My first attempt at building a pc... does it look ok ?

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So yesterday i put together my first ever pc, id never built one form scracth before. Everything seems to work ok but i do have a few concerns.

I have a coolmaster elite 335 case and a titan fenrir cooler. as you can from the pics below the titan fenrir cooler literally takes up the entire width of the case, so much so that the little 8 bronze points on the end of it just about touch the side of the case when i attach it. I also had to remove the little air port thingy on the side of the case (where you have option to attach another fan i think) as there was simply no way it would fit with the fenrir cooler. Judging from these pics does it look ok ? i had no idea the fenrir was so big... will it be an issue having it take up the whole width of the case and does it matter if the 8 little bronze points on the fenrir touch the side of the metal case ?

Also as you can see the power supplies fan blows directly onto the top of the fenrir, is this ok ? also the fenrirs fan is also blowing directly onto the ati 4890 card, is this an issue ? there is no other way i could install it but everything seems kinda bunched together... but im new to this and for all i know it may be fine.

Finally i realise the cables are a bit of a mess but there is literally no where to put some of them, i have a cable running across the top of the fenrir to the psu and there is simply no where else to put it due to the length of the cable, same goes for a few other cables... they only just stretch to where they are meant to go on the mobo and thus rest on the certain things like the gfx card... is this a problem or is it fine ? i know cable management is important to air flow but i honestly can't for the life of me work out how im going to tidy the cables up when some of the cables are so short.

Is the case maybe too small for the stuff iv got ?

AMD Phenom II X4 (overclocked at 3.8ghz)
4gb ram
titan fenrir cooler
radeon 4890
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case

Any help and suggestions would really be welcome, bare in mind this is the first time iv ever put together a pc !

oh and sorry for the not so great picture quality

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ok so i should switch the fenrir round 90 degree so that is fan its facing the front of the case, correct ? actually i just looked at it and i don't think i can make it rotate 90 degrees, its either going to face upwards and downwards due to how it mounts with the clip. so i guess upwards is better ? will that cause any issues with the psu fan and fenrir fans being so close to each other ?

also the ram was installed by overclockers, so i figure they knew what they were doing ? the mobo has got 2 white slots and 2 blue slots, the ram is currently in the 2 white slots, how should it be setup to run in dual channel (explain simply as im a complete noob lol). also with the fenrir installed there isn't actually any room to put in the ram, it overlaps over the 2 empty slots so i guess im kinda stuck with the ram setup how it is.

also i can't mount another fan at the back of the case (there is already one there) as there is no room, maybe one in front is a good idea like someone mentioned (more cables though, arghhh)

TBH im thinking maybe i should just get a different case, with more space... i don't really want to spend much more than what this one cost though (id say £50 max). Anyone got any suggestions ?
 
JonJ678 said:
Which way is the fan on the fenrir blowing? It's fairly important to have it pushing into the heatsink not trying to pull air through it. Assuming it is pushing, you have put it in the best available position.
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erm i've no idea tbh

maybe you can tell from this incrediblty poor quality picture iv just taken

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cool good to know

so to sum up

1. i should flip the fenrir round 180 degrees so the fan is at the top (this won't cause any issues with it being so close to the psu... correct ?)

2. cable management

3. maybe install another fan at the front of the case
 
CFC-420 said:
another example of decent hardware and shoddy case.
Looks way too small.

Imo, tidy it for now and buy a Haf, Fortress or Antec 1200.
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hmm, who are are the haf and fortress made by ?

antec 1200 is way out of my price range, no way i can be spending £140 on a case.

so what is the general consensus, should i get a new case or will this one do ? a few people have said this one is ok and a few have said it's not good enough.

£50-60 is my limit, what other case could i get in that price range which would be noticeable better than my current one ?
 
i'll happily post the temperatures of my components, problem is i have absolute no idea how to find out what they are ! anyone able to help ? sorry for being such a noob
 
thats with the case completley open btw (both panels off...) so im guessing it would be much worse with them on ?

maybe i put too much thermal paste on ?

those temps were also taken just after i had been playing rfactor for about 30 minutes
 
ok just tried it again after playing some cod and the gpu core is now at 59 (peaked at 61) and the cpu cores are all around 50

after about 5 minutes they are now back down to what they were before
 
sketch145 said:
those temps seem ok considering the CPU is overclocked. I would start to worry when the CPU hits 75 or the graphics hit 80-90.

have you done anything with the cables yet?
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nah not yet, i need to get some stuff to tie them up first and i also don't know if i can be bothered to tidy them up if there is a chance i might get a new case... still not sure whether i should bother or not.
 
oh god sorry one more stupid question

do i basically run both this intel burn test and furmark at the same time ? what do you mean by "prime with furmark" ? and i just let them run until it gets to around 70 ?
 
ok i just ran prime 95 on it's own. i just chose the default setting which said something like "test a bit of everything".

as soon as i started it my fans kicked in and the temperature suddenly started increasing. in the space of about a minute or two it went from 47 all the way upto 70 and stayed around there for about another minute. I then turned it off and the temperature started going down and took about 2-3 minutes to reach 47 again.

does that mean anything to anyone ? that was with the case on btw
 
Venares said:
Run them at the same time so you are stressing both CPU and Video.
Let them run for 10-15 minutes and see what your temps are.
Obviously stop if you start hitting crazy temps like 80+.
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oh ok, cool

10-15 minutes ? eek, it only took about 2-3 minutes to get to 70 lol
 
not having any joy with furmark, i double click it and it opens, leave everything at default (benchmark setting selected), click go and then it just disappears and nothing happens.
 
Just ran Prime 95 again for 15 minutes (this time with side panels off) and the temperature stayed at a pretty constant 65

the temperature of the cpu cores with the case off is 5 degrees lower than with the case on (not surprising really). Is this an ok temperature ? what kind temp should i be looking for from the cpu when ideal and also when playing intensive games such as crysis.

sorry for so many questions, you have all been very helpful ! id like to test the gpu at same time but still can't get furmark to work
 
cool, what kind of temps do you get for your graphics card when it's idle and being used in demanding games such as crysis ?

idle mine is a constant 57, im yet to check what it goes upto when playing a game.
 
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