White 600T Rig. My first build!

[WillSK]

Hi Guys,

Would love to know what you all think of my rig.

Currently the specs are

White Corsair 600T case

Corsair HX 750w

Gigabyte z68xp-ud3p

i5 2500K processor @ 4.0Ghz

8GB Corsair Vengeance white @ 1600Mhz

MSI Hawk 560Ti

Corsair Force series 3 120GB SSD

Seagate Barracuda 1TB

IIyama ProLite X2377HDS IPS Monitor

Corsair vengeance 1300 Headset

Logitech Mx518 mouse

Saitek Eclipse keyboard



Finally got a new mouse and mouse mat guys and gals!!



Before clean up



After cleanup





Edit: As of today 14/04/12 I now have a nice stable overclock thanks to help from the guys here in the OC3D forums. However most of the credit has to go to member Firat who has guided me through the process. "Thank you mate!"

 

[yassarikhan786]

Looks good, but a little messy at the bottom. The setup is nice apart from the Mouse Mat

 

[stockholm1984]

Argh dude, you're starting me thinking whether I want a 600T or an Arc Midi again. Thought I'd resolved that conundrum!! Lol. Looks like a good setup you've got there apart from a few messy cables at the bottom as yassarikhan said. And seriously, whats with that mouse mat?!?!

 

[WillSK]

Haha! yes the mouse mat is awful (i don't even read the sun...). was a freebie from years back and was lying around. If any of you guys have a nicer one you can send my way then please do. As for the cables at the bottom, I would like to clean it up. currently theyre tied together to prevent it being over messy but what do you suggest? they're quite rigid so hard to feed through to the back like the rest of my cabling.

thanks for the feedback so far. Stockholm the 600t is a great case i definitely recommend it!

 

[poynter]

Haha! yes the mouse mat is awful (i don't even read the sun...). was a freebie from years back and was lying around. If any of you guys have a nicer one you can send my way then please do. As for the cables at the bottom, I would like to clean it up. currently theyre tied together to prevent it being over messy but what do you suggest? they're quite rigid so hard to feed through to the back like the rest of my cabling.

thanks for the feedback so far. Stockholm the 600t is a great case i definitely recommend it!

Try sticking a few cables round the back of the HDD cages under the plastic base there's a small gap try and fit a few cables under there.

As for mouse mats I personally think these are the best: http://www.amazon.co.uk/SteelSeries-Surface-QcK-Mini-PC/dp/B000UEZ37G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1333447434&sr=8-2

 

[WillSK]

Try sticking a few cables round the back of the HDD cages under the plastic base there's a small gap try and fit a few cables under there.

As for mouse mats I personally think these are the best: http://www.amazon.co...33447434&sr=8-2

Thanks will give it a go tonight. Only cable that i think are going to be particularly tricky are the ones connected to the graphics car. they're a LOT longer then they need to be. Might give it a little dust while im at it. Amazing how quickly our lovely pc's gather dust

 

[poynter]

Thanks will give it a go tonight. Only cable that i think are going to be particularly tricky are the ones connected to the graphics car. they're a LOT longer then they need to be. Might give it a little dust while im at it. Amazing how quickly our lovely pc's gather dust

Mine honestly doesn't get that bad, try getting some positive air pressure inside your case to help keep dust from settling. Oh and I'm liking how the be quiet cooler looks ,how well does it perform? also cracking rig mate loving it

 

[tharionos]

Very nice rig m8

u can't see my mess due to the basement of the cosmos 2 ^^

its very well done for a first time and only thing that doesent do it justice is the mousemat

 

[xCeased]

Nice Rig! Looking pretty sweet!

 

[WillSK]

Mine honestly doesn't get that bad, try getting some positive air pressure inside your case to help keep dust from settling. Oh and I'm liking how the be quiet cooler looks ,how well does it perform? also cracking rig mate loving it

How would you suggest getting more positive air pressure? adding fans? I believe that due to the fact that the 600t has a 200mm intake + a 200mm and 120 mm exhaust that it is a negative pressure case. The bequiet cooler is brilliant, my rig never seems to get hot and it really is as quiet as the branding suggests (you have to put your ear right up to it to hear it and i run it at full speed always). Glad you like the rig

Very nice rig m8

u can't see my mess due to the basement of the cosmos 2 ^^

its very well done for a first time and only thing that doesent do it justice is the mousemat

Haha ya know when i took the photos i thought the mousemat might come and bite me in the arse. I'll have a look at your cosmos if you have a gallery!

 

[poynter]

here is a page on silverstone's site explaining very well about air pressure and its benefits: http://www.silversto...sitive&area=usa

also take into consideration the large mesh panel on the side. Thanks because I'm in the market for a new cooler due to mine looking ugly lol.

Edit: there's also a large area behind the op drives to hide cables that ain't in use, also dust filters on all intakes will help prevent dust entering.

 

[WillSK]

here is a page on silverstone's site explaining very well about air pressure and its benefits: http://www.silversto...sitive&area=usa

also take into consideration the large mesh panel on the side. Thanks because I'm in the market for a new cooler due to mine looking ugly lol.

Edit: there's also a large area behind the op drives to hide cables that ain't in use, also dust filters on all intakes will help prevent dust entering.

thanks! I think i'm going to put the window back on eventually but waiting to hear back from corsair to see if they'll give me a new one as mine had a mark on it.

I def recommend the be quiet coolers. my only grief is that installing it was one of the most frustrating experiences of my life!! the mounting system isn't very easy to do but i don't know if they've changed that at all

 

[SPS]

Very nice mate, but as everyone has already said, get that cable management tightened up and it would look a 100 times better

Look at other rigs that people have done to get a feel for what a tidy rig looks like

(unless you know and you're just lazy

)

 

[poynter]

thanks! I think i'm going to put the window back on eventually but waiting to hear back from corsair to see if they'll give me a new one as mine had a mark on it.

I def recommend the be quiet coolers. my only grief is that installing it was one of the most frustrating experiences of my life!! the mounting system isn't very easy to do but i don't know if they've changed that at all

Meh I'm not liking the idea of a pain in the arse cooler, so I have now just ordered a H100 but thanks for the info anyway

 

[WillSK]

Meh I'm not liking the idea of a pain in the arse cooler, so I have now just ordered a H100 but thanks for the info anyway

no worries matey better to find out now then to cut your hand up trying to install it like i did

 

[SEBAR]

Nice build, and nice Jolly Roger. ARRRG

 

[WillSK]

So after all the comments i have rushed home and had a little tidy up. Moved excess cabling to the back and have fed the gpu power behind and out to the card from the side rather than from underneath.

What do you guys think??

P.S

I'm afraid no new mouse mat yet but am accepting donations of more acceptable mouse mats for now

 

[stockholm1984]

Much better buddy, good work! I use the Steel Series mat that Poynter suggested before (http://www.amazon.co...33447434&sr=8-2) good price and does the job nicely. Afraid I don't have one floating around that I can send you though. Lol

 

[You_What?]

Quite tidy, is a lovely setup, do like the 600T for some reason, perhaps the white?

 

[poynter]

top tip mount the OP drive in the top bay and there should be a cut out in the top corner where the end of the DVD drive is just above the grommets are next to the cage, run the cables for it through there and it looks like there is none.