Motherboard for liquid cooling

Nick501 · Oct 8, 2016

So I have an AsRock Z97 anniversary board right now. Because of this I cannot fit a liquid cooling system inside my case, so I need to know what I'm supposed to do about it. My first thought is that I get a new motherboard so that I'll be able to fit it but I need to know what board I should get.

I have an Intel i7 4790K on an LGA 1150 chipset.

I want to put in specifically a Corsair H80 v2.

I don't want to overspend but I want to get the right motherboard for me, I am running a GTX 960 so it needs to be able to support PCIe cards, I don't have experience with motherboards so I could really use some suggestions and whatnot on what I can get that will solve this and is still a good board.

ThatVietGuy · Oct 9, 2016

How exactly does the motherboard affect your ability to install the H80?

AppleGwava · Oct 9, 2016

https://m.newegg.com/Product/Details?itemnumber=N82E16835181102

It states compatibility with your motherboard,additionally,i checked the socket area and there are only a couple of solid state caps which shouldnt interfere.

Just how are you not able to install it?

Nick501 · Oct 9, 2016

I am unable to install it as my motherboard is only about 6 inches wide and so the cooler would sit right over the processor and I won't be able to mount the CPU block.

BeauSmith · Oct 9, 2016

Ahh, well for $130, the MSI Z97 Gaming 5 is a great choice. It includes 8 usb 2.0 ports and 6 usb 3.0 and gives plenty of room for m.2 storage and 4 ram slots with a max memory of 32gb ddr3 3300. Nice ammount of space for a liquid/bulky air cooler.

Nick501 · Oct 9, 2016

Little change of idea here, I could get a new case that supports a 240mm Liquid system, would that board support it? I'm also more leaning towards ASUS as the brand.

ThatVietGuy · Oct 9, 2016

You're going in the right direction, the case is the issue, NOT the motherboard.

If you were to replace the motherboard you'd still have the same problem.

We'll need a budget in order to recommend a case.

Nick501 · Oct 9, 2016

Something that isn't over 200 dollars that supports a lot of fans and isn't absolutely enormous is what I'd like. I do want to replace my motherboard as it doesn't support what I want it to, so some recommendations on somewhat inexpensive motherboards would be quite nice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811139054
I like that one but it's quite large, I can fit it but is there something similar that is smaller?

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