Cable Management and Cleaning

sherren · 29th Jun 2006, 01:13 AM

How often do you guys clean your pc casing inside?
how is your cable management inside ,mind to share some pics?

sherren · 29th Jun 2006, 01:18 AM

heres an example of mine last time my casing,now no more

i forgot to hide the ide cables

xinoxide · 29th Jun 2006, 01:20 AM

i dont have any pics of mine, BUT every computer ive built since i was like 12 has backwards mounted hard drives, thats how much cables piss me off, so im very tidy with cable management. ill try and get some pics of some of the systems ive made, my friends have a few of the systems.

s p r a n k i k o · 29th Jun 2006, 01:42 AM

Mine is "generally" tidy.

I use some cable ties and I try to hide as much cables as I can behind the motherboard plate or in between the cover of the casing behind the motherboard. Some cables are too fat and thick that I'm not able to close the case so I leave those in the open.

xinoxide:
you got some serious set-up there!

doraemon · 30th Jun 2006, 01:35 PM

if u want less dust in the casing, put a filter for the front intake fan, which remind me need to get a pantyhose

any other alternative ah?

Papercut · 30th Jun 2006, 10:17 PM

In Singapore a lot of places sell a set of plastic grills and a mesh filter...that sort of mesh I find is extremely effective at keeping out dust while not restricting airflow too much.

Ideally the case should have positive air pressure (more intake than exhaust) so that you can control and filter all the intake fans. But this can be hard to achieve, especially with noise level considerations.

Bizarre · 4th Jul 2006, 08:21 AM

I have one of these fan filters sitting over my 120mm intake fan, No dust what so ever makes it into my case

Chai · 4th Jul 2006, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bizarre

I have one of these fan filters sitting over my 120mm intake fan, No dust what so ever makes it into my case

Wow...looks quite restrictive and will increase noise...hmm...

PsYkHoTiK · 4th Jul 2006, 01:55 PM

I took out all of the filters on my case. It gets dusty anyways just a matter of time. Thats why I have a good ol air compressor. No dust bunnies can withstand the 75PSI fury that I unleash weekly!

Papercut · 4th Jul 2006, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

Wow...looks quite restrictive and will increase noise...hmm...

I had one of those in the 80mm size...they're actually quite good. Noise probably does increase a bit but they're not very restrictive and catch a lot of dust

29th Jun 2006, 01:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
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xinoxide Just Started Join Date: 25 Jun 2006 Location: Naples Florida Posts: 40 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	i dont have any pics of mine, BUT every computer ive built since i was like 12 has backwards mounted hard drives, thats how much cables piss me off, so im very tidy with cable management. ill try and get some pics of some of the systems ive made, my friends have a few of the systems. __________________ Dynamix Studio rig: Amd athlon x2 4800 \| MSI K8N neo4 \| 4x 1Gb OCz Gold GX \| Radeon x850xt \| Radeon 9000 pci \| 2x 15" LCD's \|1x 19" LCD 1x projector \| 4x raid0 barracuda 250's \| Digidesign protools HD\|3 [$soundcard>$house] \| ultrasone proline750 headphones -peak recording:32 simultaneous 32bit 96 khz wav tracks

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s p r a n k i k o "0104" Join Date: 31 Aug 2005 Location: Manila Posts: 780 Reputation: 213 Rep Power: 6	Mine is "generally" tidy. I use some cable ties and I try to hide as much cables as I can behind the motherboard plate or in between the cover of the casing behind the motherboard. Some cables are too fat and thick that I'm not able to close the case so I leave those in the open. xinoxide: you got some serious set-up there! __________________ Main rig: Opteron 170/3Ghz \| DFI NF4 Ultra-D \| http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=163569 OCZ Platinum Elite Edition 1Gb/2-3-3-5/1T \| EVGA7900GTO Secondary rig: Opteron 144/2.9Ghz \| Abit KN8 Ultra \| http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc?id=212009 Team Xtreme 1Gb/2-3-3-5/1T \| XFX7900GS

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4th Jul 2006, 08:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
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