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[DisgruntledVirus]

After about 5 hours of work on spring break I things look a LOT better on my gaming rig:

FT02 WRI
Asus 1366 board
i7 920 D0
Phanteks HSF
ATI 5850
Vertex 2 120 gb SSD
2x 1 TB Caviar Blacks in RAID 0

Next up, shorten some cables and sleeve them with MDPC-X

 

[Motorheader]

Very Nice - did you have the PSU customized for the SATA drive power?

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Very Nice - did you have the PSU customized for the SATA drive power?

Thanks. I did that myself. It is pretty simple.

Step 1: remove heat shrink/sleeving on cable already so you just have this left (it's a single wire I didn't have any old cables handy, so just imagine 5 wires)

Step 2: use a small screwdriver (a small flathead like jewelers or those silver ones in the blue and clear plastic case you see all the time) to pop off the back plastic cap

Step 3: push the wires out from the connector (they are self-splicing and it will just push right back out)
Step 4: plug the connector into the drive without the back cap on (picture is just before step 5 starts)

Step 5: get the wire with the amount of slack you want in it, then using a thicker flathead push the wire into the connector. As mentioned they are self-splicing so you just have to press them in. This does take a decent amount of force to do. First I like to use the flathead across the connector (so that the tip of the screwdriver is aligned with the connector in the same orientation) like so:

Then I rotate the screwdriver 90 degrees so it's perpendicular to the connector (does help to angle it slightly off a perfect 90 degree angle though). See picture:

Repeat step 5 for all 5 of the SATA wires
Step 6: replace the cap.
Step 7 (optional): move on to the next connector in the chain.

I have 7 hds running off one cable in my server that I did this way. I'll add some pics to the steps here in a bit. And of the server.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Server old

Server new

 

[Motorheader]

Thanks for the pictures.

How do you handle the end sata power connector in the chain as far as not having the end of the wires bare? Is there a different power connector/cap combo for that?

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Thanks for the pictures.

How do you handle the end sata power connector in the chain as far as not having the end of the wires bare? Is there a different power connector/cap combo for that?

They do make end connectors, however I don't have them. I just use the same type of connection and leave the wire bare up top. It's flush with the end of the connector, and I will dab some glue (non conductive types only of course) on each wire tip if I'm worried about any kind of shorts. If you take a look closely at the 4th pic in the last post (new server backside), you can see the tips of a few of the wires.

 

[Eddie313]

My New Computer build

Intel 2500K @ 4ghz 1.28 Volts
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 rev. 1.3
2 ATI 6770
Kingston HyperX 8GB 1333
Intel ssd 320 120gb
Western Digital Black 750GB Sata
NZXT H2 White
Silencer Mk III Series 600 Watt

 

[billyb0b]

i love spending some of my sunday morning sipping coffee and surfing through all the case porn:biggrin:

 

[TheStu]

They do make end connectors, however I don't have them. I just use the same type of connection and leave the wire bare up top. It's flush with the end of the connector, and I will dab some glue (non conductive types only of course) on each wire tip if I'm worried about any kind of shorts. If you take a look closely at the 4th pic in the last post (new server backside), you can see the tips of a few of the wires.

Those SATA cables in your new server look upside down. All 90 degree ones that I have are made such that they would point down when plugged in, yours all point up. Where did you get those?

 

[ehume]

Those SATA cables in your new server look upside down. All 90 degree ones that I have are made such that they would point down when plugged in, yours all point up. Where did you get those?

Is he using "left angle" SATA cables?

 

[postmark]

Is he using "left angle" SATA cables?

You can get them here.

http://m.pchcables.com/18redsadacal.html

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Those SATA cables in your new server look upside down. All 90 degree ones that I have are made such that they would point down when plugged in, yours all point up. Where did you get those?

Is he using "left angle" SATA cables?

This is actually what they are (It's the cables from two of them):
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...oduct_info&cPath=34_348_312&products_id=29625

I just removed the sleeving and will be doing it with MDPC stuff when it gets here. I'm torn about switching the cables to point down though. I would much prefer it, but need some fairly specific lengths to do it that way. Anybody know where I can buy them?

 

[zod96]

Here's mine....

 

[OVerLoRDI]

^ very clean.

 

[dkm777]

Here's mine....

Very professional looking. Now let's sees the "business side" :sneaky:.

 

[zod96]

HA LOL no I think not No I'll get some shots up shortly. Actually its not to bad on the other side...

 

[Buckeye269]

Here is mine after about an hour of cable management. Still isn't the best since some cables either aren't long enough from the psu or they won't fit in a hole i want them to fit in w/o removing the mobo. Two cables going off to the bottom right are hooked up to my fans on the side plate. Parts upon request.

^This one is my most current picture. I finally took my motherboard off routed the cables I needed to route. I also took off my secondary hard drive cage as it was pointless to keep. I really wish I had a modular psu.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

looking sharp! ^^

Too bad about the CPU power cable, no way to route that behind?

 

[Buckeye269]

There is a hole to the top left of the motherboard that it just barely won't fit through. Someday when I have a lot of time I think I'll take the motherboard off and route it through there.

 

[Boulard83]

After about 3-4 years of WCing, im back at Aircooling with a build i called Mini-B.

Im not gaming that much anymore and i decided to invest in something else than a computer, in futur, house and more !

So here it is ! My new small thing. Ill in the proces of finding a new GPU or two, maybe GTX670's

I alwais wanted to try an mATX build.

I first of put everything inside this new little case and had trouble with the TPQ-1200-OC. I have this PSU for ~2yrs now and it served me very well when i had SLI GTX580 and an I7 920, All WCed and OCed but now that i reduce the rig, its a bit overkill. But the main issue is with the powercache, the big thing on the cables that hold capacitors. They just dont fit very well behind the backpanel of this little case ...

The easyest was to leave them on the floor cause they dont fit behind, the back panel just wont close ...

Sell the TPQ-1200-OC or mod ? Mod it for sure
I removed 2 of the PCIe cables and the second CPU 8pin, this still leave me a second PCIe extension and the 2 modular that i can add ( Still 8 pcie connector total ... ). I can still solder them inside if needed.

Now with less cables on the TPQ-1200-OC, MUCH easyer to hide pretty much every cables.

I think its OK for now.

 

[Halogen23]

My wife's new rig:
2550k under Xigmatek Loki, at stock for now
ASRock Z77 Pro4-M
Gigabyte 7950
8 GB G.skill
Seasonic M12II 620w
Seagate Momentus XT 750GB
Azza Solano 1000r

My rig(specs in sig):

 

[Maximilian]

Such beautiful clean cases, awesome cable management.

The server, i try not to think about its insides , ugh

 

[Airs]

Completed build for my wife using a mixture of spare and new parts. She wants to play Portal and Minecraft!

Antec 300
Corsair H100 - CPU
Antec Kuhler 620 - GPU (thanks to Dwood at overclock.net for the custom bracket)
EK Asus Northbridge block
Zalman ram heatsinks - GPU
Yate Loon D12SL-12 120mm x4
Yate Loon D12SL-12 120mm x2 - w/ green LEDs
Thermalright X-Silent 140mm
Swiftech MCRes
Tygon 3603 1/4" ID tubing
Bitspower 1/4" fittings x4
Bitspower temp sensor
Bitspower stop fitting
Distilled water
Feser Base Corrosion Blocker
Feser View Active UV Dye - green
Logisys 12" Inverterless True-Color CCFL - blue
UN Designs SSD bracket
Ace Hardware 1/8" weather stripping (help seal fans to radiators)

Intel E6600
Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP
2GB G.Skill RAM 1.8v x2
Sapphire 5850 Xtreme 1GB
Samsung 830 128GB SSD
DVDRW
Seasonic M12-700
Scythe Kaze KM06-BK

Lots of time with my Dremel, drill, zip ties, and soldering iron!

 

[lehtv]

Beautiful.

 

[Heavenrider]

My old Rig (BEING UPGRADED SLOWLY)

old parts :
case : Iball Velocity
Mobo : Intel DG31PR
Processor : Intel Core2Duo E7200 2.5 Ghz
Ram : 2gb DDR2

New parts

PSU Corsair GS600
Custom Lights : used old bike mod led strip lights(they were 12 volt)
Used my old PSU 120mm fan for real exhaust(very fast and very loud)
Deep cool 120mm Blue Led fan at front
Rest all Red LED fans came with the case