therascalking
Devious Techie
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- Fullerton, CA, USA
hokay, so i actually got my entire computer transplanted into the new case yesterday, but... i got kinda lazy and rushed as it got late and only took pictures in the beginning, but... i have those now if anyone wants to see them...
and also, im going to be going back and redoing the wiring a little more by the motherboard... this case has been AMAZING for wire management so far, and i know i can do more with it to clean up and hide all the wires even more... so prolly next weekend, ill take the motherboard out and try again, now that i kind of know where all the wires are coming from and where they need to end up... its been different since the PSU is in the bottom of the case as opposed to how my old one was in the top... and like i said, i just know i can do more... so look for that next weekend-ish... for now, heres some more pics! :
so i started by busting off the front panel of the case and installing my 3.5" and 5.25" bay drives...
it came with a nice 5.25" to 3.5" converter which i used to put in my USB flash card reader... then i put in my DVD drive on top of that... (ill also probably be getting an NZXT Sentry-1 soon to put in the top drive bay so i can monitor my case temps... and just cuz i got used to having an LCD on my RX-9... haha)
next, i took out the screws from the bottom 120mm fan and grill assembly and pulled that off so that i could get at the hard drive cage behind it... (this case will hold up to 8 internal 3.5" devices... but ill only ever use four max...)
so to increase airflow a little, and to eventually make room for my pump when i go to liquid-cooling, i just pulled the whole bottom hard drive cage out... it was pretty easy too... this case has been amazing so far
next, i decided to mount the two hard drives that ill be using, my raptor and my caviar... the HDDs are actually mounted vertically in this case, and have these nifty little brackets so that you dont have to screw or clamp anything in atall...
just position em in the holes on the drive, then slide em into the track...
and also, im going to be going back and redoing the wiring a little more by the motherboard... this case has been AMAZING for wire management so far, and i know i can do more with it to clean up and hide all the wires even more... so prolly next weekend, ill take the motherboard out and try again, now that i kind of know where all the wires are coming from and where they need to end up... its been different since the PSU is in the bottom of the case as opposed to how my old one was in the top... and like i said, i just know i can do more... so look for that next weekend-ish... for now, heres some more pics! :
so i started by busting off the front panel of the case and installing my 3.5" and 5.25" bay drives...
it came with a nice 5.25" to 3.5" converter which i used to put in my USB flash card reader... then i put in my DVD drive on top of that... (ill also probably be getting an NZXT Sentry-1 soon to put in the top drive bay so i can monitor my case temps... and just cuz i got used to having an LCD on my RX-9... haha)
next, i took out the screws from the bottom 120mm fan and grill assembly and pulled that off so that i could get at the hard drive cage behind it... (this case will hold up to 8 internal 3.5" devices... but ill only ever use four max...)
so to increase airflow a little, and to eventually make room for my pump when i go to liquid-cooling, i just pulled the whole bottom hard drive cage out... it was pretty easy too... this case has been amazing so far
next, i decided to mount the two hard drives that ill be using, my raptor and my caviar... the HDDs are actually mounted vertically in this case, and have these nifty little brackets so that you dont have to screw or clamp anything in atall...
just position em in the holes on the drive, then slide em into the track...