How is your PC wiring setup? - Page 6

Highperf15 · 24-November-04, 07:04 PM

You can route all your lines from the PSU from behind the mobo tray (this is what I did when I transfered everything from my HP case to a Lian Li case). As far as drive cables, if you have ribbon cables, you can do a nice triangle fold (like what Voodoo does with their rigs) and use a plastic clip to secure them to the backside of your drive cage. If you got the round cables, you can put the remaining slack of the cable to the backside of the drive cage and secure it with zip ties. If you want to be even more pimpin, organize and zip tie all those cables on the backside of the mobo tray (near the drive cage again). This is how I did mine and it worked great.

Peters_Princess · 24-November-04, 10:51 PM

When i recently did my first build, i did my first sleeving job as well. I sucked at it, but towards the end got good at it. I didnt do my psu properly, by taking it apart first. I found a great how to article for first timers and plan to get a new sleeving kit soon and do it the right way. Then my wilres will be poyfect. ~Heather

Matlok · 27-November-04, 11:30 PM

My wiring is pretty messed up right now. I try to keep it as organized as possible but it is a hard thing for me. I have 5 fans in my case so that really adds to the problem. I hope to have it under control soon.

Teranfirbt · 29-December-04, 12:44 AM

I'm using the family comp now, so I'm not gonna put *too* much into the wiring.. But here's what I've managed to do:

(I've got it set up mostly for functionality, not display..)

Highperf15 · 14-January-05, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Teranfirbt


	I'm using the family comp now, so I'm not gonna put too much into the wiring.. But here's what I've managed to do: (I've got it set up mostly for functionality, not display..)

Hehe................is that the "Beverley Hilbillies Gone Computerized"?

Teranfirbt · 22-January-05, 12:15 AM

Heh, something like that.. Everyone like the plumber's strap..
Here's what I've managed to do with my new comp:

(actually, it's not quite current... I've managed to get the wiring around the PSU organized much better than in that picture).

Hepe · 01-February-05, 04:51 AM

i would say mine is displaced!! but i would love to know get more tips on how i can make it look really clean though.

Coelacanth · 12-April-05, 10:07 AM

Here are some updates with current mod projects:

Project Pisces (completed):

Micro-Beast M-ATX Project (in progress):

mmaturen · 27-July-05, 10:10 AM

I`m quite happy with how my firts sleeving turned out... of course there is always romm for improvement...

z0mbi3 · 28-July-05, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Coelacanth


	Micro-Beast M-ATX Project (in progress):

That looks alot like a silverstone home theatre case , am I right?

Ctlm17 · 28-July-05, 11:08 AM

My wiring is so abundant I don't even think it would be possible to hide it. It is sleeved and bundled and kept out of the path of airflow, but I've tried and tried and I think there may just be two many wires to hide. I have 6 IDE devices (2 optical 4 HD) 4 fans on a nexus controller plus a custom light and CPU/GPU fan controller with 1 knob and 3 switches in a front 3.5" bay. I also have the audigy game/midi port ribbon cable, and since there are 3 PCI cards plus an acrtic cooling ati cooler on my 9800 pro (which takes up an extra PCI slot). I haven't much room to route a lot of cables. In fact the area behind the motherboard tray is about as full of cables as you can get. But as you see in the first of coel's pictures, with some sleeving (and he did a much better job than I) wires don't need to be hidden. They aren't evil and don't necessarily ruin a mods look.

Highperf15 · 28-July-05, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ctlm17


	My wiring is so abundant I don't even think it would be possible to hide it. It is sleeved and bundled and kept out of the path of airflow, but I've tried and tried and I think there may just be two many wires to hide. I have 6 IDE devices (2 optical 4 HD) 4 fans on a nexus controller plus a custom light and CPU/GPU fan controller with 1 knob and 3 switches in a front 3.5" bay. I also have the audigy game/midi port ribbon cable, and since there are 3 PCI cards plus an acrtic cooling ati cooler on my 9800 pro (which takes up an extra PCI slot). I haven't much room to route a lot of cables. In fact the area behind the motherboard tray is about as full of cables as you can get. But as you see in the first of coel's pictures, with some sleeving (and he did a much better job than I) wires don't need to be hidden. They aren't evil and don't necessarily ruin a mods look.

I think instead of hiding, try making the wiring orderly..........try using straight lines, both horizontal and vertical.................wiring doesn't necessarily have to be hidden

St8ic · 30-July-05, 10:51 PM

When I do a build, I use about 6 tie straps (aka zip ties). It's not too messy.

A coworker of mine used a grand total of 31 tie straps on one build, just to piss off the guy who has to go on-site to service these rigs. After he was done, he found out the PSU was bad. It took him a full 25 minutes with wire cutters to free it from the case.

rukKus · 17-August-05, 04:31 PM

all my wires are bound together

subdismal · 09-September-05, 09:01 AM

I guess my rig would fit in the "organized" category. My wires are tucked out of the way, but pretty half-heartedly managed. I mean, none of them are loomed or anything, I've just zip tied lots of excess behind the motherboard tray, or used electrical tape to run things away from stuff and out of sight and out of mind.

AMD Daddy · 09-September-05, 07:06 PM

Here's my wiring/watercooling setup. I still have to tidy it up a bit and of course install my fans which I removed to sleeve, but here it is so far:

subdismal · 09-September-05, 11:34 PM

Did you paint your cell phone to match your rig? Now that is where it's at.

AMD Daddy · 10-September-05, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by subdismal


	Did you paint your cell phone to match your rig? Now that is where it's at.

Actually yeah I did. I got a matching cellphone, keyboard, mouse, and monitor to go along with the case. I'm also painting my laptop that colour to go along with my whole theme. Lots of work in progress as you can see.

jackvdbuk · 10-September-05, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by lAnonymousl


	Here's mine. Posted in a thread a few days ago. Think I'll take BA's advice and lengthen the wires so I can route them better and get that immaculate look.

wow! my one will give you a shock

u need to become a professional wiring man

24-November-04, 07:04 PM	#101 (permalink)
Highperf15 a.k.a., Frank Bullitt Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Have Gun ....Will Travel..... Posts: 3,891	You can route all your lines from the PSU from behind the mobo tray (this is what I did when I transfered everything from my HP case to a Lian Li case). As far as drive cables, if you have ribbon cables, you can do a nice triangle fold (like what Voodoo does with their rigs) and use a plastic clip to secure them to the backside of your drive cage. If you got the round cables, you can put the remaining slack of the cable to the backside of the drive cage and secure it with zip ties. If you want to be even more pimpin, organize and zip tie all those cables on the backside of the mobo tray (near the drive cage again). This is how I did mine and it worked great. __________________

24-November-04, 10:51 PM	#102 (permalink)
Peters_Princess Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mauldin, South Car-HO-Lina Posts: 131	When i recently did my first build, i did my first sleeving job as well. I sucked at it, but towards the end got good at it. I didnt do my psu properly, by taking it apart first. I found a great how to article for first timers and plan to get a new sleeving kit soon and do it the right way. Then my wilres will be poyfect. ~Heather __________________ In the process of building a new pimp-rig.

27-November-04, 11:30 PM	#103 (permalink)
Matlok Apex Techie I Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Orangeville, Ontario, Canada Posts: 61	My wiring is pretty messed up right now. I try to keep it as organized as possible but it is a hard thing for me. I have 5 fans in my case so that really adds to the problem. I hope to have it under control soon. __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2800+@2.08 GHZ Thermaltake Volcano 7 HSF Asus A7N8X Deluxe 2X 512MB OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel Platinum MSI GeForce FX 5600 VTD256 Ultra 500 Watt PSU WD 200 GB S-ATA LG CDRW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive Gem GL-715A 15" LCD Monitor Windows XP Pro w SP2

29-December-04, 12:44 AM	#104 (permalink)
Teranfirbt Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 226	I'm using the family comp now, so I'm not gonna put too much into the wiring.. But here's what I've managed to do: (I've got it set up mostly for functionality, not display..) __________________ Athlon64 3000+@2.4 ghz Gigabyte GA-K8NS 1 gig Mushkin PC3200@PC3840 Gigabyte 6600GT AGP WD200 SATA Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Antec TruePower 430 Zalman CNPS7700AlCu Zalman VF700AlCu

22-January-05, 12:15 AM	#106 (permalink)
Teranfirbt Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 226	Heh, something like that.. Everyone like the plumber's strap.. Here's what I've managed to do with my new comp: (actually, it's not quite current... I've managed to get the wiring around the PSU organized much better than in that picture). __________________ Athlon64 3000+@2.4 ghz Gigabyte GA-K8NS 1 gig Mushkin PC3200@PC3840 Gigabyte 6600GT AGP WD200 SATA Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Antec TruePower 430 Zalman CNPS7700AlCu Zalman VF700AlCu

01-February-05, 04:51 AM	#107 (permalink)
Hepe Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12	i would say mine is displaced!! but i would love to know get more tips on how i can make it look really clean though.

12-April-05, 10:07 AM	#108 (permalink)
Coelacanth Apex Tech God Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,993	Here are some updates with current mod projects: Project Pisces (completed): Micro-Beast M-ATX Project (in progress): __________________ Flipping the bird at 400 million years of evolution "If assholes could fly, the skies would be black!" "The human brain can be amazingly resistant to accepting an inconvenient truth" ~Moi Completed Projects & Worklogs: Charger Gothic Gargoyle Pisces Micro-Blaze Modding On The Cheap View My Gallery

27-July-05, 10:10 AM	#109 (permalink)
mmaturen Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Caracas, Venezuela Posts: 331	I`m quite happy with how my firts sleeving turned out... of course there is always romm for improvement... __________________

28-July-05, 11:08 AM	#111 (permalink)
Ctlm17 Apex Techie II Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cleveland OH Posts: 106	Wires My wiring is so abundant I don't even think it would be possible to hide it. It is sleeved and bundled and kept out of the path of airflow, but I've tried and tried and I think there may just be two many wires to hide. I have 6 IDE devices (2 optical 4 HD) 4 fans on a nexus controller plus a custom light and CPU/GPU fan controller with 1 knob and 3 switches in a front 3.5" bay. I also have the audigy game/midi port ribbon cable, and since there are 3 PCI cards plus an acrtic cooling ati cooler on my 9800 pro (which takes up an extra PCI slot). I haven't much room to route a lot of cables. In fact the area behind the motherboard tray is about as full of cables as you can get. But as you see in the first of coel's pictures, with some sleeving (and he did a much better job than I) wires don't need to be hidden. They aren't evil and don't necessarily ruin a mods look. __________________ The beginning is half of the whole. -Hesiod

30-July-05, 10:51 PM	#113 (permalink)
St8ic Apex Master Tech Apprentice Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 238	When I do a build, I use about 6 tie straps (aka zip ties). It's not too messy. A coworker of mine used a grand total of 31 tie straps on one build, just to piss off the guy who has to go on-site to service these rigs. After he was done, he found out the PSU was bad. It took him a full 25 minutes with wire cutters to free it from the case. __________________ Athlon XP 2200+ @ 3200+ (Thorton Core) Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 512MB PC3200 Kingston Dual Channel TermalTake TR2 M2 GeForce FX 5200 @ 300/470 (128MB DDR) 80GB SATA 16X DVD 420W Diablotek Ultra Aluminum PSU

17-August-05, 04:31 PM	#114 (permalink)
rukKus Apex Techie I Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bekeley, CA Posts: 52	all my wires are bound together __________________ [ Mocking birds eat their own weight in food. Does that mean they eat another mocking bird? ]

09-September-05, 09:01 AM	#115 (permalink)
subdismal Apex Tech Demi-God Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Roanoke, Virginia Posts: 1,810	I guess my rig would fit in the "organized" category. My wires are tucked out of the way, but pretty half-heartedly managed. I mean, none of them are loomed or anything, I've just zip tied lots of excess behind the motherboard tray, or used electrical tape to run things away from stuff and out of sight and out of mind. __________________ PimpRig Secret Santa

09-September-05, 07:06 PM	#116 (permalink)
AMD Daddy Apex Tech Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 591	Here's my wiring/watercooling setup. I still have to tidy it up a bit and of course install my fans which I removed to sleeve, but here it is so far: Attached Thumbnails

09-September-05, 11:34 PM	#117 (permalink)
subdismal Apex Tech Demi-God Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Roanoke, Virginia Posts: 1,810	Did you paint your cell phone to match your rig? Now that is where it's at. __________________ PimpRig Secret Santa