neilhart
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- May 25, 2010
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- Motherboard
- ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming - ITX/ac
- CPU
- i7-7700T
- Graphics
- GTX960
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Cable management…
Again I used tall standoff for the motherboard mounting to provide cable routing space. And I added a sheet of file folder material to the bottom of the motherboard as a caution of cold flow of pinched insulation.
Then I would call your attention to the brushed aluminum pieces;
Front panel area,
The bridge area between the drive bank and the fan-rad,
The piece along the bottom.
These are my modesty panels that hide cables from view.
And along the top of this photo, the stepped panel is also a modesty panel but also contains a second power switch, power LED and drive activity LED. This little feature make running the system outside of the case possible with little or no fuss.
And so that no one has to ask, I modified the Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 by de-soldering the two power connectors and soldering the power cables directly to the GPU card. This was a height issue where the choices were to go purchase another GPU that had a more favorable form factor or do what I did.
That is it for now. I am sure that I will continue to tweak this machine and maybe implement the kickstand and optical drive. However I am done for now and need to get onto other pressing items.
Good modding,
neil
Again I used tall standoff for the motherboard mounting to provide cable routing space. And I added a sheet of file folder material to the bottom of the motherboard as a caution of cold flow of pinched insulation.
Then I would call your attention to the brushed aluminum pieces;
Front panel area,
The bridge area between the drive bank and the fan-rad,
The piece along the bottom.
These are my modesty panels that hide cables from view.
And along the top of this photo, the stepped panel is also a modesty panel but also contains a second power switch, power LED and drive activity LED. This little feature make running the system outside of the case possible with little or no fuss.
And so that no one has to ask, I modified the Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 by de-soldering the two power connectors and soldering the power cables directly to the GPU card. This was a height issue where the choices were to go purchase another GPU that had a more favorable form factor or do what I did.
That is it for now. I am sure that I will continue to tweak this machine and maybe implement the kickstand and optical drive. However I am done for now and need to get onto other pressing items.
Good modding,
neil