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armadilloben

11-13-2006, 02:57 PM

jus wanted to say hi im new to the forum

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/6417/pict0287tk6.th.jpg (http://img58.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0287tk6.jpg)

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/1662/pict0288yg1.th.jpg (http://img488.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0288yg1.jpg)

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9734/pict0289sr5.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0289sr5.jpg)

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/1208/pict0290gr2.th.jpg (http://img56.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0290gr2.jpg)

hey guys check out my new rig, theres not much modding in the case but i built the rig myself , im only 13 so gimme a break its running a 175 opteron 2gigs of corsair a 7600 and a hole buncha hdds
ps any tips on cable managment would be greatly aprreciated

b4i7

11-13-2006, 04:49 PM

first thing that jumps out is you really need some cable organization.....quite a big mess there... once you fix that...your case will look a ton better

i would say zip tie cables together......tuck them out of view..

use the rails to take them up to your drive bay area...they are perfect for concealing cables..

as far as colors go....you may want to cut down the variety of color...green sleeves with blue fan and a red and UV cathode....dont blend well together

but overall your case has a lot of potential ...just experiment with different ways of hidin cable and it will be good

tonight ill take some pictures of my case...give you an idea for hiding cables

armadilloben

11-13-2006, 05:54 PM

thx man
also ill ost some pics of stuff i made with leds

jreffy

11-13-2006, 05:54 PM

Yeah, everything looks fine, just gotta work on that cable management.

Go through some of the other case-mods, or even look at mine (it will be done in less than a week) for some ideas on how people do it.

You could probably improve a lot just by cutting a thin slot in the tray that holds your mobo down, and snake your SATA cables, fan cables, etc. through there.

Otherwise, good work!

jdbnsn

11-13-2006, 06:07 PM

I agree with the above posts, you've done a nice job setting up your rig and the next step as you have pointed out is the cables. I also agree with the color comment, you have some great colors in there but it looks a little busy. You should try to pick a couple of colors that go well together and convert the rest to match and the overall look will flow much better. As far as tips on cable management, well modding is an artform so any new ideas you can come up with are superior, but to get an idea of methods do as jreffy suggested and just browse through the "your mods" and "work in progress" threads and you'll see tons of clever innovations. This one has always stuck out in my mind as cool. http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2077

The typical approach is to do one of two things with the cables, either hide them from sight as good as you can by any number ways, or incorporate them into your theme or style so that they compliment your case rather than distract. But like I said, it's an art and there are really no rules except creativity is king! Good luck and keep it up.

armadilloben

11-13-2006, 06:57 PM

yeh i think i might go with red and uv and get some red uv paiint and red uv cable ties at frozen

armadilloben

11-13-2006, 06:58 PM

also anyone got a psare inverter? ikinda blew one my finger still smlls of burnt flesh...

silverdemon

11-14-2006, 04:10 AM

you could also paint the inside of the case, it will give a much better look...
I did the same on my server-rig, in the first picture the lights look more pink, while in the second picture the color is really orange/red. Also when the lights are off, the case looks a lot better...
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/rstakelbeek/window.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/rstakelbeek/zWindow2.jpg

b4i7

11-14-2006, 06:25 PM

pics as promised

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/b4i7/SLB%20server/DSCF1910.jpg
see...nice and clean...cept for the 4 pin molex in my cd drives

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/b4i7/SLB%20server/DSCF1912.jpg
i sleeved my USB and power,led,etc cables with 1 piece of split loom..then zip tied it closed

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/b4i7/SLB%20server/DSCF1913.jpg
2 things to notice in this one...
1. spare usb cables from the front and audio cables are ziptied out of the way for...
2 nice free airflow between the hard drives

and yes...i am missin one of my hard drives:(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/b4i7/SLB%20server/DSCF1915.jpg
and this is my organized mess of cables behind the hard drives...note the 20 pin power cable and extra cables tucked behind to hide it away a bit

sry to steal your thread a bit with that... hope these help

armadilloben

11-14-2006, 08:05 PM

whoa you did a sweet job hiding stuff you gave me the idea of hiding the cables in the back and in the empty three and a half inch bays and im gonna move the front hdd bays one 5 1/4 bay down so i can hide some more cables i wanna get some uv zip ties but im outta cash after spending near 500 bucks on the new rig

armadilloben

11-14-2006, 08:11 PM

and silverdeamon howcome youre mobo still has an isa slot? that interface is 6like years old!!!

simon275

11-14-2006, 08:14 PM

I love what you have done with your super lanboy bi47 it has inspired me to fix the cable management in my SLB when I get home.

b4i7

11-14-2006, 08:20 PM

my other rig was better...till its mobo blew....i ended up puttin my new comp in before finished....and atm its messy..but once i get my new PSU ill post some pics in the show your pc thread

the mobo in the SLB i have just died...so im bout to start my mod on it ...if i can get the money

armadilloben

11-14-2006, 08:33 PM

im gonna starta hidding stuff right now... well ill turn the rig off first:)

my new cable managed/very l337 rig

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1850/pict0293ip4.th.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0293ip4.jpg)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6879/pict0295oa2.th.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0295oa2.jpg)
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3695/pict0294ob1.th.jpg (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0294ob1.jpg)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1850/pict0293ip4.th.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0293ip4.jpg)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7561/pict0292bc2.th.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0292bc2.jpg)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7561/pict0292bc2.th.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0292bc2.jpg)
so whatdya think? noyice the tubing?

silverdemon

11-15-2006, 04:39 AM

and silverdeamon howcome youre mobo still has an isa slot? that interface is 6like years old!!!

I think ISA is a lot older than 6 years...
But I don't need a much better mobo for that case. It is my file-server, A 500 MHz AMD K6-II with 384 MB SDRAM. and with 480 GB of HDDs. It runs windows server 2003 and it does the job fine...

armadilloben

11-15-2006, 08:22 AM

oic i have an old PIII running my linux box b4 i movde the drive into the current rig (dual boot) love linux its free and no real need for virus protection
i have to 17 inch monitors so b4 i got my 7600 (which i can have full screens) i used to use linux and windows at the same time:D

jreffy

11-15-2006, 12:49 PM

I can see where you did your sheathing but I can't tell you how much it improved your rat's nest. You need to post a "full-body" picture. Just remember to take it as the same angle as you did your original picture so we can really see the difference.

armadilloben

11-15-2006, 06:04 PM

more pics

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3274/pict0300bk1.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0298bk1.jpg)

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4020/pict0299ne1.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0299ne1.jpg)

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/3274/pict0300bk1.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0300bk1.jpg)

jreffy

11-15-2006, 06:16 PM

more pics

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4020/pict0299ne1.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0299ne1.jpg)

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9734/pict0289sr5.th.jpg (http://img56.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0290gr2.jpg)

That is a MUCH IMPROVED job! Very nice work! Just look at that second pic, and the original pic you posted. The improvement is obvious.

Great work!

armadilloben

11-15-2006, 06:35 PM

That is a MUCH IMPROVED job! Very nice work! Just look at that second pic, and the original pic you posted. The improvement is obvious.

Great work!

thx dude
also jreffy is the raptor youre boot drive? if so A. how fast it boot? B.how much $ did you shell out for it???

b4i7

11-15-2006, 07:32 PM

yeah its lookin better....i noticed the USB cable hangin down.....does it conndect to anything....if not you can tuck it off back where its out of view

samurai_crip

11-15-2006, 07:45 PM

looks very nice :D

armadilloben

11-15-2006, 08:05 PM

yeah its lookin better....i noticed the USB cable hangin down.....does it conndect to anything....if not you can tuck it off back where its out of view

i was using it but i ran out of interal usb ports (i had a internal to external adapter for my media card reader

jdbnsn

11-15-2006, 10:04 PM

Doing great! Keep it up. By the way, welcome to TBCS and your new addiction, we hold meetings on Tuesdays and Thursday, keep comin back cause you're in the right place!

b4i7

11-15-2006, 11:09 PM

Doing great! Keep it up. By the way, welcome to TBCS and your new addiction, we hold meetings on Tuesdays and Thursday, keep comin back cause you're in the right place!

haha kinda sad how true that is...i dont think theres ever a time that i have firefox open and dont have TBCS up on a tab...

on topic.. keep tuckin the spares off into the drive bays along the walls or behind and it will look fantastic

jreffy

11-15-2006, 11:58 PM

thx dude
also jreffy is the raptor youre boot drive? if so A. how fast it boot? B.how much $ did you shell out for it???

Well A) yes it is going to be my boot/program drive, B) my case isn't built yet (see my worklog link in my signature) C) I got it 2nd hand for around 80$

armadilloben

11-16-2006, 09:11 PM

have aloft bed ( bunk bed minus the bottom bed) so theres plenty of places to hang things so i took my 2 blue ccfls and zip tied them to the top of my bed:devious:

Indybird

11-16-2006, 11:54 PM

Maybe im just blind, but wheres your power supply?

btw, nice clean up, I just did mine recently. :)

armadilloben

11-17-2006, 08:14 AM

Maybe im just blind, but wheres your power supply?

btw, nice clean up, I just did mine recently. :)

it behind the hard drives and its layed verticly not horizontally like most thermaltake cases

Indybird

11-17-2006, 04:46 PM

it behind the hard drives and its layed verticly not horizontally like most thermaltake cases

woah, thats sorda sweet- actually thats a really good place for it.

armadilloben

11-17-2006, 04:59 PM

woah, thats sorda sweet- actually thats a really good place for it.
WHOA DUDE how much did youre rig cost u i mean those things get pricey!!!

Logic Zero

11-18-2006, 09:09 PM

Hi armadilloben, great job improving the cables

Heres how i did mine

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4341/online3zk3.jpg

The trick with this case is to use the slots just behind the drive bays to thread your wires up the back of the case, i have an IDE, several f-panel wires, sata, audio, and usb wires up there!

From your latest pictures i can see that its possible to do it with that big yellow IDE cable. You can also take that tubing off the f-panel/audio wires and thread them up the back, this will remove a lot of clutter.

Have fun!:banana:

armadilloben

11-18-2006, 11:03 PM

thx man good idea i had origanally did that but the usb cables and audio cables dont reach the mobo then i have a dfi board which uses the karajan audio module and all the pinouts for the f-panel audio are the ram so its impossable to connect them :down:

also the 4th 5 1/4" bay down is evil

it either wanted to kill my 300$ 10000 rpm scsi drive and my $3 floppy drive or its somehow shorted
or i have the fealing im pulling to much power from my psu
its kinda weird cuz A. its a 550 watt psu and its sli certified and its modular but im only using 2 out of the six modular ports im scared to plug anything else in for fear of blowing them to

smoke literally came out of both of em
thank god nuthing else was hurt in that accident:)

armadilloben

11-18-2006, 11:06 PM

also logic zero youre uv cable sleeving is beautiful i need some & to get some uv sleeve and maybe a dual 4 inch uv ccfl kit i already have a 15 incher but i wanna get 2 fours and like put somewere in the upper section of the case im thinkin one will go under the psu near the mobo and the other somehow mounted onto a 5 1/4" drive maybe any ideas on were to put it?

Logic Zero

11-20-2006, 02:33 PM

Yep, i have one along the bottom and one behind the bar that goes across the case, gives off a nice even glow and you cant see them! I have 12" UV cffl's, would 2 4" cathodes be enough to light up your case?

Good luck little dude :) :p :banana:

armadilloben

11-20-2006, 05:18 PM

youve brung up a good point logic i dont think that 2 4inchers will do it but i have very little room for more 12" ccfls in the case also does anyone know if the 4inchers will run off of a 12 foot inveter? i could imagine killing another inverter because of how the inverter spans the power along the tube.
i was actually considering using those led lazer thingys jus for like shining on the mobo bc my dfi board's slots are uv reactive

thanks minty im just about the only kid in my school that cares any more about their computer unless itunes is broken...
also myspace and mtv ARE 73h 5uX

xdxforever

11-20-2006, 08:17 PM

by the way, depending on the design of your power supply it will run Better if you put devices on seperate cables instead of strining everything off a few. this is because there are multiple physical units (rails) providing 12v so it will run best when both are used instead of maxing one out. this may not be true in your case but it is, it would be good to run the video card on a seperate cable from other things.

armadilloben

11-20-2006, 09:03 PM

sry bout that

armadilloben

11-26-2006, 06:43 AM

hey guys sry for the lack of updates.

i eventually gave into the dark forces of black friday sales gimmicks at Xoxide
i got a set of dual 12inch uv ccfls (i alredy have 1 15inch) a red cable sleeving kit and a can of clearneon uv orange paint ill post pics when they arrive and i get everything all sleeved and painted

im thinking of have spots of my mobo and some of the other components painted to make it look like blood from grunts in halo

kinda like this
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6320/brutevd8.th.jpg (http://img150.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brutevd8.jpg)

armadilloben

11-27-2006, 04:46 PM

Over One Thousand Views Yay!!! 8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)8)

intergalacticman

11-27-2006, 08:20 PM

dam nice window kits. kudos on making it look like a computer, not like a stealth bomber or somethinglike that.

intergalacticman

11-27-2006, 08:23 PM

armadilloben

11-27-2006, 08:47 PM

dang cable management nightmare
kudos on the round cables, abd a modular power supply would help
other than that, try twist ties, you can get them from the vegtable section at ralphs. also stuff everything you can behind the hdd array

its an antec 550 watt modular power supply :lick: the only thing that isnt modular about it is the mobo power cables

armadilloben

11-27-2006, 08:51 PM

hey! its not cable management nightmare!??!?!?!? did u look at the other pics on page three of it redone?

armadilloben

12-31-2006, 06:01 PM

aight so remember when i bought the can of clearneon ultraviolet spray paint (well if u didnt i did) well this is what came out of my 1st time spray painting and using stencils

i made a nvidia stencil a while back and this is what i put it to use for

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/1152/img0041zf6.jpg

i hid the ultraviolet cathode in on the side of the case so thatway u wouldnt directly see it bc theres no plexi on that part of the side panel

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2383/img0043uz0.jpg

i dont exactly like the way the blue led 120 mm fans look with the green ccfl that i have uptop and i wanna go with a green color theme so i may get 2 green 120's from radioshack and replace them what do u guys think?

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/2383/img0043uz0.jpg
basicly the same thing as the former pic quality is pretty bad though :down:

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/5179/img0050crackgi2.jpg

unfortunately there is now a small roughly 1/2 inch crack going through the A because i applied to much pressure when hold down the stencil :( :( :(

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/14/img0040lu3.jpg

Omega

12-31-2006, 06:17 PM

That case has too many things going on. The excessive use of colors sort of clash with each other than blend in nicely.

Now, I can understand a blueish case with orange or yellow for contrast, a bluish case with green for accenting or accompanying, a bluish case with purple for contrast or accompanyment, but not a blue-green-orange-purple-yellow case.

Oh, and all your pics are blurry.

That being said, I'd love to see some nice, non-blurry nighttime shots. I use a tripod and slow shutter for mine =D

armadilloben

12-31-2006, 06:21 PM

Omega

12-31-2006, 06:50 PM

i see wat u meen w/ the colors clashing cuz my dfi mobo is like orange and yellow w/ the uv ccfl so thats kinda weird + the fact that theres the green ccfl and the blue led fans i can turn the green of but the fans i cant so thats why i may switch the fan color

I was more referring to the cables and lights, not the mobo. I, too, have a DFI mobo with the yellow on it (No orange = no Dual Channel memory, it's an old board) and use the yellow IDE cables for contrast, but the Green CCFL wouldn't be the color of my choice in that situation, nor the purple UV paint.

Also, please, work on your English. It was actually difficult to read your post and I still don't completely get it.

armadilloben

12-31-2006, 06:56 PM

Omega

12-31-2006, 07:10 PM

sorry for the improper grammar it was a sloppy post and i wanted it done really quick but anyway. ok so u meant the cables and that u dont think the orange sleeve looks good? actually the nvidia logo is orange paint not purple and i wanted a whole orange theme with the sleeve and the paint and the motherboard and rounded ide cables but i need help deciding what color 120mm fans i should use and ill ditch the green ccfl so what color should i go with on the fans man?

The nV logo is orange? Looks like purple to me. Anywho, if it actually looks like purple even when lit, I suggest a few more coats.

The blue fans can stay, if you want.

My main problem was that the blue and green, which both compliment each other, do not compliment the orange or yellow. The blue does not compliment either of the two (it, in fact, contrasts them), and the Green compliments the yellow (somewhat) and contrasts the orange. It's a very complex and busy color scheme that honestly looks like you went to radio shack or something and said "hey, that looks cool" and put it in your case.

You'll notice, in quite a bit of cases, the colors either compliment or contrast each other. That's just how it is. In Cavalier, I could have used Green cables to compliment the blue ambient light, and contrast the yellow/black motherboard. But I used the yellow cables to match the mobo and contrast the ambient light.

In other cases, you'll see similar things. Oranges with Blues. Those are contrasting colors, and offset each other. Reds and Yellows (or oranges) compliment each other, making it visually appealing in it's own right, and sort of bringing the colors to unity.

It is kind of complicated, I know, but you gotta keep it in mind.

Of course, this is your case and I'm not really one to judge what you think looks good. I'm just saying my piece.

armadilloben

12-31-2006, 07:24 PM

hey what exactly does argent mean?

slytherock

12-31-2006, 07:27 PM

hey what exactly does argent mean?

Argent = Silver

armadilloben

12-31-2006, 07:28 PM

o ok
hey thats actually a really cool name for a case omega!

Omega

01-01-2007, 01:01 AM

o ok
hey thats actually a really cool name for a case omega!

Thanks.

Yeah, Argent means Silver, and the "Dawn" Part is for the other two colors, Dark blue, and Black. I actually got the name from a Faction in World of Warcraft, however I've disambiguated it away from the WoW faction and it's now synonymous with my Project. At least here, anyways.

armadilloben

02-06-2007, 06:04 PM

hey guys

alright so i managed to re route the hdds and cables once again and i inverted the 3X 5 1/4" to 3/5" bay adapter so that the fan is faced inward (i dont remember who origanilly showed me it but i like it more now.

I hooked up every singal fan (minus the northbridge gfx cards and cpu fans) to the sunbeam ligthbus and i further confirmed that when i turn off the 120 intake/outake blue led fans that the paint really did turn out yellowish :down: (to lil paint i guess).

another thing i learned which i was suprised about is that regular scotch tape is actually uv reactive!
i also bought one of those pci slot coolers from radioshack its a little noisey but man does it bring the temps down on the gpu's

but here is my problem when i turned the pc back on i get this error saying that some windows root/system32 file is missing and i need to reinstall the file! :eek: :eek: :eek: i still dont no wat to do and hope that i dont have to end up reinstalling windows, ill see if my dad can help and hopefully he wont beast on me about changing around stuff when the pc is working and the whole "if its not broken dont fix it crap" but what he doesnt understand is that im a ****ing modder!!!

oy! im so frustrated

Ichbin

02-06-2007, 08:07 PM

Please post exactly what file it is.

Most of that stuff can be fixed without reinstalling.

You'd be surprised the kind of stuff the windows repair console can do.

armadilloben

02-06-2007, 10:35 PM

thx for the reply man now i cant even get the error message because it goes into this continuos booting loop and one other thing that just happened that i found to not be the problem *a moment of silence please* (not that this site has audio anyway) for my ibm deskstar 164gb sata 150 hdd whose data connector managed to snap in to :dead: it stored so beautifly, always vrooming and spinning in glory, i remeber when we used to have sleepovers and go horseback riding all the time! but anyway i think that the data on it is fine just that im gonna need a new controller card for it so i think it s salvageable tradgic albeit. anyone know how to get this friggen thing out of the boot loop???!?!?!?!??!?!

Ichbin

02-06-2007, 10:40 PM

hrmmm, when does it hit a booting loop, right when windows is supposed to load?

It could be a simple booterror. My lappy had a problem with thats...its a fairly easy fix...try this.

1.Get your winxp cd and pop that sucker in
2.under the list of commands one should be R for repair
3.in the repair console type "FIXBOOT" or type command(or help cant remember) for a command similar to FIXBOOT.

try that. If that doesnt work then tell meh