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 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 . 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 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

[Delirious]

Pictures are way to big.

[[XC] moddolicous]

Yea, pics are HUGE!! A few things I got so far:
Clean the comp of dust
DEFINETLY organize the cables cause its one HUGE rat's nest. If theres any cables you arent using, just hide them behind the mobo tray. As for the ones you are using, put them behind the mobo tray and run them to their particular device. Organizing cables could drop you anywhere from ~2-~8c and getting the dust out will also drop temps ~1 or 2c.

[Something Sexy]

Avatar is looking pretty good....oh I like the case too.

[ComputerGuy87]

I Had that case up till about a month ago when the front door fell off i had fans every were i could get them and it still ran abit hot even with all the wires hidden
mb temp idle 30-40c cpu 45-50c

my new case is much better but that could becasue of the 2x120mm fans i have in there

mb temp idle 28c cpu=45c

[amd4me]

Jesus man. Freakin resize if you expect any help.

[Something Sexy]

Ahaha I hate to get off topic, but the avatars are killing me. amd4me, I love it, I havent seen that one in such a long time.

[nn_step]

you should label this 56k beware

[Sam666]

Sorry guys, I couldn't upload them to imageshack as they are too big so I got someone to host them on lycos and its . Changed them to direct links.

[ingentingmendeg]

links dont work. use irfanview to resize ur pics, then try uploading them on imageshack

[Stigggeh]

send them to me and i will host them for you if you are stuck.

PM me

[Sam666]

Ok I fixed the pics lol.

[PowerSlide]

tidy up the cables

[phelan1777]

I like the avatar :-)

[Sam666]

tidy up the cables

That's the problem lol, how? as you can see there are not a lot of room left.

Yea, pics are HUGE!! A few things I got so far:
Clean the comp of dust
DEFINETLY organize the cables cause its one HUGE rat's nest. If theres any cables you arent using, just hide them behind the mobo tray. As for the ones you are using, put them behind the mobo tray and run them to their particular device. Organizing cables could drop you anywhere from ~2-~8c and getting the dust out will also drop temps ~1 or 2c.

I think will go that a go at the weekend.

[Navig]

You could turn off the cold cathodes, and suddenly it'll look neater

Hit up your local office supply store or decent computer store and you can find cable ties, tape mounted hooks, and split loom. Go to Target or Wallyworld and pick up a big roll of uncut velcro and twisty-ties.

Put some thought into each individual cable. Think: where can I hide the slack (behind the motherboard, in an empty drive cage). Where can bundle cables headed towards the same area (along the edges of the motherboard are a good conduit).

navig

[jopers1986]

clean the dust out as well, look at the side fan, it's clogged with dust! all the fans might be like that, and check the cpu heat sink for dust, take a vacuum cleaner to it!

[Sam666]

Is there any pics of people that have used cable ties and puting the wires behind the mobo tray? Just to give me a idea.

[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 .

[Sam666]

The case fans at the back you can barely see are really you can hardly feel any air. So what 2 fans or fan you think will look really good in that set up? I was thinking one of thise http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...a_Fans_97.html like the Akasa 80mm UV Fan - DAYGLO Blue (FG-016-AK) but will that be useless fan as well?

I am getting rid of that CPU cooler as well so thats less blue . I would post new pics but my dad has taken his camarea on holliday for two weeks so I can't