trs96
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I'm currently experimenting with putting my MT 4790 system into a Phanteks P300 black ATX case. I've had it in a white mATX case by Darkflash for over a year now. Phanteks also offers a P300A which has a fine mesh front for more front to back airflow. Good idea if you will also using this for PC gaming in Windows. The P300 is selling for $57.99 on Amazon.com as of today. Mesh version is a few dollars more.
I'm upgrading the PSU to a 650W Seasonic gold rated model. Also trying to clean up the cable clutter too. I've not purchased the above mentioned sleeved (black) 5 pin to 4 pin adapters but I may do that just to get rid of the multicolored cables you'll see in these pics.
Here you can see how much nicer/cleaner it looks than in the stock Dell case. Dell gave you a solid side panel for a good reason. To hide their cable clutter and multi-colored wire chaos.
Here's how the back looks with the bottom mounted Seasonic PSU and Broadcom BCM94360CD card installed. The Dell OEM mATX case is the same width but a couple inches shorter than the Phanteks P300. The steel looks so much better when painted black.
Here's those gaudy yellow, red, blue and black fan header cables that kind of ruin the look. I don't need to swap the CPU cooler for a CM i71c but I'm considering it since this case has a glass side panel. The green mobo and black case interior really works quite well in terms of aesthetics.
If you can also avoid buying a MT with the multi-colored rear I/O panel, that helps make your build look much better. I got this solid black version with my MT and it goes well with any all black case when you do a case swap as I'm doing.
If you want to adapt the front I/O (USB, headphone/mic jacks) and the power switch and LEDs this case gives you more than enough room to do that with no obstructions as you may have in a micro ATX case.
You definitely don't need this multi-colored I/O shield that they also used on the 7010/9010 models. It's supposed to help you identify where the ports are. Really Dell ? It would be much more useful to clearly identify which USB ports are 2.0 and which are 3.0. The tiny SS labels are difficult to see. The blue and turquoise VGA and Serial ports are of no use to us as hackintoshers. We don't need any help finding those. I'm also not using any PS2 peripherals but I know that some gamers still use them.
I'm upgrading the PSU to a 650W Seasonic gold rated model. Also trying to clean up the cable clutter too. I've not purchased the above mentioned sleeved (black) 5 pin to 4 pin adapters but I may do that just to get rid of the multicolored cables you'll see in these pics.
Here you can see how much nicer/cleaner it looks than in the stock Dell case. Dell gave you a solid side panel for a good reason. To hide their cable clutter and multi-colored wire chaos.
Here's how the back looks with the bottom mounted Seasonic PSU and Broadcom BCM94360CD card installed. The Dell OEM mATX case is the same width but a couple inches shorter than the Phanteks P300. The steel looks so much better when painted black.
Here's those gaudy yellow, red, blue and black fan header cables that kind of ruin the look. I don't need to swap the CPU cooler for a CM i71c but I'm considering it since this case has a glass side panel. The green mobo and black case interior really works quite well in terms of aesthetics.
If you can also avoid buying a MT with the multi-colored rear I/O panel, that helps make your build look much better. I got this solid black version with my MT and it goes well with any all black case when you do a case swap as I'm doing.
If you want to adapt the front I/O (USB, headphone/mic jacks) and the power switch and LEDs this case gives you more than enough room to do that with no obstructions as you may have in a micro ATX case.
You definitely don't need this multi-colored I/O shield that they also used on the 7010/9010 models. It's supposed to help you identify where the ports are. Really Dell ? It would be much more useful to clearly identify which USB ports are 2.0 and which are 3.0. The tiny SS labels are difficult to see. The blue and turquoise VGA and Serial ports are of no use to us as hackintoshers. We don't need any help finding those. I'm also not using any PS2 peripherals but I know that some gamers still use them.
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