some pics of my spankin' new Lian-Li!!!!

[Blisster]

so here are some pics of my new Lian-Li I scored off Ebay for $140. This is my first custom rig...specs follow pics.....






The light is a bit low in my 'office' at night so, sorry. I'm generally horrible at cable management so any pointers are appreciated.

here it is from top to bottom:

Lian-Li PC-7 w/ window mod
Sparkle 300W PS
Abit KR7A-RAID
AMD AthlonXP1600
Thermaltake Volcano7(with sensor mod)
512MB Crucial PC2100DDR SDRAM
Thermaltake Active memory Heatsinks
ATI Radeon8500LELE @ 275/260
some generic pci slot fan
SBLive! 5.1
Kingston NIC
Pinnacle IEEE firewire card
Maxtor DiamondMax 12GB HDD
Maxtor DiamondMax 60GB HDD
3 Enermax 80mm intake/exhaust fans

etc
etc

ColdCathode to come shortly......

Any suggestions to some 'beginner' mods i should do ?????




J

[BaLa]

dunno about mods
but the cables could be a bit more neat, other than that; looks nice, good job

[Blisster]

yeah, not sure how to deal with the little random wires, spd/df, mostly fan wires....any suggestions?

J

[BaLa]

well looking at it more closely...
it looks like about 2-3 of those wires are from/for your fans...

if you can 're-route' those (of course at this point it's not an airflow issue anymore..)

[RoundEye]

Originally posted by Rhuurrr
........I'm generally horrible at cable management so any pointers are appreciated..........

Here's a few pointers for you. I have two cd-roms, four neon tubes with two ballast, five fans, floppy, two hard drives and two custom made LED modules in my old case. The small Lian-Li case, PC 30 I think.

[NuclearHeadache]

Originally posted by Rhuurrr
yeah, not sure how to deal with the little random wires, spd/df, mostly fan wires....any suggestions?

J

Consider buying or making a fanbus. You can learn more about them here You can but them from that site too.

[NuclearHeadache]

Originally posted by RoundEye


Here's a few pointers for you. I have two cd-roms, four neon tubes with two ballast, five fans, floppy, two hard drives and two custom made LED modules in my old case. The small Lian-Li case, PC 30 I think.

What exactly does that heatsink on the hdd tray cool? Just wondering cus I have a few left over.

[RoundEye]

Originally posted by NuclearHeadache


What exactly does that heatsink on the hdd tray cool? Just wondering cus I have a few left over.

It helps cool the hard drives. What I did was drill and tap the heat sinks and screw them to the hard drive cage. I put some Artic Silver on the heat sinks and a very thin layer of standard white compound on the sides of the hard drives. With the fans blowing over the heat sinks it helps cool the drives big-time. After leaving the PC on for a week, the drives were still cool to the touch. The RAM was hot as hell, but that was probably do to the high FSB.

[mvern2]

Round Eye...what do ya going in that rig of yours?