New computer

[Jim]

I checked out Case mods awhile back. I saw some strange & beautiful Mods. I would never attempt anything like the one below, all I wanted to do was add a fan to the side door.

My only question about the custom one you show is that it seems the radiator is on the bottom, and thereby the fans must pull the hot air down (and against it's natural inclination).

Each one I build gets a little cleaner as I figure out things I'd do differently. Much of it is thinking about the aesthetics, and how you choose the parts ( e.g. avoiding the mishmash of a blue Mobo, red Ram, and Black GPU, with multicolored wiring.). Fundamental is having wiring long enough to move out of the way and tuck out of sight.

One inexpensive trick I've learned (from a friend), is to wrap the wire bundles with ribbon of your color choice, then enclosed them in varying sizes of clear tubing. If you must, slit the tubing length wise to get everything in there, then tack back together every 1" with super glue. Use zip ties as needed to move the tubing out of the way. It makes cleaning dust bunnies much easier, and provides better airflow in general.

Yours with the Arrow is pretty good.

I would consider moving the wire pointed to by the red arrow under the Mobo, or cutting it, and solder and shrink tube on another 12" so you can move it to the outside rather than over. But, that is too much work for one minor annoyance.

Hi,

Here are before/after pictures, after is still a rats nest except it looks better. The cable with the arrow was too short to reach, I would need to buy an extension in order to hide it behind the MoBo. I'm not concerned about aesthetics, it's not a show machine.

I don't look inside the side door except when I clean the dust out which is a major problem here in Arizona, it's not dust per se it's pulverized sand it turns my whole house White.

Since I gave up trying to control it, I dust once a month now NOT every other day or once a week. This is why the comp is on the desk not on the floor next to the desk, less dust up there.

I almost didn't buy this case because the PSU is mounted at the bottom of the case. Seems MoBo's are designed for a Top mounted PSU. IF you go Water cooled be sure to take all this into consideration before your buy your case. Note the in/out water tube ports above the PSU.

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