Just finished my first build! Luvs ya Tek Syndicate!

Just wanted to say thank you very much to everyone on the forum and the staff for helping me through this process. You guys have guided me through the world of tech by being incredibly knowledgeable and really solid, friendly people. My first system isn't amazing, but she'll serve me well. Cheers everyone, you've all been amazing :D


(cable management's atrocious)

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Specs:
fx 8350
Hyper 212 evo
Sapphire r9 290
ASUS M5A97 R2.0
EVGA 600b
Sandisk 240Gb SSD
WD Blue 1Tb HDD
Define R4

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REDO THAT CABLING RIGHT NOW <3

but appart from that im prouda ya ;)

Now get used to the urge to buy every new product ever to make your baby better.

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Very nice, love that color scheme ;) . RAM? Only thing is I would point the CPU cooler at the rear of the case in line with your front and rear fans unless you had a reason for pointing it whichever way it's pointed.

Nice build!
Any reason why you mounted that cooler horizontal?

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At the time it seemed to be the only way it could face. Just because the mounting holes for the back-plate seemed to be arranged rectangularly (pretty sure that's not a word), and the way the mounting bracket was shaped, it only seemed to sit horizontally. But I'm guessing that's not the case? I thought it was weird too, but at the time I was in a fit of paranoia about whether or not the moisture in my breath had somehow condensed and blown everything up (first time nerves xD). I'll dig it out and redo it, I think.

well its ofc not wrong mounting it horizontally.
However since you use your front fan as an intake, and your back fan as exhaust.
I think it would generate a nicer airflow if you rotate it 180°.

I dont have any experiance with mounting that particular Hyper 212 EVO cooler.
But it should be possible to mount it virtically
You probably need to rotate the mounting bracket.

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Try to visualize the air in the case like a water stream. If you have a fan in the middle blowing a different direction than the front and back you'll end up with a swirly turbulence and a lot of hot air will rotate around the middle and not move out of the case efficiently, whereas if the fans are aligned you end up with a nice stream in the front and out the back. If you put fans on the roof blowing up as well, then your current mounting would be more aligned, and you would probably have sufficient suction/negative pressure to negate the issue anyway.

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