It's coming together.
I'll be rolling by one of my storage units to pick up a spare GPU to fire it up.
Right now, it's missing one USB 3 header cable, because the new board offers a different way to route it that I like better, and I can't use the one I've got unless I want to fuck with it (don't want to, as I might be able to use it later), so I've ordered another. If you don't want blue, it takes a while to get them.
There are a couple other missing cables, but you wouldn't be able to see them anyway. The only stuff coming in that requires tightening down are the SATA cables for the optical drives. Currently, the Esata port on the 5.25 I/O device is wired and (hopefully) functional, but the optical drives won't be too hard to keep clean. It's always one of the bigger headaches, but it tends to work out well.
There will be pictures of the other side of the case, and better pictures in general, but right now, here's this:
You can see at the bottom where I'm "training" the wires with Velcro wraps. With most PSUs it takes more effort, but with a Seasonic... Oh, it's very nice.
No heat gun required to get there, and it'll be better when I'm done. It's a breath of fresh air working with a genuine Seasonic PSU on one of my own machines.
Damn I love their products. Keep the vents in mind when you're determining case pressure, though, because they
are functional; that's not just a style feature. When the fan kicks on, it creates a vacuum that draws warm case air into the vents for a bit of supplemental cooling.
That's important to consider if you're really trying to roll for positive pressure. You need to pick the right product in their lineup for that application.
I'm trying not to put too much stress on the front panel and USB3 headers, because I'm not using any super flexible cables or extensions there. It'll be better eventually, but there's no sense stressing anything if I'm going to keep bumping it when doing other stuff. I probably won't make it look much better than that, in the end.
The other straggler cable behind them will be tidied up, but for now I'm not sure if that's where I want it.
Currently, I have not cheated at all. There have been no fancy tricks used, and the only extensions used were required to fit the larger case; not just to make things look cool or make the job easier. I thought I was going to get to show off one trick
anyone can do, but unfortunately I don't need to. I'll describe it later.
Cheers,
Kennith