Show Us Your Rig [6]

[linnemeyerhere]

For headers which are perpendicular to the mobo then these are helpful and needless to say much smaller and cleaner to route. They are very short and are just the ticket in some situations. Like any mod it either works for you or not.

 

[Britton30]

The height of the connector is about half a normal SATA one plus the cables come off at 90°. In Alan's setup it means a long GPU card can fit without interference.

On my board the SATA connectors go in from the side, I use the 90° end on the drives.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Maybe I'm missing something but other than the Silverstone's being ultra thin, what's the other advantage?

You can get standard SATA cables with 90 degree angles. In fact most motherboards today come with a set of both straight and 90 ones.

The cables you are thinking of aren't the same as the Silverstones. The Silverstones come off at the side. Take another look at the cables in post #1436. The Silverstones are the ones with the really thin cable coming off the side. As far as I know, Silverstone is the only one that has a cable that comes off that direction. This one is close but comes off the opposite direction (I'm using one in my machine):

 

[sygnus21]

For headers which are perpendicular to the mobo then these are helpful and needless to say much smaller and cleaner to route. They are very short and are just the ticket in some situations. Like any mod it either works for you or not.

The height of the connector is about half a normal SATA one plus the cables come off at 90°. In Alan's setup it means a long GPU card can fit without interference.

On my board the SATA connectors go in from the side, I use the 90° end on the drives.

Right, I get that. However a standard 90 cable will also work in an area where a GPU overhangs that particular SATA port.

I was just asking. And yeah, it's yet another tool in the modder's tool chest

Thanks.

 

[Britton30]

With Alan's arrangement 90° ends wouldn't work, one would cover the SATA header next to it.

 

[sygnus21]

Doh!

Yeah I'm crystal now

 

[Britton30]

Doh!

Yeah I'm crystal now

Now you're an official member of the Oldtimerz club.

 

[sygnus21]

Doh!

Yeah I'm crystal now

Now you're an official member of the Oldtimerz club.

LOL - Yeah I guess I am

 

[sygnus21]

To paulpicks21 & Britton30

I just had to show this pic off

@ Paul, I took you suggestion and changed the fan rings from blue to white and must say the system looks a bit better

@ Gary, I know how you like my PC image so I thought I'd show you this...



Peace

 

[Britton30]

Yup. the white rings look much better Drew.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Something as simple as white rings......Very cool looking rig and outstanding cable management !

To paulpicks21 & Britton30

I just had to show this pic off

@ Paul, I took you suggestion and changed the fan rings from blue to white and must say the system looks a bit better

@ Gary, I know how you like my PC image so I thought I'd show you this...

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Peace

 

[paulpicks21]

To paulpicks21 & Britton30

I just had to show this pic off

@ Paul, I took you suggestion and changed the fan rings from blue to white and must say the system looks a bit better

@ Gary, I know how you like my PC image so I thought I'd show you this...

View attachment 302752

Peace

It looks much nicer Drew, nice job mate

 

[ganjiry]

It look's proper nice Drew, Nice 1 mate

 

[sygnus21]

Thanks. Glad you guys liked it.

And yeah, though the white rings look better, I really could use a touch of color there. I guess I'm really going to have to look into making those rings green.

Thanks

 

[Britton30]

I thought of another way to color them, a Sharpie pen, they come in all sorts of colors. Downside is I've only seen them in sets of 10-15 or so.

 

[sygnus21]

I thought of another way to color them, a Sharpie pen, they come in all sorts of colors. Downside is I've only seen them in sets of 10-15 or so.

I actually thought about a sharpie pen but think dye or paint would be better, and more permanent.

It's a low priority right now but I think I'll look into the dye method when I get the chance.

On a side note, I just got a replacement from Western Digital to replace my 2TB drive which was making some really weird vibration type noises. WD sent one out on a 2 day rush, free of charge so that was cool. Just need to send the old one back once I copy the data over.

 

[Britton30]

Nice, I've not had to use a return like that except for a Crucial SSD, there shipping and return was free, but I had to give a CC number and it took 5 days to get to me.

 

[badger906]

Cheers for the link Britton nobody had any in the uk when i googled it a few weeks ago! i shall order some alone with my Corsair K70 tomorrow

 

[Britton30]

Cheers for the link Britton nobody had any in the uk when i googled it a few weeks ago! i shall order some alone with my Corsair K70 tomorrow

You're welcome. Search for CP11 in the UK you may find some for less money, that's over $11USD.

 

[sygnus21]

but I had to give a CC number and it took 5 days to get to me.

Yeah they actually gave me a break on that one when I balked. They wanted to hold $250 bucks on an item that can be purchased new a hundred dollars less. This is a Caviar Black.

Anyway it pissed me off and I told no, I would just buy a Seagate. Between mentioning Seagate, and the fact that I've been a WD customer since 98 they relented and shipped the item to me without requiring a CC card