Vista - Just installed a Xigmatek Dark Knight LGA1366 :-)

Indeed, very nice rig SMOKKINU! But when you put those wires through the mobo tray, you should try to spread those wires out on the back of the tray, not just have them go back in there in the next hole, only saving 10cm or so like that.. You should try and get most of the lenth of the wires gone behind the mobo tray.. Look at gunthers, or here's mine (not as good as his, but I do my best...)



Cheers,

Amplid

i did not really have much of a choice. the wires are not that long. having them go out and back in tookup some slack, and cleaned things up a bit... but i spent 2hrs figuring out the best options and that is what I came up with. :-(


maybe gunther can come work his magic :-)

Lol..

Oh well if you're happy with it, so should we At least your specs don't suck like mine lol

Amplid

You can always grab a ATX cable extension for the CPU cord and perhaps some others to help give you some leeway. Keep it up

Still looks nice and tidy mate

Nice work - when I built my rig, I had to improvise a lot of cable management myself, and in the end, when I went o dual GTX260s I sacrificed some cable management because of it, as I all of a sudden had more cables to get in my way.

Still, I think I did all right, for someone new to cable management and quad core processors....

Picasa Web Albums - johnlgalt - The Beast

Still, though, that was some time well spent - with my Tower 120 LFB (arguably one of the to three LGA 775 air coolers of its generation) I couldn't get my processor to break 60 degrees no matter what I did - I and I am running a 33% OC 24/7/365 on my machine, @ 3.21 GHz.

Next time around I am looking for cases that support my need for cleanliness (I clean out this case once a month minimum - but since I do it that often it is a breeze to do it - without having to power off the machine).

Thanks for the compliments pooch, I'd like to do this professionally. I've been building them for friends and family, and locally on craigslist for a little while now. and I love it. I guess mine does look pretty clean huh. especially for how much stuff is really in that case. it's got all the wires everyone else has.. plus the 3 additional fans up top. and the 2 extra wires coming out of the water cooling pump. and I now have 2 12" UV cathodes in there and I completely hid those wires also.

so, SMOKKINU.. yes you can do more to it. Personally you should keep the overclock around 3.4-3.6 Ghz to get the most out of that 285. if you didn't like the high temps. I'm thinking 3.4 Ghz would be perfect for you. but you should be able to get 4.0 Ghz on it if you really really tried..

So what are your current temps now on stock, and overclocked speeds idle, and load? are they better than before or no?

Also. yes you can get a extender cable for your 8 pin CPU Cable. I'd highly recommend doing that. I've heard of that problem on the Antec 900, but that big PSU it looks long enough. take it through the bottom hole and take it up, and over like in my picture. it should fit, if not get the extender.

Also, I see what you did. and like Amplid said. you just went out the back, and back in. but the majority of the wires are still inside your case. what you should do is plug every cable in. and then pull as much slack out the back as possible and tape it, or ziptie.. just have only the amount of wire needed out in the case airflow area... it can be done, I know it's pretty hard though. I spend a decent amount of time on mine, but I wanted results. and I got em

Good luck. PM me if you need to.

oh yea, buy this. I've bought hundred of dollars of things from performance-pcs.com. they are a great site. it's a guy that runs the store. He's very nice, and very helpful. if something looks weird in your order. he'll call or email you before hand and save you the trouble. it's a great site. get this instead of some cheap $2.99 one from ebay. This is sleeved. it looks better, and will only help with how clean the cables look.

8-Pin (EPS12V) Extension Cable 12 Inches - Sleeved [8-PIN-EXT] : Performance-PCs.com, ... sleeve it and they will come

and you could get this if you wanted to make the 24 pin cable longer so you can hide it in the back, and save room, and use this 8 pin adapter also, but I'd rather have the sleeved one above. Thats why mine looks clean, all my wires are sleeved black.. so they are hard to see. other than the main PSU cable.
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...oducts_id=3156

good luck

Lol, thanks I should get the inside of it sprayed as well, so you see 'em even less, but just too lazy... Maybe by the end of this year when I'm getting new mobo cpu and ram..

Amplid

Dude, you should consider on rotating psu down so it's blowing cold air inside the case. It contributes a lot to the overall temperature of the chassis Other than that, considering the amount of cables you have, looks alright to me. If you have any clamps or cable ties, use them to the advantage because they are able to simultaneously compress a large amount of cables. I like the strap-on method you used in the back of the right side panel. Nice work.
Ultimately if you want excellent wiring and other accesories (chassis architecture, excellent cooling air flow, etc.) might want to research prior to purchasing. It'll take time because there is a lot chassis's on the market but it's well worth the trouble & headache in the end.