My first build re-cabled after replacing my motherboard. Apologies for crappy picture quality.
Also officially my first reddit post so... I don't know what I'm doing here. Be nice to me :>
When my friend and I originally picked out the parts for this build back in September we were both very new to this whole process. I'd say we did a pretty good job for a $706 build though. Biggest regret is my case. The Rosewill challenger has that name because they understand exactly how difficult the cable management is in it. You have to keep your cables perfectly flat back there, and if it weren't for the groove, the 24 pin wouldn't even fit. It's tight. When I first put this computer together I had no idea there were all these people talking about cable management, custom sleeving, and case mods. This computer before I rewired it was pretty terrible... Now its approaching decent :P I plan to custom sleeve my next build and cut everything to be just the right lengths and get something like some of the builds you see in this subreddit :P
But for what I've got now, taking the lengths I have to deal with and the non sleeved cables and all the lame things into consideration, do you guys see anything I could improve on?
Every component of my computer was purchased through Amazon Prime.
CPU: AMD FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition - $118.99
CPU Cooler: Lame cheap fan that came with CPU ;( - With CPU
Cooling: 2x Rosewill RFA-120-BL 120mm 4 Blue LED Case Fan (My jet engines. Run loud as hell) - $15.98
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 AM3+ - $66.99
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory - $79.99
Storage: WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM - $54.99
Video Card: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950 OC Boost 3GB Video Card R7950-3GD5/OC - $264.72 ($25 rebate)
Case: Rosewill Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case CHALLENGER - $39.99
Power Supply: Raidmax 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX12V/EPS12V Active PFC Power Supply RX-850AE - $84.99
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - $7.87
TOTAL COST: $731.39 - $25 rebate = $706.36 (We don't need to talk about the part where I forgot to mail in the rebate.)