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Hello guys,

I'm just so happy, bought my Gaming Rig ( Jester is it's name ) on last thursday 02nd.
The specs are:

Aerocool Mechatron - Case: http://www.aerocool.us/pgs/pgs-b/mechatron_b.htm Window mode
Gigabyte GA B85M-D3H - Mobo: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4567#ov
Intel Core i5 4570 - CPU: http://ark.intel.com/products/75043/
Kingston HyperX black 2x4GB @1600MHz - MRAM: http://www.kingston.com/en/memory/hyperx/blu/black
OCZ600wMXSP - PSU: http://ocz.com/consumer/psu/modxstream-pro-500w-700w-power-supply
XFX R9 280X - GPU: http://www.amd.com/uk/products/desktop/graphics/r9/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-r9-series.aspx#5

A lot of worries down here xD

And kind of worried with bottleneck ( I won't be even thinking on OCing just know, new to technology stuff here xD ) as I'll be playing on a 23" 1080p monitor, mostly on ultra settings, playing all kinds of games, from Europa Universalis IV to Crysis 3 and Skyrim.

Another thing that worries me is the fact that OCZ cables are really tiny ... there was very little "beautiful cable management" the CPU energy cable had to cross in front of my R9 280X to fit ...

Another thing that is worrying me is the temperature of CPU and GPU ... the CPU is quite cool at normal stuff, but when I go gaming, it goes way up, around 48-56 Celsius ... the GPU is constantly at 40ish, when gaming, it jumps to around 70-75 ...
The fans are kind of alright, I got 2x12cm from akasa on top, and a Shark on the side, maybe I'll need to exchange those 12cm on top for 14cm on a near future, to evade system melting.
The CPU has the stock cooler, read here on forums that if I wasn't OCing the stock would be nice, but the worryness is getting me tempted to get an aftermarket cooler in a near future, does anyone have a good one to put on my dear i5 4570 LGA 1150?

Mechatron is a quite big case, which led me to another problem, cable sizes, I didn't look for measurements of them, so they are 'tight' ... and so, I'm planning on getting a 750HX from Corsair ... it has 61cm of cables *-*

If u read it all, thank you,
I'm just a very happy guy sharing his joy on new computer and worries, for it to last.
If anyone has anything to add on to make me worry less it would be very great xD
 
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houldendub

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Yo!

Firstly, I wouldn't worry about super tidy cable management. Most of us will have cables hanging down here and there, every which way. The most important factor when getting your case tidy should be "is anything obscuring anything important". If a wire can directly hit a fan, for instance, reroute that cable (you don't want a big loud bang during a hard session of gaming).

Due to being unable to OC, you may get bottlenecked on some games here or there. For instance, you won't be maxing out Crysis 3 at 1080p, that's a given, and of course as time goes on (and with the new consoles allowing for better graphics, finally), games will be more demanding, you'll have to bump graphics down, all that sort of thing.

Secondly, those temperatures are absolutely fine. Nothing to worry about really! One thing you may find using the stock cooler, is that it's quite loud compared. I mean, you won't realise it until you get an aftermarket cooler, but those things are hideous. I'd always recommend a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo for a CPU cooler, but really, most third party coolers do a damn good job, there's a lot of personal opinion on the topic, but honestly most people don't really care if their CPU cooler is 1 degrees C hotter than some other cooler (and it doesn't matter hugely anyway if you're not OCing).

Any questions, just ask :)
 
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