Hello eVGA-ers!
 
I figured it was about time to post some pictures of my build I did last spring/summer that I've continuously been working on (adding fans, cooling, learning to overclocking, etc.). This year, I've added a GTX570 when my eVGA 8800gt finally died out on me (served me a good 5/6 years..) and now I've swapped out PSUs!
 
To start, I previously had purchased the TX850 Corsair unit and it made things a little messy (here's to show):
Had all of the many cables ran through the bottom, and the only convenient place to put them was to cram them below my hard-drive in the front:
 

 

 

 
So I ordered a HX850 (after reading countless reviews for months.. ) and I'm in the process of building a family member a new box, so I'm going to "hand-me-down" the TX850 unit. Good timing, right?  I got this sucker in last week in the mail, and today finally got around to installing it. I yanked out all the TX unit's cabling:
 

 
And started workin' on re-cabling the HX unit:
 

 
Of course.. I've had some help along the way!
 

 
I'll post some more pictures later on tomorrow once I get workin' on it some more, I've got a few pics of the 570 posted in MOD Rigs, but I'll grab a couple more to post here. Thanks for readin' if ya made it this far!
 

Make sure the cat is not inside of the case when you turn it on. Nothing worse than the smell of burnt kitty, trust me - I know .

Well I got everything swapped and rerouted last night, ran into some "problems" from the cables either being super stiff ( my mainboard cable feels like its causing pressure on the board, I hope not though ) to my 8-pin connector being too short! I can't reroute it under-and-up-and-over like my TX's 8 pin, I can't hide it at all! Cable is too short :
 
Old TX Cable routed behind the mobo and up and over:

 
But thew new HX one is too short!  And I hate that VREG HEATSINK! Its pretty much touching that fan

 

 
Its just terribly in the way, and I can't stretch or bend it anymore to wrap it around like the old one - TRUST me, I tried! Any suggestions for hiding this thing? But anyway, if you check my OP - all those cables crammed through the bottom, that got cleaned up a bit:
 

 
None-stretchy cables! Grr.

 
Cleaned up the bottom, a little bit..

 
All packed up and runnin again:

 
 
So I'm left with a few questions,
1) Is there any way to hide that 8 pin, or is the cable too short and I'll just have to deal with it hanging in the middle of my case? (I'd rather not, but.. if there's no alternative).
2) Side case fan routing (as seen in the last picture). Is there any way to hide those as well? I'm assuming not unless I do some major rerouting or move the fans down a space and route the cables around.
 
Seen so many amazing cases, with much more packed in them on these boards, was hoping to clean up my case (which I did) and make it almost wire-free since I'm not using as much hardware as some others, but still left with some thinking to do for re-routing issues.
 
Any advice would be appreciated :)
 

Good work and I feel your pain... I have the HAF-X and it is a monster of a case and I still cant decide where to put my corsair h50 (inside or out) ........

look at what i did to my haf with just 2 cans of spray paint.. 
http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1023668

i know i need better wireing too but then again, my 8 pin could reach up top of the tower and down to my motherboard..
try if urs can too..  

nice build though :).. exept the haf 932 aren't pretty in gray :P

indeed :)..  i am happy i finally pulled myself together to do it :) 

as u see in my build, the psu is to be mounted with fan downside.. :).. so unless his psu is to be mounted the other way around than normal psu's then he should flip it over.. 

better temps, and as cj3waker says, it should give a inch or 2 to reach :) 

danielxcloud

IstBarP

as u see in my build, the psu is to be mounted with fan downside.. :).. so unless his psu is to be mounted the other way around than normal psu's then he should flip it over.. 

better temps, and as cj3waker says, it should give a inch or 2 to reach :) 

Interesting. I thought about extensions, but haven't had the chance to look up where to buy some (hoping my Microcenter will have some). I also wanted to paint my case AFTER I had swapped everything into it and didn't want to pull everything back out to spray it, but I've been itchin' to do it.

Wouldn't the PSU with the fan "down" be pulling air in and then out the back right - pulling all that dust up from the bottom of my desk - but I guess it's going to pull dust from everywhere else too. Does it really drop case temps a little bit? I'm not sure if it'd warrant enough inches to stretch the cable but I'm willing to try that.

I'll try swapping it around tonight, maybe I can just flip it without having to unhook everything again

 
from the the look of ur cooler, and beeing the case is so open i dunno.. but if u imagine a more closed case, yea it will give better temps :)..

try turning it around and see if u get the cable long enough to take ur 8-pin at the back of the motherboard and out top :) 

fletchj

danielxcloud
Is there any way to hide that 8 pin, or is the cable too short and I'll just have to deal with it hanging in the middle of my case? (I'd rather not, but.. if there's no alternative).

1.  Like Halo said, Run the cable behind the graphics card

2.  Make or buy an extension cable and route it through the bottom with the rest of the PSU cables and come out the top.

That case should have come with a 8pin extension cable... The two i've bought in the last year did anyway... It was in the white box with zip ties, wheels, and some other stuff...

IstBarP

i just used a little sandpaper to scratch it a little inside :).. then just 2 layers of matt black painting :).. i taped the window on the inside when i painted the side but not really anything else to tape :)

I bought some "flat black" paint spray and some low grit sand paper tonight on my work break, I'll be attempting to paint this weekend on my day off while the wife is at work! Should be fun, except for taking everything out and then back in

If you flip the PSU right side up the cable should reach.
 
As for the fans, I used one of these when I had 4 fans on the side of my HAF.
http://www.frozencpu.com/..._PFP18.html?tl=g47c251
 

Chaos_21
You should use matte or satin finsh....more durable and easier to dust and clean. Flat would make a good prime coat.

I couldn't find any matte black at the Home Depot down the street from work, they had satin, gloss, and then "flat" black which I thought would be equivalent to the "matte" i've been reading about.
 
Its the same, eh?

Chaos_21
You should use matte or satin finsh....more durable and easier to dust and clean. Flat would make a good prime coat.

I used a satin finish on myself,
Here is a quick step-by-step on case painting. 
  
                
 
1. Remove parts that can be removed and easily reinstalled (fans, qouck release parts,expansion slot covers)
2. With masking paper and tape completely cover everything that doesnt get painted.
3. Skuff up the inside with a sanding pad (180grit will do)
4. Remove any dust that may remain on surface to be painted
Finally PAINT
Also be careful as not to apply to much paint as it will cause runs and sags
Two light coats will do the job fine.