Hi:
Looking for help and advice please!
First question:
I'm a newbie finishing off my first build, a Gigabyte Z77NWiFi motherboard in a BitFenix Prodigy case. I've used a Hyper 212 Evo air cooler on the I5 CPU, and am pondering which graphics card to buy. I won't overclock, but would like something reasonable for home-video and Adobe Elements scale picture editing.
I'm interested to hear from anyone with the Z77NWifi motherboard and a Hyper 212 Evo. I'm interested to know which graphics card they are using. It seems to me there is plenty of room for length and height, but in width, the side next to the Evo air cooler will be a tightish squeeze, though there's quite a bit of room on the other side (the case side) for a card's fan.
To get the Evo in without blocking the motherboard I've mounted the Evo so that the CPU fan pushes air through the stack towards the right or starboard side of the case. As a newbie, maybe I should have stuck with the stock CPU cooler.
Any advice or experience on a video card that might fit would be highly appreciated. I don't want to end up with a pile of too-fat video cards.
Second question:
One other newbie question if anyone can help please: when you test the motherboard first on power, will the CPU and any system fan linked to the motherboard spin for a few seconds then stop? I assume this is because there is no heat to dissipate rather than a fault. Is that the right interpretation? Or have I wrecked the motherboard before I've finished?
Thank you,
Neillb
Looking for help and advice please!
First question:
I'm a newbie finishing off my first build, a Gigabyte Z77NWiFi motherboard in a BitFenix Prodigy case. I've used a Hyper 212 Evo air cooler on the I5 CPU, and am pondering which graphics card to buy. I won't overclock, but would like something reasonable for home-video and Adobe Elements scale picture editing.
I'm interested to hear from anyone with the Z77NWifi motherboard and a Hyper 212 Evo. I'm interested to know which graphics card they are using. It seems to me there is plenty of room for length and height, but in width, the side next to the Evo air cooler will be a tightish squeeze, though there's quite a bit of room on the other side (the case side) for a card's fan.
To get the Evo in without blocking the motherboard I've mounted the Evo so that the CPU fan pushes air through the stack towards the right or starboard side of the case. As a newbie, maybe I should have stuck with the stock CPU cooler.
Any advice or experience on a video card that might fit would be highly appreciated. I don't want to end up with a pile of too-fat video cards.
Second question:
One other newbie question if anyone can help please: when you test the motherboard first on power, will the CPU and any system fan linked to the motherboard spin for a few seconds then stop? I assume this is because there is no heat to dissipate rather than a fault. Is that the right interpretation? Or have I wrecked the motherboard before I've finished?
Thank you,
Neillb
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