Post your "rate my cables" here

id like to see how the cables are hidden aka the backside of the motherboard tray and what materials are used since its coming time i re-cable my system so i can use my new shiny ssd
 
Here's my new "mobile" gaming rig, not much room for wire management, but when the graphic card comes in it's all hidden :)

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Where did you put your hard drives ?
 
id like to see how the cables are hidden aka the backside of the motherboard tray and what materials are used since its coming time i re-cable my system so i can use my new shiny ssd

Zip ties, velcro ties, and maybe stick on hooks if you're really anal about routing them in certain ways and your case's structure won't hold them in place naturally (you can usually get around that with creative use of zip ties tho).

You don't always have to use the backside, tho that's most common with modern cases. I've hidden cables along the drive bays (between the from panel and the frame) on cases that had little to no room behind the mobo, same principle.

Lots of pictures in this thread of the case backsides.
 
i personally like either regular sleeving or individually sleeved cables but yours is a very nice example of using industrial sleeving
 
very nice and clean - throw on an extra 120 on the noctua for shits and giggles ;)
 
got my new ps07b today, here's a start to some cable management. using the ocz 700w stealthxstream (boy do it have a crap ton of cables.)
made use of the extra cable storage area and mounted my SSD there.

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You did a pretty good job with it anyway, there's no way to hide some of those cables unless you take a Dermel to the case but the After pic definitely looks cleaner and pretty cool. I'm usually not even a fan of individually braided wires but it works well with that setup... I don't like it as much when only a little bit shows and it just ends up standing out more than a single bundle braid, it's a cool look when you can't hide a length of cable at all tho.
 
It is still a work in progress. The PCI-E cables need an extension. I need some 90 degree sata power connectors. Plan to put in only 2.5" drives later. There is a 60gb ssd on there.
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My new build sorry for the crapy picture. That's everything wired up. only missing the tubing. The pump, res and rad are all external.

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Just built this for a customer.. Think it turned out pretty well. It's a Amd A8, 240gig ssd, 640gig hard drive for the dvr, Slim dvd, 8 gigs of ram. Nice little home computer. I really love this case. If I ever build a SFF pc for my self I'll be picking up this case again.

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Just built this for a customer.. Think it turned out pretty well. It's a Amd A8, 240gig ssd, 640gig hard drive for the dvr, Slim dvd, 8 gigs of ram. Nice little home computer. I really love this case. If I ever build a SFF pc for my self I'll be picking up this case again.

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Very nice! That is a sharp looking case. Strong work!
 
Streacom HTPC build:

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PicoPSU and the AC/DC converter.

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Thiiiiiiiick front panel.

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Parts (aside from the Blu-Ray burner which is on a ship heading here from China).

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Mock fitting.

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Lapped all the thermal coupling blocks flat (I know, it's not a mirror finish, went up to 2000 grit).

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Installed! Arguably the hardest part of the build, used up my entire tube of IC Diamond. Had to scrounge up some Arctic Silver to complete the jobby, no clue why Streacom did not include any thermal paste...

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Power and SATA3 cables in place for future 3.5" hard drive expansion. Still waiting on the slim SATA adapter cable to plug the Blu-Ray burner in, allocated a molex connector on the bottom right.

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3.5" hard drive mocked in place.

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Now for the stress testing portions, sure an i3 doesn't put out that much heat, but the heatsinks still got plenty hot. Ran Prime95 + MSE full antivirus scan for a day just to be safe (partially because I wanted to cure the thermal paste) and found that the temps maxed out at around 70C, which is impressive for a completely fanless case.

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Not bad for a consumer SSD.

Some of my opinions after buttoning up the system:

PROS
+Looks amazing
+Passive cooling system works pretty well
+Can fit a surprisingly amount of hardware inside
+Solid construction

MINUSES

-Too many parts make up the case, introduces flex because there are a lot of screw joints, would be better if the sinks were one piece
-Top and bottom panels could be thicker
-Finish could be better, but I understand the 'EVO' edition fixes this
-Cost!
-Unused heatsinks on the left of the case, would be better of the heatpipes were split between the two banks of heatsinks

So far I'm quite satisfied with the system. The SSD definitely speed things up a lot. My boot times were in the 15 second range with the standard installation of Windows 7 before any optimization. It has obviously slowed down a tad bit due to the programs I installed. The HD4000 graphics are amazing and effortless, I do not understand why anyone would pay for a more expensive i5 for HTPC duties (or even i7's) - the i3 is PLENTY.

HOWEVER, the best part of it all? 100% WAF AND its absolutely SILENT.

Office Build:

$300 budget office build:

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