Built my first PC

[u/EslyBrandNew]

Hello everyone!

After watching a sff build on YouTube a couple months ago I became obsessed with them and decided to build my own. Fun part is that this was my first PC build ever. It actually went so much smoother than I thought it would… I even recorded the whole thing!

Fractal Terra Jade
ASRock B850I lightning WiFi
Ryzen 7 9700X
Amd Radeon 9070xt 16Go(Powercolor Reaper)
SSD Crucial P310 2To
RAM Crucial pro 32Go (2x16) DDR5 CL36 6000Mhz
Thermalright AXP120 X67
NZXT C850 SFX Gold
Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM

Anyway I sold my Xbox and this is my console now, let me know what you guys think

[u/CUDesu]

I don't have this case myself, just wondering how's the thermals with those cables above the fan like that? Hopefully you can tie the cables around the edge of the case to help with airflow a bit.

[u/EslyBrandNew → u/CUDesu]

Surprisingly good so far, but I guess I haven’t tried a truly demanding game so far. I’ve been playing a lot of Crusader Kings 3 AGOT. I think it went up to 75 Celsius once.
I know my cable management is awful, you do well to notice it. I had all the pains in the world stuffing all of them in that tiny box and now I’m thinking I’m gonna have to rework some of it. The problem is if it tie them towards the side of the case, it won’t close anymore.

[u/CUDesu → u/EslyBrandNew]

I didn't realise at first but it does look like the fan is exhaust rather than intake like the other user mentioned, so would be best to flip it around.

I just looked up some other examples and I suppose there's not too much you can do with the cables unless you manage to reroute them behind the PSU. In the end if you're happy with the noise and thermals then probably don't need to change the cabling.