Calling All professionals :P

[Sam666]

Well apart from having the worst CPU cooler in the world my comp is running really hot specially the CPU. I am putting it down to bad air flow and :banana::banana::banana::banana: CPU cooler I bought, I like my case apart from its flimsy and the LED on the front is busted again but as you can see its only a medi tower and its not very spaceush :p: . The cables are everywhere it’s a pain in the arse to get the side panel on it’s that bad.

I need some help and advice :D I have seen some really nice and tidy PCs on here. What should I do? I have seen some pics where people tuck all the cables behind the mobo back plate case panel thing so it looks really clean and tidy I might check this out and look for some pics and give it a go at the week end.

I took some pics of it all just now but forgot to show my great Abit Uguru panel :(. And I will get to work on the dust on the case fan plate :p:

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[richmandudeus]

well atleast you know what the problem is and want to do something about it. Two thumbs up on admitting it. Most people wouldn't bother. Anywho...
It looks to me that in your case, zip ties will be your best friend. I also noticed that you have plenty of space in the drive bays to put a lot of wiring in and hide em there. Why don't you try and do that. Sure it's a whole lot of folding and what not but it would eliminate atleast half the problem. well that's what i would do in this situation. Hope this helps a little...

[qoou]

clean the dust on your grill, new cpu cooler, and clean the wires, maybe some RAM heatsinks if you dont have em.

[Omega]

wire management. try to keep the wires out of the way of the airflow, hide unused wires, etc. also, sleeve/loom them if you can. about the temps; get a new CPU cooler (Cooler Master Hyper 6+ if you want to go overboard), RAMsinks or heatspreaders, new GPU heatsink/fan, or just get water cooling.

-Omega

[Sam666]

Ok I done it all, it didn't go as successful as I had hoped though. There are just too many wires with the neon’s and case fans and a medi case to hide them all. I put in extra 4 case fans at the front bottom bit of the case and had all the wires behind the mobo tray and cable tied up the rest the best I can. For some stupid reason Abit put the sys fan header on the opposite side of the mobo so any chance of putting one in there is doubt full, I am sure there is meant to be 4 AUX fan headers but only one as well.

My CPU cooler is worse then I thought, Akasa really have done there hardest to make that one a piece of , the fan is absolute tiny. My case window fan I put on ages is like a typhoon compared to that but I have no money to buy anything atm so that will have to do.

I will post pictures when my dad gets back from holiday he’s got teh camera .

[public_eyesore]

holy cable managment batman!!!

Clean those up buddy those might just be the worst i have ever really seen.

[Spaceroach]

Dude, that's nothing.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/spaceroach486/ugly.jpg

That green stuff around the power cables would be duct tape. :redface: It's been fixed up since, but only because heat/dust killed my PSU.

[legoman786]

It look alot better... more can be done, but that's up to you. How's your comp running now?

Oh, whoops... wrong guy. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

But that does look alot better than the other comp...

[mszo]

Sam666-try to tape some of the cables to the sides where they won't be seen through the window

[Omega]

grr.

i thought my duct-tape cable wrapping was original. =[

well at least mine is silver.

anywho, i wanted better cable management so i whipped out the dremel and cut a hole to run unused wires. now, i only use 4 wires; two for molex, one ATX and one dual 12v.

[Spaceroach]

It look alot better... more can be done, but that's up to you. How's your comp running now?

The story with mine was: I "loomed" my PSU cables with dollar store duct tape (don't do this) to help keep things organized. It ended up looking worse than before - the cheapo duct tape's adheisive sort of lost some of its bond and is unraveling. I had them all tucked away in an empty drive bay, but when I took this picture I was working on my machine (pulling out a failed HD) and saw how ugly my case interior was. Not just the duct tape, there's also killer dust.

In fact a week after this picture was taken, my PSU just gave up (A postmortem examination ruled the cause of death to be dust). Another problem was the disgusting temps I was getting - a 2600+ idling at 56*C:redface: So I went to the local parts shop and got a new PSU (with the loomed main cable, and it's real shiny!) and 2 80mm fans (good, cheap, loud ones)... and a big bag of cable ties! I gave everything a thorough cleaning (like my heatsink) and finally painted my beige box*.

Right now the same CPU idles around 30*C (ambient around 15-18). Never was sixty bucks (for PSU, 2 fans and cable ties) better spent on cooling.:)

*I'd post an after pic but I don't feel like reinstalling my camera drivers right now.

[iamsuperbleeder]

Wow, um, I'm speachless. That's a sick look'n case, but some wire loom and maybe some ties would make it an A+. But untill then, I'll settle with a B+.

[onewang]

Maybe painting the inside of the case to go with the outside would look good also. Nice window.