I'm using the same case CM Centurion 520, newly bought 2 weeks ago and my DVD-writter manage to eject the disc out but not able to fully close the tray..mostly it is because the height and shape of the tray that determine whether it can open and close properly..im going to post the image soon ...!

This is my new case after my shuttle spolt! Thanks to CoolerMaster for such as nice and affordable case for RM200 only

It is a nice case for the price that paid








Spec: P4 2.8E(478), Asus P4P800, Kingston 512MBX2, MSI X800Pro, Creative Audigy ZX, LG 16X DVD-Writter, Western Digital 80GB Sata, Maxtor 80GB Sata, TT Big Water SE

I m using Centurion530 got it from LYP last month .

It is a nice case that has lots of ventilation holes up front along with dusk filter which mean u just need to clean up the surface of the fron panel most of the time and less dust would be able to get into ur case.

Beside the fron intake fan is 12cm which is pretty much helping tocool down my 2 SATA Hdds down to 30 and below during idle mode (max 37 coz the room is bloody hot during evening).

If u got a way to get another PC to test out each component would be better...make sure no other faulty parts mostly Ram and Proc.....GC also

if confirm it's not about the two parts mentioned above, get ur mobo cmos reset means move the jumper to erase the boot data.....

after cmos is clear try to boot again....hopefully it works

sometimes it could be the condition whether the system cant recognize the parts or it's not really assemble well....coz the alignment of the interface to the slot is important as well....

so good luck

Do check out Robyn for it

i think they should have it coz last time saw it on the price list

you could make special order request from them, usually they should be able to make it

Looks cool men, just curios why u choose the yellow sleeving instead black or blue

coz it kind of not matching the blue centurion 5 u got there

anyway the components insides is cool men ...especially the dinosour and other UV effect stuffs ,,,

Nice work dude

u make most of the cable stealth and other well arranged

overall cable management is well done

just suggestion why not remove the loop for sata cable instead as it block airflow a bit

maybe try to straighten the cable and hide some exessive portion of it

anyway nice

Looks cool men, can u show the image that has straight view through the side panel rather from top sliding into the side panel.....cant see much on the other side of the case

want to see how u re-route the cables and other stuffs

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 .....

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

Kind to share urs with us ??

Photo, temperature, experince

CM is branded PSU maker although not the best in the market, at least the number of watts is true and not peak load situation

it is single 120mm fan ...should be enough since it is only 380 watts and there are lots of ventilation holes at the rear of the PSU ...so the cooling should be no problem

Guess too much of competitors around like aerocool, powerlogic and icute where by price and features are so attractive

anyhow CM casing mostly does not possess much features that could be emphasized and they also not investing much on advertising and promotion ....

so slowly only the enthusiast would still pay attention to the brand, else theywould look for somewhere else. like Ah-lian, TT and others fall under high end range.

of course currently i am still a fan of them being supporting for 5 years already ....

UV and Bling bling is hard to match together, most people will choose either one ...and in lyn seems like more people go for UV ....

for UV then u have to get those UV reactive fans, fluroscent sticker for some custom design and a pair or two of UV CCFL....

as for bling bling part u could actually maintain ur current case coz it looks cool to me with those UV led fans from vantec (if im not mistaken )....

just add in pair of white CCFL and bringthen the whole case to make other components more visible.

This post has been edited by Doom: May 22 2006, 11:05 PM

TO: siauann

Can show some of ur interior from different direction ?

kind of curious

how about snap shot the optical drive bay from the back side.....want to see how u hide the wires ....eheheh

also the area close to ur HDD......

thX

Since u pop up the question, then i would be the 2nd to have a "GUESS"...

basically most of the wires that connect to the mobo is flip and hide behind the mobo....

then it is route under the IDE cable .....so that it does not look so obvious ....actually the wires are under the IDE cable ......

other like power supply cable follow normal cable management by hiding inside the optical drive area.....

...correct me if i am wrong ...just my guess .....

This post has been edited by Doom: May 29 2006, 12:54 PM

i dont think CM C5 is too tough for cable management

i think CM C530 series are more difficult due to the HDD cage design that restrict the wires routing like what u did for CM C5...

My new setup after getting these nice cooling combo from bulk selling (rlhh..Heatsink)

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....about the cable management that's the best i could do out of my current casing .... Centurion 530 is really not easy to have nice result. . .

anyhow really love the new cooling ...quite and works well