Updating the 'puter for hardcore ownage

[DeeBye]

Good going! And nice use of those cable ties:)

I used the bright red ones from my bucket of zip ties (I seriously do have a whole bucket full of them) just so I can open the case and HEY THERE'S A CABLE ATTACHED RIGHT THERE!

I really don't like the cable issue to be quite honest. I don't like the fact that my PSU has two molex leads with 3 connectors on each and the only thing that is using a molex power connector is the 120mm fan at the rear of the box. I stuffed them into the front of the case as best I could, but it's ugly. I'm really glad I don't have any IDE ribbon cables in that mess.

I also don't like the black cable you see running horizontally through the middle of the case. It's the front panel audio connection, and I just don't see a way to run it to the motherboard without doing it that way. The only other option is to snake it flush along the motherboard. I don't think there's enough room to run it below the motherboard, and I'm not going to pull out the motherboard to try it.

I think I have all the cables secured away from the motherboard and the fans enough to ensure good airflow (I'm surprised at how quiet that 120mm case fan is), but I think I'll be looking at modular PSU prices for a future upgrade. I'm not using half of those cables.

Here's the 3DMark06 score:


It's kinda underwhelming, but 3DMark is slanted towards GPU performance and my video card is 2 generations old. If I had a 8800GT or 9600GT I'm sure it would be pretty decent.