Re-organised the inside of my computer :D what do you think???

It's a wonder that Zalman didn't cut the sata cables. Wait a tick. Your Zalman is backward? Drawing air from the back? The fan side should be facing the front of the case, pulling air into the rear exhaust.

It was facing like that, not anymore because I had another fan before which would suck through the bottom and exit out the front I found out the Zalman was the other way around. It isn't like that anymore so you can take your post about me being noob since ther are fans that suck air front different directions.

So please a little respect (Conumdrum)

Look at the first picture from the After pix and see for yourself the fan isn't pointing the wrong way anymore.

P.s

I had the Cooler Master Turbine Eclipse which draws air fron the bottom and shoots out of the fan

I'm sorry, but I really don't see a difference between the before and after pics.

I did use zip tags I can't hide the main power cable and the other cables are too short to put through the computer's back...this was the best I could get out of the organisation. If there is something you can do plz enlighten me because I was limited to what you see....

as for seeing a difference. maybe the picks are really bad but I had all the wires coming over the card and over and under...so now I have alot more room and no abstraction of the fans. Cpu dropped from 45-49 to about 32-35. Mb went from 38 to 32-33. so I'm happy with the results

but if you see something wrong tell me what you think...I dont need sites to learn from lol tell me your opinion.

L1qu1d

I saw the change both times, but the second time, it looks MUCH better. Good job

I think you just have too many cables. Maybe if you took that 9800GX2 and sent it to me...

Seriously though, great job. Each progression looked a lot better (looks wise and airflow wise).

Hehe. Good first attempt at your build. I would recommend tiestraps for next time as they can help tidy the wires a little better. It can take quite a few times to get the hang of wiring your system. Many of the forum members here have been building systems for years, and or have worked for a system builder so they are a bit "Snooty" when it comes to wiring their systems. This is because it comes naturally to them because they have done so many times(and some are just perfectionists). Very good first attempt (after your second correction), and keep at it! I have attached some picsof my rig for your review (nothing special).






It also takes the right case, matched with the right motherboard connector placement sometimes to achieve perfect "neatness".
Good luck with your next build!

Nice! Looks like your case helped you out quite a bit though

I always wanted to try one of those bottom PSU cases.

Yea, I'm a hard butt. Sorry. But so many have seen more. become one where you see what you can do. Glad your temps are better, thats a big accomplishment. And thats the best part. But try these other places to see what you could do. And never forget the ultimate mod ever. The DOOM case mod. Be amazed.
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com [...] ad.php?t=1

For: dg6464. Great wiring on the P182! I'm just at that stage now and researching it. If you can share more with me, please email me:

rickkipp@earthlink.net

P182 case/GByte DS3P mobo/ Xeon 3110/ Xigmatech S-1283 cooler/one Optical/2 HD in middle bay (upper rack)/Mitsumi multi reader & floppy/PC Power & Cooling 610 (sticks out further, but got fan back in place. Questions would be: PSU wires (where'd they go?), 4 pin molex connectors to fans, DVD, HD, etc. I'll have to study your photos more. Thanks!

I might have hope for my next build since it is going to have very few cables (power + a couple of SATAs). It is going to be a really small case though, but I think I can do it.

I'm going with a microATX case and Mobo, but its going to be a TV/HTPC so it's not going to be super fancy. My build will probably be either a 9100e, 4850e, or a K10 dual along with a 780G Mobo and the rest of the stuff I have already gotten.

I did a build from spare parts about a year ago. I took my old 3800+, its old ram, and one of my old 6800GTs (The other is still just sitting in the closet ) along with a Mobo, case, and PSU that came for free with my FX-60. I think the only things I had to buy were fans, a DVD burner, and a Hard Drive. I love putting old parts to use.

I have never tried a microATX build either. I probably wouldn't of except I wanted a super low power build and the 780G fit the build. Since many of those are micro I decided to give it a try. I also found this case which was nice and cheap:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] u=ULT33116

The whole build (all new) should cost only $400

L1qu1d, Looks good enough to me...after all just getting the wires together and back helps air flow....even a cleaner job would not help with the air flow any more....

dg6464, what sata card is that in the top slot?

My cables do not look "nice" but they are out of the air flow path(pushed back into the MB tray and "coiled" on the bottom)...and for me, thats what matters most

I think dg6464 might have a RAID controller, thats prob what that card is.

Retro, Good link i have posted it in other threads too

L1qu1d, First time i see a Sata(must be raid since there are plenty of ports on the board) card that small, I see IDE too so i am wondering if its a Promise Fasttrack with a different layout.

EXT64, Its 6 drives with a CD top and FDD/card reader bottom. See my info for whats in the system and its rather low power use from what people would guess...

good job man! ur doing a better job at wire management than me! haha i still gotta get to it. killer rig specs

lol whats up with everyone putting the Zalman coolers crossing airflow?


I'll try to get a few pics of my system up tomorrow sometime to see what you guys think about it.

Oh, ok that makes sense. I'm not sure I would have thought of that..

Now thats gonna be allot of power....you should almost(most likley) run the system 3 times over on that..

And you claim not to have the cash to make a microATX system

I'm pretty sure my whole build will cost less than that watercooling

Cleaner then mine...does your air come in the back and front and go out the psu and side fan? Hows that work for you? How many times a day do you kick your sub with it there

Yo do realize you are wasting power, right? Even with 2X2s I say max you would need would be 900W-1kw. And the CoolerMaster is not the best of the brands either. See:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=108088
Its ranked Tier 4. I would assume your model is at Tier 3-2.5.