Hi, Guest
I've got a mix, with SATA being natively nice in a case and all my Nikao cables are pre-sheathed from the factory. My IDE cabling to my swap drive and DVD-+ RW are also sheathed in black rubber... for that extra bit of data protection.
The only rat's nest is my assortment of fan and light cabling... but that's wrapped in elec. tape for the most part.
Just start from the intake (low and side, low and from the front) and work towards the rear (higher and at the classic rear vent position, top blowhole).
You CAN run a rheostat bank for individual control, but I just choose not to and I eat the extra noise. I use the one big, gaudy 3.5" rheostat for my Venus 12 as all my other PCI-slot risers at the rear are taken up with UV / Neon light switches. :rolleyes: it came like that from my buddy and I was too damn lazy and in need of a new box/board to rewire it all.
Actually, if you have a fan slot and a grille allowing an intake fan right at your 3.5" drive slots (see above pic and earlier pic with funky Friday 13th fan grille), that sometimes makes all the difference in the world.
Also, in the case of a heatfarm video card, a low-mounted side fan (OEM or custom) can be a big difference too. Now would be a bad time to tell you my OCed X800XL idles at 32C... *runs away, dodges projectile fruit*
The only rat's nest is my assortment of fan and light cabling... but that's wrapped in elec. tape for the most part.
Just start from the intake (low and side, low and from the front) and work towards the rear (higher and at the classic rear vent position, top blowhole).
You CAN run a rheostat bank for individual control, but I just choose not to and I eat the extra noise. I use the one big, gaudy 3.5" rheostat for my Venus 12 as all my other PCI-slot risers at the rear are taken up with UV / Neon light switches. :rolleyes: it came like that from my buddy and I was too damn lazy and in need of a new box/board to rewire it all.
Actually, if you have a fan slot and a grille allowing an intake fan right at your 3.5" drive slots (see above pic and earlier pic with funky Friday 13th fan grille), that sometimes makes all the difference in the world.
Also, in the case of a heatfarm video card, a low-mounted side fan (OEM or custom) can be a big difference too. Now would be a bad time to tell you my OCed X800XL idles at 32C... *runs away, dodges projectile fruit*
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.