · 24 Jan 2010 at 16:38

I am, an Antec 550 HE, however it would make no difference to the wiring even if it weren't. The 8-Pin mobo power runs up behind the tray then over the top of the board, everything else runs along the rail at the bottom of the motherboard tray, along to the drives, and upward using extenders.

The front panel stuff (power/reset/led's/usb/etc) all run the opposite way, down behind the drives, cable tied to the rail at the bottom of the case, then up under the base of the mobo.

Electronic Dave · 24 Jan 2010 at 16:39

Had looked at this case myself as I have moved from an Eclipse as well, but decided it was far too big for my needs (along with the Corsair Obsidian). Oceans of space tho and ideal for many HDDs. I went for the new PC-P50BW in the end.

Can you remove part of that HDD rack so that one of the 120mm fans blow airs directly to GPU and CPU area? (no obstruction). Bearing in mind the air has a lot further to travel as the case is quite deep.

Also can you mount your hard drives the other way round with cables facing towards rear side panel and cables behind motherboard?

Would be good to see once the cables are tidied up - yes a modular does help!

paradigm · 24 Jan 2010 at 16:43

Electronic Dave said:
Had looked at this case myself as I have moved from an Eclipse as well, but decided it was far too big for my needs (along with the Corsair Obsidian). Oceans of space tho and ideal for many HDDs. I went for the new PC-P50BW in the end.

Can you remove part of that HDD rack so that one of the 120mm fans blow airs directly to GPU and CPU area? (no obstruction). Bearing in mind the air has a lot further to travel as the case is quite deep.

Also can you mount your hard drives the other way round with cables facing towards rear side panel and cables behind motherboard?

Would be good to see once the cables are tidied up - yes a modular does help!

See mine, I have the HDD's mounted back to front. No you can't remove half the bay. I'm not so sure a modular PSU makes that much difference.

setter · 24 Jan 2010 at 16:49

Yep, on mine i have the 8 pin atx running up the back of the mobo tray connected to an extension. I have the front panel pwr, reset etc cable tied to the top rail and held down on the back of the tray. Also im only using the 2 front panel usb, my speakers are connected to the mobo rear panel, (headphone socket on desk volume control knob) Ill have to get the firewire, esata and audio cables ucked away, also with my psu being non modular, ive had to clamp an awful amount of cables on the floor of the case. All i realy need cable wise are, 2 power sockets, 1 molex connector (for pwm splitter cable), 3 x sata for hdd's and blu ray drive. Then my 2 pcie cables, as im currently using a 7300gt while my gtx 280 is off for rma i dont need any gpu power cables at the minute.

setter · 2 Feb 2010 at 15:57

As i had another day off work today, i decided to tidy my cabling up a bit.

Managed to hide a few more cables behind the motherboard tray, and put some below the psu. Hopefully it shouldnt effect air intake to much. Could do with a longer sata cable for my optical drive though

AlanJ · 2 Feb 2010 at 16:06

robgti · 2 Feb 2010 at 17:27

That looks load better mate. Still a few more to tidy tho. Need to find some time to get my all sorted.

setter · 2 Feb 2010 at 17:34

Should be getting a nodular psu soon, will certainly help things a bit. Just unsure which brand to go for. Also, unfortunately the only longer sata cables i have are a vile yellow colour. Pretty happy though that ive cleared up the floor of the case a bit, just my 8 pin pcie down there now, dont need it as my gtx 280 died.

robgti · 2 Feb 2010 at 17:36

I would turn your hdd's around. That will tidy it up a lot.

setter · 2 Feb 2010 at 17:40

Ill try reversing them when i get the new psu in mate.

robgti · 2 Feb 2010 at 17:41

Nice one. they do look ten times better the other way around

setter · 2 Feb 2010 at 17:44

When can we expect a few pics of yours rob, looking forward to seeing it. Really pleased with this case, money well spent.

robgti · 2 Feb 2010 at 17:49

Very soon i hope. Just got to get it tidied a bit. Infact i might try and get some up tonight

paradigm · 2 Feb 2010 at 18:53

Get some posted rob

And setter, hurry up and turn the drives around and hide the cables down that horizontal rail

setter · 4 Mar 2010 at 22:43

Got round to fitting a modular psu, (Corsair HX850w). Not that keen on the flat modular cables, theyre rather stiff which makes them harder to route. Also fitted a pair of arctic cooling F12 pwm fans on my TRUE, and reverse mounted the hdd's.

Unfortunately with this new psu i cant get the 24 pin atx cable behind the motherboard tray, ends up making the side panel impossible to fit, its a bit thicker than the cable on my old thermaltake toughpower psu. Also ive noticed, with any single slot graphics card i use, it seems to hang down badly at the back, current 8800gt does this, as did a 7300gt i had previously, no such issue though with a double slot gtx 275 i had in it a few weeks ago.

Marine Iguana · 4 Mar 2010 at 22:45

Clearly you need to braid them cables and make them easier on the eye and easier to move

setter · 4 Mar 2010 at 22:52

The only cables in the system at the minute that arent braided are the fan cables, pwm adapter cable and the front pwr, hdd led, reset etc. On the corsir psu, the atx 24, 8 pin and 2 pcie cables are braided, the rest are all the flat corsair modular cables. Im gonna replace the stock fans with fractal design 120/140's which thankfully come pre braided.