First ever build log - Sandybridge - with pics :)

[Si105]

How come you opted for 2GB 460's?

He said he bought second hand so I presume they we're a good price and he wanted the orange fans

 

[AlexTrickle]

I've just spent the best part of 3 hours working on cable management and the following pics show the fruits of my labour or "Cable Routing Part 1" as I've named this evening:

Its far from perfect yet is by far the best effort I've managed to ever produce and should encourage good airflow.

However I'm not keen on the yellow that shines through the braid on the PCI-E connectors and so will look into ways to resolve this.


Part 2 of cable routing (and hopefully the final step of the build) will include:

- Routing the 8pin around the back of the
case (when extension cable arrives - see above for pic).

- Re-routing the 24pin in a less obtrusive way (again when extension cable arrives).

- Wiring the fans to the fan controller(s) (also when extension cables arrive).


Any cable routing maestros got any recommendations of anything I should change?

 

[anuraj]

Looks like it's going well.

 

[OLDPHART]

Hi AT, very nice, try to improve your cable management, but most of all enjoy your new PC.

 

[anuraj]

yh it's looking great. I cleaned out my 8 year pc today I saw that they made thes loops with their cables and then put wires through the cables it looked very clean.

 

[alfalavala]

mmm the fun of opening all those boxes of goodies and making a new computer!

 

[Montala]

mmm the fun of opening all those boxes of goodies and making a new computer!

Yes I know... but it is even worse when you don't have enough pennies to buy everything at once, and the boxes are just sitting there, taunting you!