thinking of upgrading to 700d

[Freddie589]

current rig in sig in cm storm scout the whole rig is around a month old, I would LOVE a 700d and have a £200 spend limit inc p&p so case would be £159.21 and i would buy a cable braiding kit from a competitor for £48 so a total of £207.21 but I have a few questions

1) Would my PSU reach though the cable management and onto the board mobo is aus p7p55d-e full ATX PSU is: ocz modXstream pro 600w

2) Is it worth the upgrade? I will be using air but pretty sure i will water cool in the future after I have figured out how to set up a watercooled rig (i cant understand the loop ie rad-pump-cpu-gpu-pump etc..)

3) Would it be just the case of putting psu in case, feeding cables though holes, then placing mobo in, screw down, the plug in?

thats all!

thanks for your help greatly appreciated!

 

[SPG]

Well

1. You get a extra cable with the 700d for the power connector, which on my board is (DFI LAN PARTY X48) and its in the worst possible place for a power connector and fits no problem at all with the extension cable in the box.

2. I also run mine on air at the moment with a H50 and it works a treat. As another present to myself i also replaced/added all the fans to Vipers and a Scythe 4 channel controller and it runs a treat. Very quiet apart from the GTX295 inside which i will water cool at somepoint when i can find a cheap block.

3. More or less as you described, assemble the mother board with the CPU cooler on, pop it in then screw it in then slowly add the components in any order you are comfortable with. I guarantee no matter which order you put them once together you will wish you did it a different way

As for the case itself its perfect for my needs, really big and easy to work on and pretty much the only case i will need for the next 10+ years of upgrades i guess.

One note of caution the sides panels can rattle for some reason not that i have had any problems but there has been reports of it. My advice to prevent this is lay them flat when building the case and be a little careful with them. (if it does rattle, bend it inwards or add some bluetak)

 

[Freddie589]

Well

1. You get a extra cable with the 700d for the power connector, which on my board is (DFI LAN PARTY X48) and its in the worst possible place for a power connector and fits no problem at all with the extension cable in the box.

2. I also run mine on air at the moment with a H50 and it works a treat. As another present to myself i also replaced/added all the fans to Vipers and a Scythe 4 channel controller and it runs a treat. Very quiet apart from the GTX295 inside which i will water cool at somepoint when i can find a cheap block.

3. More or less as you described, assemble the mother board with the CPU cooler on, pop it in then screw it in then slowly add the components in any order you are comfortable with. I guarantee no matter which order you put
them once together you will wish you did it a different way

As for the case itself its perfect for my needs, really big and easy to work on and pretty much the only case i will need for the next 10+ years of upgrades i guess.

One note of caution the sides panels can rattle for some reason not that i have had any problems but there has been reports of it. My advice to prevent this is lay them flat when building the case and be a little careful with them. (if it does rattle, bend it inwards or add some bluetak)

Thank you so much this really helped allot!!!