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So i decided to move my computer from my old ATC-101 case to my Stacker 830. I was getting really high temps and i did not like how loud the fans were. Here was my old setup, very cramped, even for a large case.
After moving all sorts of dust and build up from my components, i started sleeving every single cable that i was using in my case. I did not want to see any colored wire.
I bought the following at fry's. It's a decent price at 7 dollars for 20ft of the 1/8" inch sleeving, which was mostly what i used. I was thinking of getting the MURDERMOD sleeving kit, but that was a bit steep. I did not want to pay 35 dollars for a sleeving kit. I ended up buying 3 packs of sleeving for 21, and 2 long tubes of heat shrink for 3 bucks. I also did not want to wait for them to ship it out, so i just went over to frys.
I started with the fans. It was soo easy, just popping off the wire connectors, sliding the sleeve and two heat shrinks and reattaching. It really looks nice.
Then i did the motherboard headers from the case along with the USB headers and the Front panel audio.
I am particularly fond of the CPU cooler fan cable. It now has this neat little arch, looks very clean IMO.
Then i did the SATA cables and then connected everything up. I used 1/4" sleeving for the SATA cables. This fit perfectly, as there was no way i could get it to fit the 1/8" sleeving.
I don't know about you guys, but the CM stacker 830 does not leave much room behind the motherboard tray to hide cables. I had to force the side panel on and it's bulging. I may cut some holes in the motherboard tray to allow wires to pass through like alot of other cases have. I don't remove the tray much, so it won't be an issue.
Next up is the 24pin ATX connector. I tried for a half an hour this weekend to remove the pins so that i can sleeve the wires individually, but the two staple method was not working. Does anyone have a video or a diagram of how the connectors are secured, that would be great. I hate looking at the colored wires on the atx, especially when everything else is sleeved. This took up about 6 hours of work. Please comment.
I will update when i figure out how to get those pins out. I will also be painting the plastic shroud on my 8800 ultra. I'm still working on what design i want to put on there.
After moving all sorts of dust and build up from my components, i started sleeving every single cable that i was using in my case. I did not want to see any colored wire.
I bought the following at fry's. It's a decent price at 7 dollars for 20ft of the 1/8" inch sleeving, which was mostly what i used. I was thinking of getting the MURDERMOD sleeving kit, but that was a bit steep. I did not want to pay 35 dollars for a sleeving kit. I ended up buying 3 packs of sleeving for 21, and 2 long tubes of heat shrink for 3 bucks. I also did not want to wait for them to ship it out, so i just went over to frys.
I started with the fans. It was soo easy, just popping off the wire connectors, sliding the sleeve and two heat shrinks and reattaching. It really looks nice.
Then i did the motherboard headers from the case along with the USB headers and the Front panel audio.
I am particularly fond of the CPU cooler fan cable. It now has this neat little arch, looks very clean IMO.
Then i did the SATA cables and then connected everything up. I used 1/4" sleeving for the SATA cables. This fit perfectly, as there was no way i could get it to fit the 1/8" sleeving.
I don't know about you guys, but the CM stacker 830 does not leave much room behind the motherboard tray to hide cables. I had to force the side panel on and it's bulging. I may cut some holes in the motherboard tray to allow wires to pass through like alot of other cases have. I don't remove the tray much, so it won't be an issue.
Next up is the 24pin ATX connector. I tried for a half an hour this weekend to remove the pins so that i can sleeve the wires individually, but the two staple method was not working. Does anyone have a video or a diagram of how the connectors are secured, that would be great. I hate looking at the colored wires on the atx, especially when everything else is sleeved. This took up about 6 hours of work. Please comment.
I will update when i figure out how to get those pins out. I will also be painting the plastic shroud on my 8800 ultra. I'm still working on what design i want to put on there.
Seriously, nice mods, and a little camera knowledge will allow you to show it off better. Either set your camera for macro or closeup pics manually, or put your subject matter down (ie on the table) and photograph it... Then we can see what a nice job you did. 