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tips on wiring
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Well, I'm a huge fan of clean wiring. The first steps I'd take would be to sheath the wires. I'm talking ALL of them. Find a matching color scheme, take the time to do it properly. If you just don't have the patience for it, I would suggest using cable ties and group many of yout wires together that are going in the same direction.
The last thing you want is to have wires hanging inelegantly in the middle of your case. Try running your wires in straight lines since you don't seem like you can route wires behind your motherboard panel. And it seems like you can take your PSU cables that you are not using and fold them behind the hard drive cage.
Remember if you can't stealth your cables, routing them in a manner that is unobtrusive and restrict proper air flow can be as efficient. Here's my worklog where you can get some ideas for routing and sheathing your cables. And this is in a microATX case.
The last thing you want is to have wires hanging inelegantly in the middle of your case. Try running your wires in straight lines since you don't seem like you can route wires behind your motherboard panel. And it seems like you can take your PSU cables that you are not using and fold them behind the hard drive cage.
Remember if you can't stealth your cables, routing them in a manner that is unobtrusive and restrict proper air flow can be as efficient. Here's my worklog where you can get some ideas for routing and sheathing your cables. And this is in a microATX case.
That's an Armor or a Kandulf (or however it's spelled). I have an Armor series case, and let me tell you, it's a hassle getting your wires hidden.
Try to hide as many of your fan wires as possible and shove the rest (that you can) behind the mobo tray.
Next week I'm cutting up my mobo tray to make routes for proper wire hiding. I'll be posting a worklog here.
Edit: Umm. . . why is your drive cage turned around? Did you take the fan off and reverse it? because if not, you're not getting ANY intake from those fans.
Try to hide as many of your fan wires as possible and shove the rest (that you can) behind the mobo tray.
Next week I'm cutting up my mobo tray to make routes for proper wire hiding. I'll be posting a worklog here.
Edit: Umm. . . why is your drive cage turned around? Did you take the fan off and reverse it? because if not, you're not getting ANY intake from those fans.
Remember that there is a line between good wiring and dangerous wiring.
What I mean by this is there are some cables that you want to be very careful not to bend sharply or put kinks in and you want to make sure they have a nice smoothe run to their destinations. SATA and IDE cables need to have gentle curves and also benefit from being routed on their own and not with a bundle of power cables.
I have seen so many "good wiring" on here where users put the hard drives in backwards and pack the data cables tightly around corners, bundle the excess with a zip tie (very bad) and even run under the motherboard where they can get a nice healthy dose of electrical interference.
Take care also with your power cables... especially ones where electrical stability is important. Kinks, loops, bundling, all have a measuable effect. If you overclock, you know that stable power is supremely important... so treat your power cables appropriately.
Be creative, don't just stuff everything haphazardly out of sight.
What I mean by this is there are some cables that you want to be very careful not to bend sharply or put kinks in and you want to make sure they have a nice smoothe run to their destinations. SATA and IDE cables need to have gentle curves and also benefit from being routed on their own and not with a bundle of power cables.
I have seen so many "good wiring" on here where users put the hard drives in backwards and pack the data cables tightly around corners, bundle the excess with a zip tie (very bad) and even run under the motherboard where they can get a nice healthy dose of electrical interference.
Take care also with your power cables... especially ones where electrical stability is important. Kinks, loops, bundling, all have a measuable effect. If you overclock, you know that stable power is supremely important... so treat your power cables appropriately.
Be creative, don't just stuff everything haphazardly out of sight.
what do u mean by dangerous? i have power cables looped up and have a bent sata cable.
here is the looped power cable.
also i cleaned it up a bit, i hid that sata cable in the empty cd boys as much as i could. and those red,organge,white,blue thing cables for the power switch, i the big mess of them at the top into the top cd bay and now the remaining wire is a in a neat line.
ill take pics when i get a chance.
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Good post Yashu, yet I believe you are overstating things a bit.
On more than one occasion I have wadded up my extra long SATA cables with a twisty tie. Or stuffed a cable or two behind the mobo tray. No troubles so far. And a couple systems have been running for over six years. Not to mention all the Overclocking I have done.
On more than one occasion I have wadded up my extra long SATA cables with a twisty tie. Or stuffed a cable or two behind the mobo tray. No troubles so far. And a couple systems have been running for over six years. Not to mention all the Overclocking I have done.
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Function wise your system looks OK. Just needs a little cleaning up.
Remember, many of those super clean looking systems with almost no wires showing are achieved with custom wiring.
Takes more skill - soldering etc - but the results are well worth it. Anyway .... you are working with stock lengths which
will never route exactly where you want. Even so, you can do some things to straighten yours up a bit.
Group wires together. Like the twisted pairs running to the board by your RAM. Those could be bunched together with a
zip tie, or my favorite, twisty ties.
See those unused standoff holes in your mobo tray? Use those in conjunction with a twisty tie to hold your wires flush to
the panel. Little things like that can make a big difference.
And above all ..... plan out how the wires are going to go before installing everything. Whenever I build a system that
is where I spend the most time - running the wires.
Remember, many of those super clean looking systems with almost no wires showing are achieved with custom wiring.
Takes more skill - soldering etc - but the results are well worth it. Anyway .... you are working with stock lengths which
will never route exactly where you want. Even so, you can do some things to straighten yours up a bit.
Group wires together. Like the twisted pairs running to the board by your RAM. Those could be bunched together with a
zip tie, or my favorite, twisty ties.
See those unused standoff holes in your mobo tray? Use those in conjunction with a twisty tie to hold your wires flush to
the panel. Little things like that can make a big difference.
And above all ..... plan out how the wires are going to go before installing everything. Whenever I build a system that
is where I spend the most time - running the wires.
I was not really overstating, I was kindof describing an overall philosophy... That out-of-sight is only part of good wiring.
When you get into the gritty details, though, there are exceptions and astrixes... for instance SATA bundling. You CAN do it, but it must be very careful... wrapping the loops in a way where you still have smoothe easy curves when you tie around the straight parts. The worst thing you can do with SATA cables is bend them sharply and kink the wiring, but as long as you keep the bends smoothe you should be ok. I say don't do it because that is just the easiest way to avoid having it happen.