PC Peripherals Smallest possible m-atx case?

awestorr said:
Unfortunately standard fans dont fit on the bottom.
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no you can put 120mm fans at top and bottom, easily. look up a few posts where i posted Rev-03 with one fan at top. It is old setup and later i had 2 fans at top and 2 at bottom with a 280mm aio on side.

for the 3.5" drive, you can mount it to psu using double sided tape or velcro tape if you need space for installing fans. it can also be pushed in front section of case i think but am not sure. moreover it can be mounted to side bracket as well if you are able to install the PSU sideways near the mobo
 
marsweeed said:
this is beautiful man. i will definitely use some of your techniques to hold my fans as well. also last night i spent some time trying to clean my setup and also wanted to add an HDD. this is what i finished to before sleeping
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How are your cables so tidy?
Can you share some pics showing your cable management.
I even have a modular psu but cables are much worse.
Also Looks like we both had k501l before sama clones:p
 
awestorr said:
How are your cables so tidy?
Can you share some pics showing your cable management.
I even have a modular psu but cables are much worse.
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i don't have the case with me so can't share any more photos sadly. but what i did was to bring all cables to the front cavity of case using the cutouts there. PSU was not mounted untill now. Next step was to bring the 24pin cable from sort of above the PSU. I mean it was not directly coming from above psu, as in it was not covering the psu exhaust but little to the side. Doing so I mounted the PSU holding the 24pin cable making sure it fits in there nicely. As for CPU cable, you simply take it back insert it inside right above where the port on mobo is. to make sure it stays there, use a zip tie to hold it. Routing GPU cable is easy. Simply follow it along the edge of the case and connect it to GPU. It will not be straight so for that, simply zip tie it below so makes a nice 90 degree turn going up. I hope this all makes sense lol.
It took me lot of patience and time to do this. So, I advise you do this when you are free

Edit: I tried to draw it out for you. Hope this help better.
 

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So i finally had the time to resassemble.
Manager to add everything i had including 3 120mm fans.
The only thing i had to sacrifice was the front usb 3 headers.
Cable management was a nightmare compared to my previous cabinet.
Special thanks to @BluDev @john1911 and @marsweeed for their help.
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marsweeed said:
i don't have the case with me so can't share any more photos sadly. but what i did was to bring all cables to the front cavity of case using the cutouts there. PSU was not mounted untill now. Next step was to bring the 24pin cable from sort of above the PSU. I mean it was not directly coming from above psu, as in it was not covering the psu exhaust but little to the side. Doing so I mounted the PSU holding the 24pin cable making sure it fits in there nicely. As for CPU cable, you simply take it back insert it inside right above where the port on mobo is. to make sure it stays there, use a zip tie to hold it. Routing GPU cable is easy. Simply follow it along the edge of the case and connect it to GPU. It will not be straight so for that, simply zip tie it below so makes a nice 90 degree turn going up. I hope this all makes sense lol.
It took me lot of patience and time to do this. So, I advise you do this when you are free

Edit: I tried to draw it out for you. Hope this help better.
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Saw this just now, next time when i rearrange it , will make sure to follow this to a T.:D
 
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