Case migration Lanfire -> Armor -> Some pics

legendosiris · Mar 29, 2006

Case migration Lanfire -> Armor -> Some pics *Updated*

Link to my latest post: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=4419786#post4419786

Hey all, got my new thermaltake armor case in today. Still havent gotten my new dual 120 rad, but figured i'd move everything over to get an idea of what kind of room i'm working with. Heres some pics:

Old case vs new case, who wins?

New case in the light, different view. Notice that T-line, got some air around the system moving things, got more tubing coming in with the new rad, complete replumb next week

Shot in the dark, nothing crazy...well yet

ziggo0 · Mar 29, 2006

Wait...so your going from the case on the right, to the case on the left?

legendosiris · Mar 29, 2006

ziggo0 said:
Wait...so your going from the case on the right, to the case on the left?

yeah guess i should have clarified. I'm moving to the LARGER case so i can fit in a 2x120 Rad. Just wouldnt have worked well in the other one.

veryhumid · Mar 29, 2006

looks very tidy, I love how the cable color is a close match to the water :thup:

-aDaM^ · Mar 29, 2006

nice case, looks cool

voigts · Mar 30, 2006

I like how you matched the cable sleeving with the water color also. It looks good. I did the same thing except in blue with all blue sleeving, blue lighting, and blue water.

synthetic_fenix · Mar 30, 2006

I was thinking about getting the armor case but for me i think i would have had a few more problems with hiding wires in that case compared to the Aurora Im ordering in a few weeks.

GearShift3r · Mar 30, 2006

The Armor is tough to wire. There is no motherboard tray like most cases so running wires behind it is out of the question.

-GearShift3r

legendosiris · Mar 30, 2006

GearShift3r said:
The Armor is tough to wire. There is no motherboard tray like most cases so running wires behind it is out of the question.

-GearShift3r

Theres a good bit of room luckily on the left side of the "drive column", thats where alot of power is being distributed, and hidden. If i had kept the top mount Firewire, usb, sound inputs, those wires would have been the showcase of what you see. The wiring harness was rather short and i had to make almost a direct run to get what i needed, luckily i rarely would ever have a use for them since i mainly use the usb port on my lcd.

One thing i quickly was dissapointed though with on the new case are the front doors. The only thing that keeps them from swinging frrely appears to be rather small magnets, but shuffling the case around installing things all i heard most of the night was those damn doors flapping.

Flip-Mode · Mar 30, 2006

I can't see the pics.... :shrug:

fuzzba11 · Mar 30, 2006

Actually there is a ton of space for wire hiding, check out these pics, you might want to think about making some cuts in the back plate before your reassembly. You can route your power and IDE cables back there.

legendosiris · Mar 30, 2006

Hrmm didnt think about cutting the base plate. I did notice the slots on the left side of the drive column were sooo close to fitting a molex connector thru, was thinking of just dremmeling those a bit larger and run from there top to bottom. That only leaves a single IDE cable for DVD, hrmm wonder if that would fit in the slot too.

Did you remove the top firewire/usb plugs and put a fillport there? was thinking of doing the same thing.

-aDaM^ · Mar 30, 2006

fuzzba11 said:
Actually there is a ton of space for wire hiding, check out these pics, you might want to think about making some cuts in the back plate before your reassembly. You can route your power and IDE cables back there.

good idea

Flip-Mode · Mar 30, 2006

Still no pics in the first post....

legendosiris · Mar 30, 2006

Flip-Mode said:
Still no pics in the first post....

Weird, no probs here..never had any probs with picvault b4.

Direct links working for you:
http://www.picvault.info/images/536976046_compare.JPG
http://www.picvault.info/images/536976048_Newlight.JPG
http://www.picvault.info/images/536976047_newdark.JPG

Perium · Mar 30, 2006

Did you ever thing about flipping the rad over that way the connection to the pump isnt as long? It would allow the pump to be closer to the front of the case. I allways run my rads upside down, it seems easier to fill and they standup on there own.

Flip-Mode · Mar 30, 2006

legendosiris said:
Weird, no probs here..never had any probs with picvault b4.

Direct links working for you:
http://www.picvault.info/images/536976046_compare.JPG
http://www.picvault.info/images/536976048_Newlight.JPG
http://www.picvault.info/images/536976047_newdark.JPG

I'm just getting nothing... No broken link no nothing, like its not there.

EDIT:
Pics not loading from direct links, problem is at my end.
No firewall, no IP blocker..... weird...

synthetic_fenix · Mar 31, 2006

fuzzba11 said:
Actually there is a ton of space for wire hiding, check out these pics, you might want to think about making some cuts in the back plate before your reassembly. You can route your power and IDE cables back there.

Hmmmmm, Darn you, now I dont know which case I wanna get now, the Gigabyte Aurora or the Thermaltake Armor. The armor would allow me to keep the water cooling setup all internal.

GearShift3r · Mar 31, 2006

I was thinking about cutting into the motherboard tray but then I decided it might not be the best idea.

Here is my Armor:

-GearShift3r

synthetic_fenix · Mar 31, 2006

GearShift3r said:
I was thinking about cutting into the motherboard tray but then I decided it might not be the best idea.

Here is my Armor:

-GearShift3r

Now that I have seen your setup that looks better then cutting in notches into the tray with those power leads, I have the same powersupply as you I think. PowerStream?

Edit: HEH, never mind guess it would have helped if i looked at the pics more closely, to see that you are running a PC Power and Cooling PSU.

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