The New Cases Gallery

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 11 Aug 2011 at 11:43

Stupid question.... my case is stinking with dust.... recon i could use the hoover in there a little or not?

Jayster · 11 Aug 2011 at 12:56

Thegoon84 said:
Stupid question.... my case is stinking with dust.... recon i could use the hoover in there a little or not?

I wouldn't, it builds up a lot of static you can use anything that blows though like a can of compressed air.

mrk · 11 Aug 2011 at 13:00

Still use the hoover but keep the hose at a distance so when the compressed air blows the dust out the suction from the hoover sucks the blasted dust away otherwise all you're doing is moving the dust to other areas of the case which is a pointless exercise.

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 11 Aug 2011 at 13:12

mrk said:
Still use the hoover but keep the hose at a distance so when the compressed air blows the dust out the suction from the hoover sucks the blasted dust away otherwise all you're doing is moving the dust to other areas of the case which is a pointless exercise.

Yeah tbh thats what i was thinking... need to get it nice and clean for i43

mrk · 11 Aug 2011 at 21:22

Okay!

The NZXT braided ATX from OcUK came today, it's awesome! Also the SATA III rounded black cables came too. For £2.25 each on eBay they are a bargain and actually feel as good quality as a branded cable you pay more than 2x the amount for. They're 30cm long and are straight ended with latching clips on each head. Just what I wanted

I do all my PC building and DIY on the dining room table so I had to carry the PC downstairs. Let me tell you this, my Lian-Li was easy to do this. The 650D? Whoah it's heavy. I'm fairly good with lifting heavy stuff but this is something you need 110% focus on lol.

I also had a tough time getting the cables on the other side flat enough so the door closes without a bulge. There's so many cables that are rugged that it just doesn't leave enough room and they're long cables too. Still, some jigging around and I managed it.

Here's how it now looks:

Also sorted out the USB3 header cable:

Nemesis379 · 11 Aug 2011 at 21:37

Looks epic loving the camera angles!, the only thing i dont like is the Power Pci-e connector.

Edit: Where did you get that adapter?

mrk · 11 Aug 2011 at 21:44

There's not really anywhere else to put them without them getting in the way! Corsair GFX power cables are pretty fat! Still, a bit of looping helped

Klau55 · 11 Aug 2011 at 22:54

Here's my contribution, finally happy with it after 3 different cases and gfx cards etc in the past 12 months, although tempted swapping out the 240 rad in the front for a 360 as have the space

mrk · 11 Aug 2011 at 23:05

That does look rather Alien

Broken Hope · 13 Aug 2011 at 12:15

mrk said:
There's not really anywhere else to put them without them getting in the way! Corsair GFX power cables are pretty fat! Still, a bit of looping helped

My Corsair PSU GFX power cables are easy to hide, but they aren't the flat style like yours seem to be, they are normal braided cables so hide easily and aren't so much on show like yours are.

setter · 13 Aug 2011 at 12:22

Yep, unfortunately the HX psu's use flat modular cables, on my 850, the only braided cables are the 8 pin power, 24 pin atx and two pcie cables. Theese are all hardwired to the psu, the rest are the rather stiff flat cables.

V F · 14 Aug 2011 at 01:13

mrk said:
Let me tell you this, my Lian-Li was easy to do this. The 650D? Whoah it's heavy. I'm fairly good with lifting heavy stuff but this is something you need 110% focus on lol.

Thats one sweet case. I'm assuming the case is steel? I couldn't get over how light my Lian Li is when everything is out. It's really weightless.

mrk · 14 Aug 2011 at 01:22

The front panel is aluminium but the rest is steel yes. High quality steel though nonetheless. Unlike Fractal's XL Define I had briefly...

Evoss · 14 Aug 2011 at 13:14

mrk said:
The front panel is aluminium but the rest is steel yes. High quality steel though nonetheless. Unlike Fractal's XL Define I had briefly...

I have put my old PC components into a Fractal Design R3 for my dad and I have to say I too am disappointed in the quality of Fractal Design for the price you pay.

mrk · 14 Aug 2011 at 13:55

Yeah I was unimpressed so much that I returned it 24 hours later!

I'm going to find a way to tidy away the GFX power connectors, I must as it's now bothering me being the only cables not tidied away!

Edit* Done, easier than I first imagined!

Nemesis379 · 14 Aug 2011 at 15:40

Much better very nice, now you need more NZXT cables.

KiiYzOo · 14 Aug 2011 at 15:42

bitfenix ones are better

mrk · 14 Aug 2011 at 15:48

I'll have to decide about that one hehe

ZedPowered · 14 Aug 2011 at 15:56

Klau55 said:
Here's my contribution, finally happy with it after 3 different cases and gfx cards etc in the past 12 months, although tempted swapping out the 240 rad in the front for a 360 as have the space
SNIP

Looks good dude. Can't think whats next to change on that

Onyx · 14 Aug 2011 at 16:10

Just a few pics of my updated rig.

Same Corsair 600T SE but now with all mesh grilles cut out and the plastic slats on the removable grilles removed.

i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz @ 1.28v
Asus P8Z68-V Pro
HD 6970
8gb Corsair XMS3
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1tb x2

XSPC Rasa Acetal cpu block, Razor 6970 gpu block and an RS240 & RS120 radiators with Akasa Apaches.