FINALLY! My newest built rig with pictures - A must see!

[jpeyton]

10/10 on wire sleeving.

5/10 on cable management. Here's some inspiration.

 

[garetjax]

A tremendous 'thank you' to all of you for all your kind comments and kudos on this build. If I were a betting man I would have to say that if it was not for the excellent people here on this board, I doubt very much that I would be enjoying this computer as much as I have been. It is because of you guys that I junked my old OEM Gateway and get enough guts to try my hand at building my own! =)

Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
Really nice job with the cables. How'd you manage to hide them like that?

Honestly, it is really not hiding, rather just hiding cables behind bigger, fatter cables and using purse clips to keep everything in order.

Originally posted by: Budman
About you ram slot placements...... Dont your have to place 2 sticks in the same color to enable dual channel? The way I see it on you pics you're using 1 stick in each color....

MSI does things a bit differently with their mobos when it comes to DDR RAM. According to their documentation, in order to enable the DDR on the RAM for the mobo, you need to place at least two sticks of RAM in the slots, one in green, the other in purple. Wierd, I know, but that is what they call for. =)

Originally posted by: her34
what's under your soundcard?

That is the ribbon for the soundcards joystick peripheral. It is tucked away in order to enhance the tidiness of the case.

Originally posted by: jpeyton
10/10 on wire sleeving. 5/10 on cable management. Here's some inspiration.

That's a pretty sweet looking wiring job. However, in my opinion, it looks too sterile. I enjoy seeing the wires and cables in builds and how people go about managing them and making them look neat. It is almost akin to an art form of sorts. To me, it is not so much as how little of the wires and cables you can see, its how you go about tidying them up and making them look nice. That's where my interest lies. Not to say that the wiring job in that link you provided sucks, because it certainly does not, it is just the fact that to me, it lacks personality and character. I want to see how people go about making their wires look neat and tidy... not to see the lack of them and stare at a seemingly empty mobo with the regular stuff that goes on it... CPU fan, RAM, etc. etc. Being able to see how well wires and cables are wrapped and managed is almost all of the fun in looking at peoples computer builds.

Everyone knows what a mobo and HSF and all that crap looks like... it's all the same. However, with wiring is different: no two wiring jobs and cable management is ever the same. Variety is good. =)

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Those black sleeves make your internals look like the inner workings of a Borg ship or something...I mean that in a good way. Nice job.

 

[supaflyz]

sexy!! 😀

 

[PlasticJesus]

I think that looks very nice.

Everybody has their own thing. My thing is the sterile look you talk about above. At the same time, I have to say that your rig looks very good.

That TruePower 550 is solid as a rock. Given what you've got in that machine, it's probably a good thing you've got it.

 

[WangoZ]

From another first time PC builder...great job!

 

[tradejose]

Very sexy indeed!

How exactly is the sleeving process?

 

[garetjax]

Originally posted by: tradejose
Very sexy indeed! How exactly is the sleeving process?

It is actually quite simple. All that is required are two tools: a female molex remover and a male molex remover. You just insert the end of the appropriate tool into the molex and push the plunger and the connector pops out. Once you have all four connectors removed, slide your sleeving over the wire and heat shrink the end of it with about 1" of heat shrink. Re-attach the molex you removed, making sure to put the colored coded wires back in the exact order in which you removed them, and you are good to go. =)

FrozenCPU.com has a few short videos of how to remove molex connecters from wires. Do a search for Magic Sleeving Scroll to see them.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

AndelJax is that you? Dude, this is Karma from NWN. Send me a PM if this is you, because I just finished my PC too!!! lol