First self built rig in 10 years

[Bozzy]

First off i know the pics are rubbish.. but i'll try and get some clearer one's up.

Intel 4770k @ 4.4
MSI z87-GD65
EVGA GTX-780
Corsair C70
Corsair h100i
Corsair AX850
Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133 8GB
Intel 335 180GB SSD (boot)
Intel 335 240GB SSD (games)
Unbranded 2TB HDD
Standard fans
Win 7 x64

First attempt ever at cable management.. hard to tell from the pics though.

Case has the clear window mod too but it just kept reflecting when trying to take a pic.

Want to change the cables for the corsair red braid kit, add in a couple of white led strips and a fan controller .

 

[kenny01924]

nice job done there

 

[WillSK]

Nice job. Good cable management too!

 

[jamesriley94]

Why are you running the graphics card in the lower slot?
The bottom one is only x8, whilst the top is x16 - so you'd get more bandwidth running it in the top.

It probably won't make much difference, but I'd want it in the higher one just to be sure I was getting all the bandwidth it's meant to be getting.

 

[Bozzy]

I checked the manual and it said all 3 were x16 so didn't think it mattered.

http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/Z87-GD65-GAMING.html#specification

Unless i'm reading it wrong..

EDIt : nutsack... x16 on the top one... i'll change that tonight when i get in.

 

[Mark3Max]

Nice looking rig Bozzy.
Good job on the cable management , very clean build.
The more I see that motherboard , the more I like it.
I don't know too much about this , but is there a reason you have you graphics card in the second pci-e slot ?

 

[jamesriley94]

Errm...you're kind of reading it wrong / MSI haven't made it clear.

If you look at the 'PCI-E Gen' row underneath where you're looking, it says 16,0,0 and 8,8,0.

The slot your running it in is only electrically wired to x8.

You can see in that picture it's only wired half way down the slot.

 

[Bozzy]

Aye.. just edited my post.. i'll change that tonight when i get in.

 

[loglog]

well done sir, well done

 

[Bozzy]

Some better pics

Just changed the tim for some noctua nt-h1 so will check temps again.

 

[Feronix]

Looking good! Needs a rear dust filter though. And it'd be really cool if you could find a way to make the logo on the GPU red

Overall 4/5!