Thanks, man. The cable management isn't as neat as I'd like, but there's still work to be done. Also, I figured there was no point stealthing all the cables if the UV reactive sleeving was gonna be hidden. The bottom of the case is a bit messy cos Abit wisely decided to locate the GPU mobo molex insert right under the lowest PCI slot. Looking at it I think I see a solution. Also thinking of removing the rear USB ports and header. That red sleeved IDE cable has got to go. Here's a pic:




There's maybe a centimeter or so clearance between the tray and the side panel on the C5. From the rear, the RealPower 550w wasn't long enough to completely cover the little hole on the mobo tray. The sharp edges along the hole and along the edge of the mobo tray further down have been lined and superglued in with cable insulation to ensure the PSU harness doesn't get cut. Spent ages figuring out a way to tie the harness flat against the reverse side of the mobo tray.




The SATA-mobo cable was basically folded over, so it's a bit thicker but much shorter, just enough to reach the HDD from the mobo. The sleeve was the smallest that could fit over it, and it just barely did. It may be a bit thicker and, well, less aesthetically pleasing, but the airflow footprint remains the same. Not the ideal solution, but when the UV tubes come in, there'd be more glowy stuff inside. Also folded over the 4pin power plug that goes into the mobo next to the CPU.



Lastly, here's a pic of the 12cm front fan in the 5 1/4" bay:



It flows air over the master boot SATA drive. I also wanted this drive up there so there'd be a one unit gap between the PATA drives at the bottom for the little 8cm fan there to be more effective. From the front:



The fret cutter's big and has straight jaws, so cutting curves wasn't as clean as I'd like. But the fan fits nicely in the existing holes as you can see. In retrospect I should've just used 3 bays instead of 4. Also, for the RealPower 3 1/2" bay meter, it doesn't really attach to the case because it's too short. By simply attaching two screws into the holes provided, it sits there and doesn't get pushed into the case, and it's nicely flush with the front cover.

There's still so much to do yet, and I can't wait

Edit: Ahhhh, thinking about it, I think I'm just gonna dump the ugly fan in front and get an iCage. That way I free up a slot for another drive. Too bad I already removed a bit of metal from the 5 1/4" enclosure.

This post has been edited by j05h: Apr 18 2006, 02:48 PM

^ this beats buying the 3in1 device module

Damn cool men ...really beat me up

u got quite a space for the cables to go through the PSU ..... mine is less than 1 cm coz the PSU is too large

anyhow u really inspire me on how to go about cable management for my Centurion 530

cant wait for my Si-120 heatsink and Artic Cooling Accelero X2 to arrive .....

@j05h

yeah man, d red sleeve realy got to go. uhuhuhu. Sadly, my Abit AN8 is equipped wif red LEDs on the status indicator as well as the mosfet. does anybody knows how to disable those LED fr blinking? uhuhuhuhuh. I'm going wif an Orange+blue UV setup as soon as the sleevings I ordered reach my doorstep.. n I do wish Abit comes out wif a black mobo PCB, instead of RED.

Ay, u r lucky to have an unsleeved PSU,in this case. My enermax has factory sleeved shieldings dat makes it impossible to bend it into the gap near the PSU. n even it is successfully bended, the size of the sleeves will juz leave a BULGE on my right side panel. sigh~

aahahhaa, n ya sata cable, realy looks fat eh in the sleeve. itz a great way to fold em into the sleeve to make it shorter, but i still prefer my wires look lyk worms, rather than a slug.. uhuuhuhuhuh. i myt wanna try ya method later on tho.

bro, wats n iCage?

ALIAS, haha I'm not liking it very much right now, though...

The RealPower's not that large a unit for a 550watter, and there's barely just enough space to squeeze the cables through. If not, you can do what some other people did and drill a big enough hole nearby, towards the top so it's not so easily visible, and route your cables through there. Remember to line the sharp edges.

Cannot tahan the red sleeve. Also, I'm only using the one drive, so I don't see the need for two connectors... Will look for a single connector transparent or UV blue round cable that's long enough, cos this one isn't, hence the other connector sitting uselessly in the 5 1/4" bay.

My KN8 also has red and green LEDs down at the bottom, as well as another green one for the SLI. I don't mind though, cos while the top part is blue, the bottom has a little green and red to vary the colour and give it a bit more depth. Lucky the PSU is unsleeved, even luckier there's that little gap...

The SATA cable looks sluggy in that pic cos it's the first one I made, and that was when I was planning to put the drive in the HDD cage. The one I'm using in the PC now is about 2 inches longer, and a whole lot less sluggy

Now I'm just gonna hold off from doing anything, and just wait til I get all the parts for what I want done, and make sure what I want to do really is finalised, and then start work. Doing all these little things here and there sadly is not working out; it's putting me further away from what I want, I think... It's like losing sight of the big picture.

iCage

This post has been edited by j05h: Apr 19 2006, 10:24 AM

owh, itz the 3in4 bay module. eiyh, our chassis can fit dat ar? if can, still mine kenot liao. got the gatewatch n dvd-rw in the bays. only 2 more bays to spare. sigh~

pls do inform me too if u found a rounded pata cable wif only 1 pata head. realy hard to find ar. mine oso, hafta hide d 2nd head.. not using it liao.. uhuhhuh

wanna ask some stupid question, my noobness actually.why many of u using mesh like sleeving kit (dunno what it called) and not using normal sleeving kit??? is it a way easier than normal sleeve??how much it cost??and anybody here know which shop at lowyat can i get UV/LED molex connector and how much its cost??wanna start my own sleeving project+wire management

Lemme c if i can get it ryt.. if not, u myt wanna jump into the UV thread, which also end up wif some of us from here. . I'll give a shot in answering this then.

mesh like sleeving kit = normal sleeving kit, lyk those from Vantec and Uglyvamp's. I wonder how normal is the normal sleeving kit u r referring to.

Vantec's sleeving kit (blue, black, red(uv), yellow(uv), green(uv) )is about RM40 at shops in LYN (not many selling tho..n if they do sell, only some colors). but u can find much cheaper ones lyk those sold in the bulk section of this forum. try to search around. keyword:: VANTEC . as for the shops, the common ones will be Overclocker's Paradise (OP), Robyncom, AllIT and Sri Computer.

the same applies for UV Molex.. shop more expensive..Robyncom n OP got tonnes of em. LED Molex, saw in OP n RObyn too. Unless u dun realy trust forumers here,then u betta get those from the shops. but hey, u can neva get prices as dirt cheap as forumer's here are offering.. myt wanna check Uglyvamp's stuff too..

Assuming u r one of us (*ehem, CM casing owner), pls do post ya complete UV rig later on, k?

Also, to add to r4ydc24's reply:

Mesh sleeves are expandable. Compress them, and the lobang diameter becomes bigger. Because of this, and because they're very flexible, you can get a very snug and tight fit around the wiring harness. The end result is more neater, managable sleeved cables that can still bend in any direction.

If you're talking about the sleeves that look like the shower hose, they don't wrap around the cables snugly cos they're not expandable.

owh, come to think of it, mebbe rainingzero was referring to heatshrink?? some wires especially electric devices are sleeved dat way ryt? ahahaha.
correct me if i m wrong, k bro?

dat kinda sleeve, er, how to say ar, juz not nice to be shown to others from the sidepanel ar. no aesthetic value.. to me, when i want to sleeve, juz make sure itz also attractive, other than better cable management.

bak kata pepatah, " Alang2 menyeluk pekasam, biar smpi ke ketiak masam.."

Dude, those blue rubber tube thingys u put at the end of the sleeves r called shrink tubes. Ure supposed to heat them up to make them shrink tightly around the sleeves. Ure using them the wrong way.

There is no need to b rude. Post deleted.

ark! i didnt meant to.. sorry if i offended u.. no hard feelings man.

This post has been edited by r4ydc24: Apr 20 2006, 09:07 AM

can anyone help me to adjust the positioning?? the c5 space tight lerr... i got two cooler master aurora CCFL lights.. bought at pc fair..


EDIT by sniper: Merged with CM League. Lotsa lights and position here.

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Apr 19 2006, 08:56 PM

At least shows the image of ur current case situation and the placement of ur hardwares.....

thx so much to r4ydc24 and jo5h 4 ur advices...erm, i always buying from threads here too..just in case i stop by LYP, so maybe buy directly from shops there....but sorry bro, i'm not CM casing owner....look at my sign la bro.....anyway thx a lot...will completing my project after my final sem exam...haha, very busy...

ericmaxman, from my previous UV project, I located one 30cm ccfl at the bottomof the casing, and another one on the innerpart of the sidepanel, juz beside the screws holding the acrylic layer. double sided tape bundled wif the ccfl is needed for dat ar.. or if u dun mind, juz throw in the ccfl without adjusting it. (datz wat my housemate did...uuhuhuhuh).. but yeah, Doom's suggestion is recommended 1st. I myt wanna get sum fresh ideas from forumer here too..

ok.. see when i go back... hmm.. hardware specs like so memalukan. . stupid p3..

aiya.. where is your post?? cannot find oso..

ahahaha, i didnt remember saying dat i posted my uv rig here.. coz itz juz too sux compared to other forumers'. uhuhuh.



hence, the name *incomplete UV setup. but I'll still give u a sneak peak at it la k. uhuhuhuh

This is how it looks like when I put the ccfl at the top n bottom. very2 dark effect.. sigh in my case, the top ccfl's ray is blocked by my PSU and HSF.. sigh!~


this one is where i put the ccfl, one at left part of the sidepanel, n other 1 at the bottom.


this one makes it obvious dat sumthing is hot at the mosfet area, burning my Freezer64. uuhuhuhuh



datz y now, I'll start my new UV project once i get all the materials ready later on.. uhuhuhu

hey.. how you put the ccfl at the side?? i tot there blocked by the 12cm fan..