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ROGBot
In another thread, I posted a HOW TO GUIDE: Building an ROG PC. The result ended in this messy rig:
I'll go over some tips and tricks on cleaning this mess up and making it somewhat presentable. Now I am in no means a professional, but this is something people can accomplish in about an hour or less. Remember, be creative, and try different things to see what works and what doesn't. If i can do it, you can do it! For the purpose of this guide, we will be using a CoolerMaster HAF X.
Tools needed:
Step 1: Reroute power cables and connect front panel cables.
Step 2: Reroute your fan cables.
Step 3: PCI-E Power for your graphics card.
I'll go over some tips and tricks on cleaning this mess up and making it somewhat presentable. Now I am in no means a professional, but this is something people can accomplish in about an hour or less. Remember, be creative, and try different things to see what works and what doesn't. If i can do it, you can do it! For the purpose of this guide, we will be using a CoolerMaster HAF X.
Tools needed:
- Philips Screw driver
- Zip Tie, preferably small ones.
Step 1: Reroute power cables and connect front panel cables.
- Now that you know where all the cables go into, take them all out. We are about to rearrange where they go in. There is an opening near the power supply where you can route all of your power cables to the back of the case.
- Rerouting your front panel connectors, I found a small hole where the cables were able to fit through, 1 by 1. Result, you get a clean entry straight to the front panel header.
- You can also route your front panel USB and AUDIO cables through the opening behind the power supply.
Step 2: Reroute your fan cables.
- For the CPU, I looped the fan cable underneath the shroud to give off the effect of not being able to see the cable. It follows the red line I have in the picture below.
- For the rear case fan, I unscrewed the 4 screws holding the fan in place and turned it 90 degrees so that the fan cable would be closer to the upper section of the case. I unscrewed the mounting screws on the top section of the board, slightly pulled it back and made sure the fan cables were tucked under the stand off.
- For the top and front case fans, I looped them to the back of the case from whatever opening I can find and brought them through one of the rubber holes along with the 24pin power connector. I separated some of the 24pin wires to fit the fan cables through. This way when you plug everything up and fan cables are hidden and not running off through the sides.
Step 3: PCI-E Power for your graphics card.
- These Cables were routed to the back of the case and through the side rubber hole.
- I like to Zip Tie any unused cables/pins away, and prevent it from flapping out. In this case, we only need a 6pin connector to power a GTX560Ti so we can Zip Tie the unused 2pin back.
- Once plugged in, you can also Zip Tie the 2 power cables together.
- I was able to fit a small Zip Tie through an open hole on the graphics card and strap it onto the PCI-E cable. This allows the cable to flow alongside the card and prevent it from protruding out.
- For Card 2, I didn't have enough slack so I just Zip Tied it together with the PCI-E cables from card 1.
Step 4: CPU Power
Step 5: Hooking up your Storage and Optical drive power/data cables
Step 6: Clean up the rear
- I was able to squeeze the CPU power 8pin connector through a small opening at the top of the case. This was kind of tight squeeze and may need to loosen the mounting screws on your board to fit this through.
Step 5: Hooking up your Storage and Optical drive power/data cables
- Since we used the HotSwap bay in our last build, we will plug in our Molex Power and SATA cables.
- Some power supplies will have unnecessary floppy drive power connectors. You can Zip Tie this back.
- You can route the Molex and SATA cable through a hole near the storage trays.
- There is a opening where your front panel cables run through the back of the case. You can run your SATA power and SATA cable through this when plugging into your optical drive.
- You can route your SATA cables through the rubber holes and plug them into the proper SATA ports. This includes your front E-SATA cable in red.
Step 6: Clean up the rear
- Its a mess in the back. Try and group up what you can and Zip Tie them through the loops provided on the back of the case.
- Then fit your side panel on. Some cases may be tougher than others because you may have to squash your cables flat in order to make the side panel fit. Luckily CoolerMaster made additional room for cables to fit while still looking cool.
- One thing I forgot to point out is the front panel USB3.0 cables. These were also routed to the back near the CPU Power cable and put through the rubber holes.
And finally, here is the complete system. CoolerMaster also includes a PSU cable cover for your messy cables. You can choose to use it or not.
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