Core X5 Thermaltake

Hello,

I am wondering how other owners dealt with the poor cable management options and which way to have the fans that mount on the side.

Currently. I have (2x) 200mm on top blowing out, a 200mm in the front pulling in, and 140 radiator mounted in the rear blowing out and 3 fans on the side pulling in. Once the side panels go on the fans on the side won't seem to do much except look cool.

I plan on replacing the (2x) 200 on top with (6x) 120 RGB fans.

Anyways, this is how it is so far. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks

Is there no vent in the side panel right there where the fans are?

Regarding your cable management question, I would group the cables by where they go, and then bundle them together. For instance, you have several that go to the bottom edge of the motherboard that are just kind of haphazardly run through the hole above the fans. If you bundle those together, they'll look a lot less disheveled.

RazorWind said:

Is there no vent in the side panel right there where the fans are?

Regarding your cable management question, I would group the cables by where they go, and then bundle them together. For instance, you have several that go to the bottom edge of the motherboard that are just kind of haphazardly run through the hole above the fans. If you bundle those together, they'll look a lot less disheveled.

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Thanks.

I am going to get something to wrap the cables in and see what I can come up with. Cable management has never been my strong suit.

There isn't any vent in the side panel. The side panel is tempered glass. The side panels they list on Thermaltakes site for the Core x5 replacements are wrong. These are the ones the case came with.

https://www.ttstoreusa.com/product/x71x31f31-tempered-glass-upgrade-panel/


My plan to put 6 up top as been delayed. I found you can fit (2x) 120 in front if you drill some holes. So now I will be short one fan. The manual shows fitting 3x 120's in front but that is not possible because of the 5 1/4 bays.

Can you remove the 5 1/4" bay? On some cases, it comes out.

RazorWind said:

Can you remove the 5 1/4" bay? On some cases, it comes out.

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Yes it looks like the slots that you remove when you add something to the 5 1/4 bay are such it allows for fans to mount. I think though I will stay with 2x fans in front along with the optical drive. Even though I rarely use it. Some times I still burn audio CD's for my hooptie.

Okay, I got finished... almost. If you check out to the right of the motherboard you can see the big cable mess at the bottom. It looks like I could fabricate a cover. Just a flat piece of metal to screw on and it would hide it all.