Hey There :D

[SiN]

That case is quite the mess, but I am pretty sure you can make do. It's gonna take some time, zip ties, and those zip tie anchors. You can make it look a lot better if you try to keep the cables as close to the motherboard tray, otherwise you will restrict airflow.

And, I wouldn't have purchased that case either, it was a poor design on Antec's side. You should have gone for a HAF, K-62, or a 690 II.

 

[slam159]

I'm kinda regretting it, but oh well, I can't dwell on it

I'm going to recable it whilst I wait for the hard drive to arrive.

 

[SiN]

I'm kinda regretting it, but oh well, I can't dwell on it

I'm going to recable it whilst I wait for the hard drive to arrive.

Don't worry man, you can do cable management really well nonetheless. It won't be as obvious, and it will take more time, but it's definitely doable.

Just really focus trying to take anything you can around the back panel.

Look at this picture that I took a while ago of my old Cooler Master 690. There are only two holes for cable management in that case (one for all of the PSU cables to go behind back panel and another for the CPU power cable on the top-left side of the motherboard tray), but it still looks good. I couldn't utilize the CPU power hole, my power supply doesn't have very long cables but that is the only one that is "out there".



SANY0072 by firestormcomputers, on Flickr

The main idea with a case like yours is to use every nook and cranny to your advantage. Modding is also a great avenue, IF YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED IT. I would highly suggest modding on something that you don't care about fudging about, because it's pretty much guaranteed something is going to go wrong the first time.

Holler if you need help, and like I said before, pictures are great (even low quality ones, as long as they get the point across).

 

[AMDFTW]

looooool wtf is the 3 fan thing on your cooler? tis ghetto

 

[SiN]

looooool wtf is the 3 fan thing on your cooler? tis ghetto

Son, you must learn the way of the 2x25mm fan shroud.

 

[AMDFTW]

i would if i new wtf it was,it looks like 3 fans attached to the push side of the cooler

 

[tinytomlogan]

Son, you must learn the way of the 2x25mm fan shroud.

And you just need to learn the way of the Noctua

 

[AMDFTW]

+1

 

[SiN]

And you just need to learn the way of the Noctua

Tom, if you send me some, I will use them

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[SnW]

i would if i new wtf it was,it looks like 3 fans attached to the push side of the cooler

I think it is

and looks like a waste of space to me .

 

[SiN]

I think it is

and looks like a waste of space to me .

I ripped the internals out of the 2x25mm fans.

So, only my Kaze on the end is pushing air. I did that to get rid of the dead spot.

This is what the 25mm fans look like.