Making Progress...

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Hello all! Just wanted to check in with my new build (first time) as most of my components arrived today and I'm almost there I think... I got the intel i7 950 3.06GHz, asus sabertooth x58, Corsair hx850w, corsair hydro h70, 3x4gb dominator ram, & 2tb hdd, housed in the lovely fractal design refine r3...
The only thing I'm waiting on is my monitor (Hanns.G 27.5"), and GPU - I was originally going to go with the GTX 470 super-clocked, but then got greedy last minute and have ordered THIS!!
Anyway check it out - let me know how it's looking so far or if there's anything I can improve/tips. I'm a bit OCD and so tried to get the wires as neat/minimal as poss...

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Tonight is pure TORCHURE not being able to turn it on and see just how much of a **** up ive made! Roll on tomorrow...

******Fully star out swear words******
 
Aah right! So it's okay to "forcibly" bend it that much? I managed to sneak the 8-pin connector straight through a gromit to the back, up to the top of the mobo (although it's quite tight), but I got slightly nervous trying to bend the 24-pin connector cable as it's such a beast!
 
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