Re: Ratdude's Main rig V2
Cooler issues (if there are any) aside, Here's part 3!
First, the mainboard installed w/o any cables plugged in:
Since I had all the cables out and I already swapped my IDE cable for a black ASUS cable, I figured I might was well use the super-long black floppy cable that came with it. Both cables are NOS; they were probably bundled with a mobo and they since ended up in a freebie box I was given years ago.
Besides matching my PSU cables and looking awesome, this cable was long enough to do a little cable management trick I thought of:
It makes more sense once a HDD is installed:
No more in-the-@#$%ing-way floppy cable!
All I did was route the cable under the floppy drive, in front of the HDD bays, and back under the front panel cabling.
The old cable, while the right length for a straight shot, was always getting in the way when I needed to do anything in the area and was always getting crossed up with the SATA cable to the HDD. Now it is 100% out of the way.
And FYI, the front of the HDD bays provide almost zero ventilation anyway, so the cable doesn't cause airflow issues there. The bottom vents I added are near the bottom run of the cable, but I intentionally ran it somewhat loose down there to minimize obstructions (there's plenty of vent down there, so it's not a huge deal anyway).
Since I had to pull the HDD to run the new floppy cable, I shot a pic of the label (w/specs)
I still haven't figured out what to do about the HDD situation. I'd like to get two more 320gb drives... but looking at current used drive prices, It's not in the cards to do that and also get a hdd for my other rig. My other alternative is to get a pair (or better yet, trio) of matched smaller drives and move over the 320gb to the other rig. Until then, I'm stuck with running a solo drive on a 3ware card, totally lame.
All the cables buttoned up and ready to fire:
Any comments, suggestions, or complaints?
Cooler issues (if there are any) aside, Here's part 3!
First, the mainboard installed w/o any cables plugged in:
Since I had all the cables out and I already swapped my IDE cable for a black ASUS cable, I figured I might was well use the super-long black floppy cable that came with it. Both cables are NOS; they were probably bundled with a mobo and they since ended up in a freebie box I was given years ago.
Besides matching my PSU cables and looking awesome, this cable was long enough to do a little cable management trick I thought of:
It makes more sense once a HDD is installed:
No more in-the-@#$%ing-way floppy cable!
All I did was route the cable under the floppy drive, in front of the HDD bays, and back under the front panel cabling.
The old cable, while the right length for a straight shot, was always getting in the way when I needed to do anything in the area and was always getting crossed up with the SATA cable to the HDD. Now it is 100% out of the way.
And FYI, the front of the HDD bays provide almost zero ventilation anyway, so the cable doesn't cause airflow issues there. The bottom vents I added are near the bottom run of the cable, but I intentionally ran it somewhat loose down there to minimize obstructions (there's plenty of vent down there, so it's not a huge deal anyway).
Since I had to pull the HDD to run the new floppy cable, I shot a pic of the label (w/specs)
I still haven't figured out what to do about the HDD situation. I'd like to get two more 320gb drives... but looking at current used drive prices, It's not in the cards to do that and also get a hdd for my other rig. My other alternative is to get a pair (or better yet, trio) of matched smaller drives and move over the 320gb to the other rig. Until then, I'm stuck with running a solo drive on a 3ware card, totally lame.
All the cables buttoned up and ready to fire:
Any comments, suggestions, or complaints?
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