How did I do?

I have never paid attention to air flow before, but as things start to get better and faster, (and I get smarter lol) I am going to try and do this the right way.

The 2 cables coming out the side are left out atm because I am getting a GTX 970 in the mail Tuesday and I wanted to get my new PSU in .
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aside form installing the heat sink wrong I think I did pretty darn good right?
It's not overclocked or anything and seems to run cool. Been a long time since I built my own PC.

Edit: I could have pulled the SSD data cable back a little more, Ill have to do that when I get my Video Card
 
It looks like there are a few more cables you could run under the backplate, such as the case buttons and SATA :P
 
Some zip ties around the cables that come out of the PSU and the HDD area would probably tidy things up a bit.
Electrical tape can sometimes come in handy to tuck alot of cables into a corner to allow your fans to breathe.

Besides that i think your airflow is good. :)
 
Looking good. The more you mess with computers and configuring / assembling them the better you will get with cable management. Usually when you clean your PC from dust or what ever it is you can always then go back and do some more cable management etc try moving cables around its like when you move your furniture around in your room always different combinations per application etc.
 
Consider putting a 120mm fan on the top mount to above the CPU to extract heat (as it rises).

Also it looks like that case has air intake holes for the PSU, so I would consider putting the PSU upside down thereby allowing it to suck in cold outside air and extracting it out the back.

Also, try and install the second HDD lower down to allow for more room between them and better thermals.
 
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