borimer07

Thanks for the tips. Will be adding (2) hard drives in addition to the M2 onboard. On a separate note, really struggling with cable management being my "first rodeo". Attached are some pics where I just hooked everything up to make sure it worked. Not a whole lot of room in back of mobo, the cpu power cables are so thick have to string them up somehow as to not interfere with putting the side panel back on. Any tips whatsoever would be greatly appreciated, I'm a "neat freak" and this is driving me insane :eek:

In the process of a build in the aforementioned case and have some issues: 1. The tool-free latches at the upper drive cage area don't seem to latch on securely to a optical drive. I open latch, shove in the drive and close latch but I can still push the drive out. Something is not catching, what am I missing here? 2. I'm a rook at this so don't know. If I take out the lower drive cage, will it make THAT much difference in air flow/cooling? Currently have two 120mm front fans and one 120mm out the back. Thanks ahead for any comments!