Slight System Upgrade..

zack1667

zack1667

zack1667

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More Power!!!

So I decided to upgrade my PSU from a Corsair CX600 Builder Series to a shiny new Corsair RM750 Gold Series. Couple of reasons really;
  • Cable Management
  • No Un-Neccesary Cables
  • And best of all, more power!

Fan Controller
My noisy Airflow fans have been bugging me for a while now, on Idle they are still massively loud making my PC sound like a server, something had to give..
Anyways I read some reviews online and decided to go with the NZXT Sentry 2 which I quite like but also has its downsides..



Old PSU & Cabling

Internal Front:


Internal Back:


As many of you by now are shaking your heads and most likely picking at things I could have done better, in my defense it was my first build and I was very keen to just dig-in.

So I began tearing out my old components and righting a few wrongs such as my 'Push Pull' setup wasn't exactly a 'Push Pull'.







After about 20 minutes all was out and I was in a position to start re-building and planning my cabling, which wasn't actually planned it was just...done.

I had actually ran out of cable ties, thank god Corsair had my back! a handy bunch of cable ties were included along with a swanky 'Powered By Corsair' sticker too:



Then I started to put in the new PSU



and here are the end results: - Ignore the fact my PSU is upside down, Several cable ties later I did eventually notice and facepalm lol, never the less a simple flip did the job.





Front of the PC:



Back of the PC:





My Current work area:





I can't help but feel like Harry Potter under the stairs at times :P

I'm glad to be finished but thinking of upgrading some more bits and bobs later on, my full specifications are listed below:

  • CPU - AMD FX6300 @ 4.10GHz (Overclocked)
  • 2x 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600Mhz
  • Corsair RM750 PSU
  • NZXT Sentry 2 Fan Controller
  • WD Green 1TB HDD
  • WD Blue 500GB HDD
  • Corsair Force 60GB SSD
  • Windows 8.1 OS
  • Corsair H60 CPU Liquid Cooler
  • XFX R9 290X Reference Edition

Thanks for having a look, please comment.
 
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Nice rig man and some decent cable work there too. I hear these cases are a nightmare but you've done a nice job on that :)
 
zack1667 said:
Yes they are a nightmare, to be honest if I could go back I would have spent more time reviewing my case as now I've learnt that it is the most important part in your build. I do like these cases:

Corsair Obsidian 750D
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Pretty nice build! very clean, and your cable management skills is legit :)

I've recently built a system for my son with that case and a GS800 PSU (non-modular). Clutter of cables is the first obstacle I ran into (should've went with RM or CXM). So I took my time and figure out the best cable routing without showing all the unnecessary cable/connectors. It's a bit challenging at first because SPEC series are small cases, but with a little patience and creativity, a nice and tight cable management is doable. At the end, I was able to get all the cables in place, nice and tucked in.

And yes, the Obsidian series cases are in a class of its own. My personal favorite.
 
I love the flat cables... I really need flat cables.. my cable management skills arent up to scratch yet.. but the flat cables look nice and easy to work with.
 
Greybeard said:
Pretty nice build! very clean, and your cable management skills is legit :)

I've recently built a system for my son with that case and a GS800 PSU (non-modular). Clutter of cables is the first obstacle I ran into (should've went with RM or CXM). So I took my time and figure out the best cable routing without showing all the unnecessary cable/connectors. It's a bit challenging at first because SPEC series are small cases, but with a little patience and creativity, a nice and tight cable management is doable. At the end, I was able to get all the cables in place, nice and tucked in.

And yes, the Obsidian series cases are in a class of its own. My personal favorite.
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It's good to hear that it is possible with a bit of elbow grease and persistence! they are a toughy to get around.
 
jbh110tdi said:
I love the flat cables... I really need flat cables.. my cable management skills arent up to scratch yet.. but the flat cables look nice and easy to work with.
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To be honest neither are mine you just have to think really carefully and play around with the idea of where you would like the cables to go beforehand, I always plug them in one end then route them through...then worst case scenario you can just unplug and start again.

On a sidenote I really like the Corsair Braided cables, very smart and easy to work with, to my understanding Cablemods also have their own brand of Corsair braided cables too:

Corsair Braided Cables
Though as if its not already mad expensive that your paying £65 for cabling..you have to then pay an additional £15 for your 24pin cable too! which makes me prefer the cable mods version which includes the 24pin:

Cable Mods

I guess these are quite a hit I haven't seen them in stock yet myself.
 
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