[Joshuashawharvey]

Here is some pictures of my case. They aren't the best quality but i'll try to get some better ones in the future

[Jason]

Very nice indeed.

You can upload them to the photo gallery if you wish.

Regards Jason

[Joshuashawharvey]

Yep very nice considering the case only cost me £20 lol. Yeah you can do

[Jason]

I agree lol.

Just click the gallery link on the navbar next to User CP, you will then see 'Upload Photos' in the right hand corner, select the PC Hardware & Modding category, then upload.

You can then get the direct link from the pic, then use them links here, so you can have the images of our server.

Regards Jason

[Daveskater]

That's a nice case mate, and with the fan placements I'm not surprised you have good CPU temps

My case cost me £30 (in the sale) and it doesn't look half as good as that I have a pic up in the gallery at the mo, but I'll put some new ones up soon.

[Joshuashawharvey]

Well I've still got work to do with the cooling yet . I want another HDD cooler, a Zalman silent one, and I want to replace the rear fan with a better, quieter one

[Jason]

I've uploaded you the second picture only, as I wanted to make the forums index photo block look neater lol.

I'll leave the rest for you to upload.

Regards Jason

[AYTRIX Technologies]

NICE Case!!!

whats the specs inside the case??

james

[Joshuashawharvey]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ stock 2.4GHz - Temperature at the moment is 18 degrees lol
4GB OCZ Reaper PC2-6400 RAM
500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 SATAII HDD
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
ASUS Silent Knight CPU Cooler
ASUS P5K-E WiFi AP Motherboard
Jeantech Storm 700w Modular PSU
ASUS DVDRW
Many fans as you can see lol

[Joshuashawharvey]

Got a clearer picture of my puter now guys

[Daveskater]

That is a lot clearer mate, it looks really good in there

Much tidier than inside my case There's a pic in our gallery here

Have you taken the PCI covers off for air to get through?

[Joshuashawharvey]

Yep lol, every little helps I say. Tidied my cables up, I have put my DVDRW one slot below the top so that all the cables can be shoved there. Took off the PCI plates, no I/O plate, have my computer about 25cm away from the wall, regular dust cleanouts, I have my computer in the open space on top of my desk so that airflow is maximised. Used lots and lots of cable ties. All of this helps a lot and probably knocks about 10-15 degrees off, and all for free

[Daveskater]

That's cool mate

I have to have the top 5.25" bay free because of this temperature thing that came with the case (that doesn't work properly) so there's a few wires shoved up there and a few in the empty 5.25" bay.

The good thing with the main power connection on your mobo is that you can shove the big cable in the side of the case as opposed to having to have it going straight through the middle. Plus SATA cables instead of IDE helps a lot

[Joshuashawharvey]

Yep thats true. On some mobo manufacturers these days they put the PSU connector on some of their mobos in the most awkward places. Yes the SATA cables don't just help with the air flow in my case, but also the overall tidiness of my case. I much prefer the SATA cables rather than those horrible IDE cables, even the rounded ones.

[Daveskater]

I have the rounded cables and even they're pretty huge, a SATA cable would look like a cocktail stick next to them

I've tried to tidy the wires up a bit but I don't know if it could get much better because there's stuff trailing about all over the place. The Zalman fan mate wires don't help a lot either, seeing as they have to go outside of the case.

[Joshuashawharvey]

I've managed to take some more pictures of what my case looks like now

so here they are.....



As you can see things are looking much tider than they were before. I've removed the 3.5" drive bays to improve airflow. As you can see, there is a cable running at the bottom for the side panel fan. I've drilled the Zalman disk cooler to the base of the case and installed my drive there. In my opinion it looks better.

Now lets take a look at things around the other side.....



Not so tidy on this side, but who cares?
As you can see I have drilled two holes in the back to allow the CPU power cable, molex cable, PCI-E cable and fan cables to be threaded through. I've ran the front panel cables around the back of the motherboard unlike before for a better appearance.
As you can also see, I have ran the power cable for the hard drive and the SATA cable to the DVD RW inside the front panel, and drilled a hole at the top inside (which can't be seen) to allow the cables to be pushed through. I also made a hole at the very top for the cables to be threaded through tidily. Finally I have ran the PCI-E cable around the back and cut away a bit of the panel which would have blocked the cable from getting to the graphics card. It doesn't look very neat but it's smooth so it won't cut through my cables and it can't be seen when the side panel is on anyway. Cables for the front fans have been threaded inside the front panel which are powered by the molex cable I also threaded through.



The cable for the fan on the side panel has been held in place with masking tape to keep things tidy and to just about reach the power cable at the bottom.



I have installed a Scythe Kama Bay fan system below the DVD-RW which increases airflow even more. I even installed another fan behind this one for maximum flow, but removed it whilst I was modding, and I haven't got around to putting it back in yet.



This is my case lit up. It's just enough for it to look nice and not to blind me whilst looking at it

So that's about it guys, hope you like it

[Blackmirror]

Looking good

[samjohnson]

Nice Josh. My case is no where near that tidy.

[wladicus]

Wow! Looks like PC cases & PCs are going the way of 'souped-up' cars.

[bushwhacker]

Very good work, but hard drive sitting on the case floor kinda threw me off a little.