Rosewill ARMOR Evolution Cable Management

The Letter Mu

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Got all the parts and installed everything. It works great, but I was just wondering if anyone could give me their input on my cable management. It looks good enough to me, there's no cables in the way of the fans, but this is also the first computer I've built that I'm going to be overclocking by a major amount (hopefully) and I want the lowest temperatures and best airflow possible. Water cooling will come later, but I want to see how much I can get out of it on air alone. I can't think of anything here that would present a problem with airflow, but I thought it'd be best to ask the community here.

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CPU: i5-4670k
MOBO: MSi z87-GD65
GPU: MSi N770 2GD5
RAM: G.SKILL SNIPER 2X4GB (Can't post with these in dual channel for some reason, only single but it still reads all 8GB's.)
Case: Rosewill ARMOR Evolution
PSU: Corsair TX850M (Planning on SLI with two GTX 770's.)
 
Solution
Your cables look very good to me. No suggestions for improvement.

GSkill RAM sometimes has problems with MSI MBs. If you still can, I would exchange it for some Corsair or Crucial. I have the Crucial Ballistix Tactical RAM and it works very well with my MSI Z87-G43 MB.

Yogi
Your cables look very good to me. No suggestions for improvement.

GSkill RAM sometimes has problems with MSI MBs. If you still can, I would exchange it for some Corsair or Crucial. I have the Crucial Ballistix Tactical RAM and it works very well with my MSI Z87-G43 MB.

Yogi
 
Solution
Thanks! Unfortunately the RAM is past the 30 days for return, and I don't much mind the slightly slower rates from single channel. I'll hold onto these in case a customer that wants a cheap gaming PC and doesn't mind used parts. I'll get myself a set of Corsair 2x4GB or even just 1x8GB next time around.
 
 


You're right. Total installed RAM is more impt. However, DC can add up to a 10% performance boost.

The DC problem could be GSkill incompatibility OR it could also be caused by bent pins in the CPU socket. I suggest that you examine your CPU socket VERY closely with a a magnifying glass under a bright light source. I had a similar problem and it turned out to be caused by bent pins. I RMA'ed the MB to MSI.

Yogi