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Corsair 650D is the easiest cable management case ever. I was able to organize my cables in 10 minutes at a moderate pace while talking on the cell phone, drinking a beer, smoking a cigarette, eating left over pizza and watching CNN.

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What is that I don't even.

(The original thread is gold, man. That is the most ghetto custom case not consisting primarily of cardboard I've ever seen in my life.)
 
The Toms link is definitely worth a click. I don't feel nearly as bad about my old wiring now.
 
here is a little update on my rig. let me know!

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The molex connector you see on the very bottom of the case is for my side panel fan.
 
sirsaechao said:
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Looks awesome. I have been eye balling this case, thinking of transplanting into it from a cramped Antec 300. You like it overall? I heard the fans they shipped with some of the earlier models were awful. How does the fan controller on the top work?
 
TexasHays said:
This is my first build and I tried to hide all the wires but looking through this thread has made me realize how bad my cable management job really was.
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That's awful, run as many cables as you can through the routing hole. There's a hole just for the 8 pin to run behind your motherboard.
 
Katalysis said:
Looks awesome. I have been eye balling this case, thinking of transplanting into it from a cramped Antec 300. You like it overall? I heard the fans they shipped with some of the earlier models were awful. How does the fan controller on the top work?
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Fan controller is just a knob that controls 4 fans...I use it to control the 4 side fans on the mesh side plus I have the NZXT Sentry Mesh fan controller for everything else. I will post a pic when I get home of it. I can't access anything at work. But all that matters is [H] n e ways :D.
 
Camph said:
That's awful, run as many cables as you can through the routing hole. There's a hole just for the 8 pin to run behind your motherboard.
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I wouldn't go as far as to say it is "awful" I've seen much worse.
 
TexasHays said:
This is my first build and I tried to hide all the wires but looking through this thread has made me realize how bad my cable management job really was.
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You need to run ALL the cables you possibly can through the routing holes as possible. Your PSU cables shouldn't be anywhere near where they are.

I have a case without routing holes and it's far cleaner than this. But I'm not trying to offend, constructive criticism. :D
 
No offense taken. This thread got me to go back and try again. Much better this time but it was hard getting as many of the cables as I did behind the mobo. Would barely fit but I guess that comes with the territory. But I don't think I can fit anymore of the cables back behind the panel.

Here's an update:



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Tomorrow I'm going to switch out the top 2 120mm fans for 1 200mm fan. The tower sits next to me, the top of it a few inches lower than my desk, so the top fans are the ones I tend to hear (besides the reference video card's stock fan which is the loudest thing period).
 
Nice XL. The mobo 6-pin could definitely use some black sleeving! If you grouped up and zip tied the front panel cables, would help make them look a bit more tidy. Maybe zip tie your optical drive sata/power cables together too.

Overall, nice job :)
 
Here are some before/after pics of my move from a Lian Li Rocketfish to a V2120X. The cable management holes obviously made a huge difference, though I haven't cleaned it up completely (notice the front panel connectors). I still need to buy the Gigabyte X58A-OC motherboard to match my color scheme . Once I get that and finish sleeving my cables I'll finalize the cable management.

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Also, I really need a wide angle lens for my T1i. My 50mm f/1.8 can only be used for rig shots if I'm standing in my doorway. :(
 
I have to say a lot of these rigs look killer... I have never taken to much time figuring out the best and cleanest way to route everything because I have my case closed all the time... IDK i feel like unless you have a clear case or open it up all the time to show it off it's like a waste of time... no offense these all look great I'm just saying I'm really busy and to me i'd feel like nobody would ever get to see my efforts unless I had some sort of window in it....
 
Update after I replaced my power supply, and added an 8-pin extender cable so I could hide the aux mainboard connector. Comments welcome.

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