Good case for cable management?

Gerard · 9 Mar 2007 at 09:14

At the minute ive a 3d aurora and im pretty fed up of the cabling in it, im not one ofr cutting holes into the metal to thread cables though so around the atx power conector there seems to be a pretty thick concentration of cables nomatter what i do.

Was considering the Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS midi tower, from the reviews ive seen they seem pretty tidy for cabling, any first hand feedback\pics welcome

techmob · 9 Mar 2007 at 09:25

Gerard said:
At the minute ive a 3d aurora and im pretty fed up of the cabling in it, im not one ofr cutting holes into the metal to thread cables though so around the atx power conector there seems to be a pretty thick concentration of cables nomatter what i do.

Was considering the Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS midi tower, from the reviews ive seen they seem pretty tidy for cabling, any first hand feedback\pics welcome

i will let you know about the v1000, after monday, as i receive mine then

this isn't mine, but gives you an idea of where the cables could run

or

Delvis · 9 Mar 2007 at 10:09

The V1000 series is reasonably good for airflow, i might tinker with mine again to try and get it better. If i remember i'll post a pick up or something.

Thing is, if the case has room for it to run the cables along the side of the case where the motherboard attaches then its pretty good...long as you keep the cables out of the way of the fans airflow your pretty much set to go.

Gerard · 9 Mar 2007 at 10:28

Ah yes now thats what im talking about :cool:

geff_r · 10 Mar 2007 at 11:36

Yes but you have tidy cables in a compartment where the only airflow is
the cpu fan blowing out the rear exhaust so a pointless excercise non?
If the v1000 had an intake just below the 3.5 bay it would be a great
design improvement.

Delvis · 10 Mar 2007 at 11:47

Yep, thats why ive stuck a 90mm i the top 5 1/2" bays

Otherwise my passive northbridge gets a wee bit hot :/

Reality|Bites · 10 Mar 2007 at 17:53

I swear all these uber tidy cases are photoshopped

Gangster · 10 Mar 2007 at 19:21

This is the only case out of them lot posted above as to what I'd say as tidiest. Notice its been modded though - several holes near the motherboard with black rubber trimming around it for easy cable managment.

techmob · 10 Mar 2007 at 21:13

Delvis said:
Yep, thats why ive stuck a 90mm i the top 5 1/2" bays

Otherwise my passive northbridge gets a wee bit hot :/

whats your temps like, with and without the added 90mm fan

and what m/b,cpu and heatsink

cheers