Build evolution: Lights, Modules and Cable Management

Okjoek · November 13, 2019

A continuation of:

So here's what I did for this iteration of my PC:

1. Installed 2 120mm white LED ring fans by Aigo.

2. My thermaltake PSU was causing my system to crash, it had a faulty 24-pin connector, haven't had a single problem since installing this new EVGA 650GQ

3. Cable managed as best as I possibly could with this much hardware in this compact of a case with limited room behind the motherboard. Cables are just part of the system so I'm not too ashamed that they're a bit visible.

4. Installed a carrying handle to the top of my case. It's attached to the roof as well as an additional sheet of metal I added below to help distribute the carrying weight a little.

5. Installed a FebSmart N600 wifi card because why not?

6. Added an old PCI Creative Audigy 2. Purely aesthetic unless I can find drivers which I have been unsuccessful so far.

7. Installed a multimedia card reader with a USB 3 port to my 3.5'' bay.

8. Installed an old DVD drive I had laying around to a 5.25'' bay.

9. Installed in two of my 5.25'' bays a rack capable of holding several 3.5'' drives and adds a second intake fan to the front of my case in the form of an 80mm fan. (yay more airflow)

10. Added vented expansion slot covers to help aesthetics.

This system is basically complete. The only way to go forward from here is to simply wait for my system (CPU, MB or RAM) to bite the dust and force me to upgrade because I still don't feel much motivation to do so and I figure the longer I wait the better the cheap used hardware gets that I can upgrade to.

I might be willing to upgrade from this hand-me-down RX 580 when Ampere comes out.

The lighting could be a little more in the center of the case. To fix this I could get an (aforementioned) GPU with some lighting, the only other option is if there are 92mm white LED fans for CPU coolers, but I'm not able to find any.