Got a Tagan PSU - Take a look at my cabling

MeatLoaf · 14 Jun 2006 at 17:01

Well i got myself a new Tagan 580w modular today hoping it would sort out the mass of loose cables i had.

ive got a Super Lanboy case so its a squeeze, more so than i thought it would be.

Moved the DVDRWs down a bay each and tried to hide some of the cables in the top bay.

Tried to keep things as tidy as possible, but the cables themself arent very flexible

Have i done a decent job? How could i improve things?

http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10055882xr.jpg

sablabra · 14 Jun 2006 at 17:19

It's not too shabby, but there's still a lot of work to be done

. No cables should be running over the mobo, stretch them else where. Here's my rig, it's not a modular psu. It's an old picture though, it's neater now.
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=73435

MeatLoaf · 14 Jun 2006 at 20:15

Looks ok to me, theres a not a great deal of room in my case. I maty get a shorter IDE cable for the HDD, or get the SATA version of the Plextor

robertgilbert86 · 14 Jun 2006 at 20:33

sablabra said:
It's not too shabby, but there's still a lot of work to be done . No cables should be running over the mobo, stretch them else where. Here's my rig, it's not a modular psu. It's an old picture though, it's neater now.
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=73435

Your graphics card looks a bit bent! Is it ok?

PinkFloyd · 14 Jun 2006 at 20:39

robertgilbert86 said:
Your graphics card looks a bit bent! Is it ok?

From the looks of it, its a X1900, it seems they are often bent :confused:

Never realised the LANBoy was quite that small :eek:

sablabra · 14 Jun 2006 at 20:59

robertgilbert86 said:
Your graphics card looks a bit bent! Is it ok?

Lol, you're like person 1001 telling me!

It was fine, but now I got a 7800gtx 512mb which is less bent. Btw, it's a x1800xt 512mb on the picture

I still think you can do LOADS of cable tidying. I have no experience with the lan boy case, but I'm building a rig for a friend of mine with it in about 1-2 weeks

Mr Mister · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:27

salabra what cpu block is that? is it any good?

sablabra · 14 Jun 2006 at 21:35

Mr Mister said:
salabra what cpu block is that? is it any good?

It's a apogee. I know many of you aren't fan of them, but I think it works excellent. I've run my x2 3800+@3ghz and more than 1.7V without problems

. Not stable though. My DFI board reports all wrong temps, I idle below ambient temp, and with no oc I dual prime95 at 25c. You do the math...

MeatLoaf · 15 Jun 2006 at 07:33

Well im really happy with the upgrade so far. Fitted the Freezer at the same time as the PSU and my cpu now idles at 35 degrees running at 2.6Ghz - probably due to better airflow and the better cooler.

KizZ · 15 Jun 2006 at 07:46

That doesnt look too bad actually, in fact I like it. Try to hide as most cables as you can behind the hard drives.

Other than that, it looks good.

Heres a pic of mine but I dont even have a lot of things in it

Stelly · 15 Jun 2006 at 08:34

looks ok to me as well

Stelly

Scott Salisbury · 15 Jun 2006 at 11:40

robertgilbert86 said:
Your graphics card looks a bit bent! Is it ok?

lol that's not half as bad as my 6800Ultra

It's so bent that I've had to prop it up with a small stick of wood. I thoguht it was pressure from the power cable pushing it down (as it is a tight fit) but it still hangs far down. Seems to be fine though. It's a damn heavy card.

Your cables look about the same as mine were, I'm never too fussed about it as long as there isn't cables dragging into the cpu fan or covering large hot areas of the motherboard.

I recently pulled my PC to bits to re-apply some thermal paste and when I put it back together I didn't bother tidying it again so its a bit messy atm

Meatball · 15 Jun 2006 at 11:53

I shoved all my cables into the spare 5.23" bays on my Centurion 530, I only use 1 out of 5 so there's plenty of space