Thanks for your comments. My interim solution is to run the ide and power cables through the cd drive cover and connect the optical drive when i need it which isn't that often to be honest. Its not a major problem. I think eventually i'll just buy a usb ide adapter so I can tidy the cables away.

Thank you i'll check it out

I built a pc using this case I'm very pleased with it. I'm finding trying to tidying the cabling inside a bit of a problem. I'm using a mini ninja at the moment which prevents a optical drive from fitting (even without the fan). Can anyone suggest a cooler that is the equivalent in terms of cooling ...

I'm new to building a Gaming/Application PC and intend on building one using these components MOTHERBOARD ASUS P5E-VM HDMI CPU Q6600 CPU COOLER MINI NINJA SCYTHE CASE SILVERSTONE GRANDIA GD02B SC SOUNDBLASTER AUDIGY 2 ZS (FROM OLD PC) GPU RADEON 1950 Pro (passive cooling) (FROM OLD PC) MEM 2gb DDR2 ...