main rig revived, plz comment

[dfsgsfa]

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main rig back in 2012 and it has evolved to this

 

i5 2500 , asus h61mk, 2x4 gb 1333Hz adata ram, antec A40 cooler (blue led), case is like cm elite 335u

sapphire nitro 570 + fan filter from 2x take away box

 3x HDD (500 +500 +300)

intake fan salvaged from a bad psu, added a resister to remain quiet

finally adding a SSD today as final touch

 

cable management..... no zip ties used....

tangle themselve up at bottom only , making the SSD stand upright

 

How would you improve it?

(i ran out of sata cables, all needed to be 90 degree due to mobo restriction..)

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Do you have a upgrade budget?

 

A cpu+mobo+ram upgrade would probably be the best bet.

[dfsgsfa]

21 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

you have a upgrade budget

budget? i beleive no more for this rig.

 

mobo was z87 which died in 2017,  upgraded to 1st gen ryzen

then gathered all other ”spare” parts

case from a friend, cooler bought for cheap, brand new mobo

used gpu to push 4k TV

ssd bought to compensate my main ssd got rma

[kkpatel87]

3 hours ago, dfsgsfa said:

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This is awful but only because no thought was given to the routing. Its not the case's design or anything else.

 

Take all the wires out and create logical routing pathways with standoffs or cable tie holders. Then place each wire back in and cable tie/lacing tape/fabric tape it all together.

 

All the wires need to be the right length...so either shorten cables by cutting and re-terminating or at least loop back on itself to artificially shorten.

 

Also the front IO interface routing is horrible. Why would you wrap it around another cable?

[dfsgsfa]

5 hours ago, kkpatel87 said:

wires need to be the right length...so either shorten cables by cutting and re-terminating or at least loop back on itself to artificially shorten

what are you talking about?

nothing was cut

 

as said i have no zipties to wrap ,only front io were pre coiled by prev owner