Finally took pics of my new system, need feedback.

[babachoo]

**** EDIT: Since people are asking about my PSU despite me saying it is not modular in the thread, I thought I'd clarify in this post that the PSU is a Corsair 850TX, which IS NOT modular.


For anyone interested what the following components look like when put together, there are pics to enjoy ITT. This is my first complete build ever, and I'm kinda proud of the wiring job. I plan on probably getting some cold cathode lighting, or maybe an LED solution, and if I ever find myself with a couple of days with nothing to do, I may refinish/paint the interior and install a window mod or something. But as it is now, how would you rate the wiring job? If it's not a 10/10, what could I have done better without having to buy a ton of 36" extensions and such, or maybe post some pics of better wiring jobs. Thanks in advance for any feedback.


Case: Cooler Master HAF 922
Mobo: Asus P6X58D Premium (USB 3.0 and Sata 6G/s, triple SLI or Crossfire)
CPU: Intel Core I7 920 Quad Core (8 virtual cores due to HyperThreading) overclocked to 4.055GHz stable after torture tested with Prime95)
Memory: 6GB (3X2GB) OCZ Gold low voltage PC12800 1600MHz
PSU: Corsair 850tx 70amps on the 12V rail
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Video: XFX Radeon HD 5870
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

 

[babachoo]

Sory to say this man but the feng shui on that build is all wrong 😛 your mobo's soothing blues is in conflict with the orange and reds (angry colours) on the graphics card, and around the 18th of each month it will be irritable narky and upset for no reason at all,
liking the invisi-cables you have, its made me resolve to do mine again hehe, I wrapped mine in blue insulation tape to colour co-ord with leds i have on fan etc, but after looking at yours, im going to have to try harder ty for sharing mate
Moto

Heheh, I was worried about that, as I noticed the angry colors did seem to be causing a power struggle within the case. Maybe I'll repaint the 5870 a nice aquamarine, and put some unicorn stickers on it. 😀

 

[BohleyK]

Well, since people seem to be throwing build pics up here are a few of mine...

Not too shabby for my first build, if I do say so myself [:bohleyk:2]

 

[mfb236]

Not at all. I'm still working on my first build, but hopefully I'll be done soon and I'll be able to put up pics that look half as good as some of these in the thread.

 

[babachoo]

Well, since people seem to be throwing build pics up here are a few of mine...



Not too shabby for my first build, if I do say so myself [:bohleyk:2]

Nice job, having the interior painted black hides wires even better, gives me motivation to do mine as soon as possible.

 

[BohleyK]

Black interior is the way to go. You probably have the best cable management I've seen. Couldn't really have done any better.

I would have to mod the 902 slightly to hide case fan wires which are now behind the motherboard but thats not worth it. Other than that I think I did the best I can do without modding.

 

[lonema]

Cable management is the long pole in my builds. I can assemble everything - cpu, cooler, ram, gpu, disks, etc. - in about 30 minutes then I spend 1+ hours trying to decide how to best hook up the cables. How neat it can end up is very case dependent. These pictures inspire me to consider the HAF 922 case for my next build.

Kudos to the OP on his wiring.

 

[babachoo]

Black interior is the way to go. You probably have the best cable management I've seen. Couldn't really have done any better.

I would have to mod the 902 slightly to hide case fan wires which are now behind the motherboard but thats not worth it. Other than that I think I did the best I can do without modding.

Thanks for the compliment. I'm sure you've probably already heard it, but putting wires directly behind your motherboard, and not a mobo panel, can short out your system if a wire gets damaged by the solder points and such. Even with risers, something could still get pinched or just wear away from acute heat or resistance. So if you don't have a mobo tray to hide stuff behind, I'd say don't worry about how it looks, just route wires where you can, but not behind the mobo. You wouldn't buy a brand new Rolls Royce and install a Toyota acceleration pedal, would you? Protect your investments.

Cable management is the long pole in my builds. I can assemble everything - cpu, cooler, ram, gpu, disks, etc. - in about 30 minutes then I spend 1+ hours trying to decide how to best hook up the cables. How neat it can end up is very case dependent. These pictures inspire me to consider the HAF 922 case for my next build.

Kudos to the OP on his wiring.

Yeah, I spent a while reading up on the web and watching videos about cable management, and then when I got my stuff, I really didn't spend much time trying to plan it all out. There are so many holes and places for wires to hide, you pretty much can pick where everything is routed. I spent maybe 15 minutes routing and rerouting the Sata cables, another 30 minutes spent trying to hide all the extra nonmodular PSU cables in the drive bays, then undoing that and routing them behind the mobo tray and zip tying everything in place so I could get the side panel back on. But other than that, all of the rest took around 45 minutes, because it took less than 2 hours to wire everything, mistakes and all.

So I definitely recommend this case to everyone. I just can't wait to keep modding it with some paint and maybe a window.



Thanks again for all of your comments and pics.

 

[mfb236]

Hey Babachoo,

Is that PSU you used a modular PSU? The one I purchased was the OCZ fatal1ty and there are a great deal of wires that I'm trying to hide.

 

[BohleyK]

Thanks for the compliment. I'm sure you've probably already heard it, but putting wires directly behind your motherboard, and not a mobo panel, can short out your system if a wire gets damaged by the solder points and such. Even with risers, something could still get pinched or just wear away from acute heat or resistance. So if you don't have a mobo tray to hide stuff behind, I'd say don't worry about how it looks, just route wires where you can, but not behind the mobo. You wouldn't buy a brand new Rolls Royce and install a Toyota acceleration pedal, would you? Protect your investments.

Yeah, thought of that. Slapped on some electrical tape where wires come in contact with the board. I will probably have to take a look at it again now that you have me paranoid but I'm pretty sure its covered on all contact points. If not, more tape! [:bohleyk]

 

[babachoo]

Hey Babachoo,

Is that PSU you used a modular PSU? The one I purchased was the OCZ fatal1ty and there are a great deal of wires that I'm trying to hide.

No. I've clarified a couple of times already that it is not.

 

[babachoo]

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[Ancient_1]

I have to say that you have about the best wiring I have seen. I just replaced my PS yesterday and cleaned mine up a bit also. For me the hardest part was getting the wires for the 7 hot swap bay adapters to lay in a way that allowed me to get my side panel on. I also agree on the black chassis which is the only reason I got the model with a window since the one without was bare aluminum.

 

[babachoo]

I have to say that you have about the best wiring I have seen. I just replaced my PS yesterday and cleaned mine up a bit also. For me the hardest part was getting the wires for the 7 hot swap bay adapters to lay in a way that allowed me to get my side panel on. I also agree on the black chassis which is the only reason I got the model with a window since the one without was bare aluminum.


http://webpages.charter.net/chew_toy/Ci7/casexb.jpg

Thanks.

I'm not sure how it looked before you cleaned it up, but it looks great in that pic. I like that case (I looked it up on Newegg), I wish mine came with a window like that one.

EDIT: Forgot to ask what cooler that is. V12 with push/pull fans is making my nipples hard. 😀

 

[Ancient_1]

My cooler is a TRUE Cu. Here is a shot of what it looked like when I built it.

 

[babachoo]

Cool, I like how colorful that board is too.

 

[cliffro]

I wish I had the patience to wire mine like most of yours look. Mine looks almost like Raybobs, with a bit less dust but not much less.

Mine really does look better inside since I no longer smoke near my computer. And after a thorough scrubbing almost looks presentable except the dang cables. My biggest gripe with the 850 is the cables were really stiff.(felt like my SATA connectors were going to break)

 

[babachoo]

I wish I had the patience to wire mine like most of yours look. Mine looks almost like Raybobs, with a bit less dust but not much less.

Mine really does look better inside since I no longer smoke near my computer. And after a thorough scrubbing almost looks presentable except the dang cables. My biggest gripe with the 850 is the cables were really stiff.(felt like my SATA connectors were going to break)

Yeah, they are pretty stiff. You have to kinda be careful with the bigger cords, like the 20 pin, but there's enough loose wires out at the end that it's still flexible enough to really bend really tight. If you're going to tape that up, do it after it's bent into place, because you might run into problems if you do it before bending, ie.. wires might pull out of the harness.

 

[cliffro]

Honestly, it was the SATA connectors that gave me the most trouble. My PCI-E cables end up just shy of being pressed up against my window and were less hassle.

Now if I had a full tower, well I would have less issues. My AeroCool AeroEngine II is packed pretty full. I'd be lucky to get more in it. But a HAF 932 or something similar is in my future with my next build.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

ok, I'm done heres a teaser cause i dont want to fill your thread with my pics

More pics and details on my first build post,
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareuk.inc&cat=13&post=279226&page=1&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0&quote_only=0&new=0&nojs=0

Thanks for inspiring me to get off me butt and shiny it up some
Moto

 

[Truhls]

is that a dedicated RAM cooler? lol

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Yup, Its a Zalman dual 50mm, I'm going to be seeing how far I can push things once I have 4Gb of 1600 in there so I want it all nice and cool, or maybe I just have a fan fetish I never knew about 😛

 

[blackhawk1928]

^I think you have a fan fetish lol just kidding, however just a quick question it looks like you have a PCI-Slot cooler it looks like its slot away from the GPU, why is that?, would you want it to be right under.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

I could invent a convoluted answer such as:

The small gap allows a more balanced flow from the gfx cards fan (blows down towards the slot fan) to the intake of the slot fan (allowing slot to pull in a bit more air than if it was directly under the gfx fan), plus having it so close to it may add to heat build-up on the card

Or I could be honest and say that I pulled the wrong blanker off and thought 'oh sod it, it can go in that one then' 😛

but the first option may actually be true so I'm telling people that
the real headache was threading the slot fans wires it through the mobo to hide them.
Moto

 

[verst]

Sorry for going a bit off topic but noticed that few of you guys are using the CM Hyper 212+. Just building my new rig and was looking into that cooler. Any issues with noise from it? Any issues at all?
Thx for the help...

Will post my pics when I'm done 😉

 

[babachoo]

Sorry for going a bit off topic but noticed that few of you guys are using the CM Hyper 212+. Just building my new rig and was looking into that cooler. Any issues with noise from it? Any issues at all?
Thx for the help...

Will post my pics when I'm done 😉

At 2k RPM it can get pretty noisy, not too noisy though, but most of the time it's from 500-1k RPM, so no issues at all. It all depends on how you set your fan speeds, and how much airflow you'll actually need it to flow. My system has plenty of airflow already so I could really let it just sit at 500RPM and I'd never hear it, and I'd still have great idle temps, but I prefer to idle below 32 or 33C, so I have it set the way it is. Mileage may vary.

Also worth noting is my HD 5870 fan sounds like a hurricane when at 100% speed, compared to the 212+ at 100%. Odds are your Vid card will be louder if/when gaming or stress testing.