My P55 System

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Specs
Tagan BZ Series 800 Watt Power Supply Unit,
AsRock P55 Pro/USB3 Motherboard,
Antec full ATX tower case,
Tranquillo CPU Cooler,
Intel Core i3 530@4.40Ghz.:D
8GB of DDR3,
SATA Samsung HD753LJ 750GB Hard drive,
SATA Samsung HD501LJ 500GB Hard drive,
XFX ATI Radeon 5870 with Arctic Cooler GPU cooler.
Changes Since Photo's Taken
Better ram installed also that's not dust, just the side window needed a clean.
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The case doesn't give you many cable management options as you can see.
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Lol no go mate as its the lower end of that series of case, the only cable hole is below the motherboard bottom left that's it.
And I have tided them since but there is still not much I can do without a jigsaw cutter and some sanding paper.
 
Just get some cable ties and tie them out of sight, I found the dvd drive slots was a good place before I got my new case
 
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I have used cable ties but the cables are just too damn thick for my cable ties, I am thinking of re sleeving the cables to make them tidier.
And with regards to Antec cases funnily enough I had an old Antec Midi standard case before this and with just one hard drive and two drives in place despite the no holes for cable management due to the cables were not as thick of these.
I managed to keep a tidy desktop machine but so far this current case is just being a nightmare to keep so once I find a decent new case that has a nice enough side window panel and options for good airflow and enough space.
I will be reinstalling my machine in a new PC case.
 
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Your cable management reminds me of my computer. I tried hiding them te best I could, but the shorter ones ( my 2 x 6+2 pins ) go straight trough the middle of the case... Sometimes you just can't do better.
 
dragoonk said:
Your cable management reminds me of my computer. I tried hiding them te best I could, but the shorter ones ( my 2 x 6+2 pins ) go straight trough the middle of the case... Sometimes you just can't do better.
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The system is a bit tidier since this pics were taken quite some time earlier this year (2012), I may just get a jigsaw cutter and some sanding paper.
Which I said in an earlier post as the back plate has the indents of where the cable management holes on the newer version of this case would be.
So start cutting 1m in then sand down the remaining spaces to the hole indents, so maybe I should not be so lazy in buying another case and just do this.
lol.
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Lol, I wasn't criticizing btw, I was sort of... comparing yours to mine, although yours looks much much better. I actually had to turn my HDD around ( so the SATA/Power cable would be out of sight ) which is suspended in a couple of elastic coards in the optical drive bay, so the SATA and power cables won't look so damn ugly. How's that for cable management? lol
 
It is possible to do with an Antec 900, but it takes alot of work and involves cutting holes in the motherboard tray.
Here is the interior of mine back in the day...
 
Well I may just do this and get my nerd on as I like customizing stuff.:)
I spent way too much time this year creating media center's based on old 1st generation xbox's for people that wanted them.
And despite me not playing many consoles games as I am a PC gamer to the core amongst being a geek.:)
I threw together out of my many xbox parts a 1.0x xbox motherboard in a 1.4 based official xbox crystal case, usb port at the front, upgraded hard drive and a PC fan in the back of the inside of it. I also removed the heat shield at the top of the official xbox crystal case, so less noise and better cooling.:)
I only need to replace the thermal paste or the heat sink as well when the mood takes me.
May post pic's if people want to see it.
 
I'm sure if he goes more and more further with the looks of his system, he will eventually tidy it himself. At first, when looking at builds, I didn't mind it too much. But when I built mine, and over the years, the tidiness is the most important part.

That being said, if it doesn't look good inside, the only people you won't impress are us, or other builders, who have gained that very same trait in caring how good it looks inside.

In my current build I am still working on it. One of the big things, as far as it looking clean inside, are the cables. Your power supply is cool, especially with the modular cable interface, the problem lies with the cables end where you can see the multiple colors.

Other than that, good job on the build, I hope it all works and does its job.
 
Glassjaw003 said:
I'm sure if he goes more and more further with the looks of his system, he will eventually tidy it himself. At first, when looking at builds, I didn't mind it too much. But when I built mine, and over the years, the tidiness is the most important part.

That being said, if it doesn't look good inside, the only people you won't impress are us, or other builders, who have gained that very same trait in caring how good it looks inside.

In my current build I am still working on it. One of the big things, as far as it looking clean inside, are the cables. Your power supply is cool, especially with the modular cable interface, the problem lies with the cables end where you can see the multiple colors.

Other than that, good job on the build, I hope it all works and does its job.
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You wouldn't believe it but I do keep my equipment tidy, its just this horrid case. Sure it has a nice window and good cool management spots for fans but that's it. Just fancy looks and no use-able hooks aka holes in the case to route wires. So when I finally get back home I will be dremling the hell out of that back slab of metal for mounting the motherboard.
Lol if I could find my very very old DDR2 pentium set-up pics, it seems these cheaper cases are just going backwards. Or whistles and no bells if you catch my drift?
 
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computergeek said:
You wouldn't believe it but I do keep my equipment tidy, its just this horrid case. Sure it has a nice window and good cool management spots for fans but that's it. Just fancy looks and no use-able hooks aka holes in the case to route wires. So went I finally get back home I will be dremling the hell out of that back slab of metal for mounting the motherboard.
Lol if I could find my very very old DDR2 pentium set-up pics, it seems these cheaper cases are just going backwards. Or whistles and no bells if you catch my drift?
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Yeah, you could use with an upgrade, also look into (which I think you said you were) sleeved cables.
 
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