Cable management and airflow

[Malganis]

I have a Thermalright XP-120 on my CPU (With a 120mm FAN), a Thermalright HR-05-SLI on my Chipset (With a 70mm FAN). My current temps are (While I post this (Everest ftw)):

CPU 37 °C (99 °F)
Chipset 38 °C (100 °F)
GPU: 45 °C (113 °F) (I just played a 2 hour match of UT2004)
HD: 27 °C (81 °F)

I think the airflow is kinda killing me. I have a Lian Li PC-71 case, with two 80mm fans in the front and 4 in the back. And the big 120mm FAN from the PSU that's sucking air out the back through a 80mm FAN. Air goes from the front to the back. But.. to much cables!

How do I get rid of all of those cables? Ducktape? Anybody got any idea's or suggestions?

BTW, does anybody know when the Arctic cooling for a Asus 7900GT/TOP is going to be released? The website says in December, but I think that's only for the passive cooler, I want to one with the FAN on it.

 

[mscott00]

Well, I almost completely removed all of my cables from my case and still have 11 fans to power. For one, I shortened the wires for the 20 pin connector. Then shortened all other wires, made custom lengths, and completly hid the messy wiring.. I'll try to find some pictures..

 

[Malganis]

How do you power 11 fans?! How much extra fan controller do you have?

I have a 120mm Papst fan for my CPU cooling, but it doesn't have the third wire for speed control, so I can't plug it in the motherboard, is it constantly running at full speed now?

One of the best things of a Lian Li PC71 case it the FAN controller for the front two FANs, it has three speeds. So I don't have to waste connectors for that.

I just saw that my case is a little dusty, I forgot to clean the dust filter in the front of the case, so it just sucked the dust in. Kinda sucks. I hate dust. Since I'm going to have to clean it, gives me the change to re-cable everything and check all the connectors again. Just to be sure.

 

[Sean]

I wouldn't worry about thoes temps at all, there ideal!

 

[SNGX1275]

Rounded IDE cables or buy exclusively SATA drives. Use zip ties to deal with wires, you can bundle them neatly and tuck them out of the way pretty easily.

I really think you don't need that many fans though.

 

[mscott00]

i have 4 in the front of the case, 2 on the back, 1 on the side, 1 on top. I have Tt Volcano and a high speed fan in the psu (both cpu and ps fans can be put up to 5k rpm.)

 

[billygoat36]

I use rounded cables, and tuck away extra PSU cables behind my drive bays. Not the prettiest thing but it works