I have the M5A97 R2.0. Bottom black one is running @ 4x. Switch it right away.
Edit: Neweggs site is wrong, go to the official Asus site http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/
move the GPU to the first PCIE slot, do a bit of cable routing. looks like decent start to a gaming rig. you wont be able to do a whole lot with the stock cooler, that 8-pin connector should be long enough, just play with it a little. GL
How are you liking that monitor? I was thinking of picking 2 of them up but was a bit hesitant. Any flaws?
Great build btw!
check in your bios for fan controls and try to turn them up maybe. or do you have any kind of under voltage controller built into the case? it sounds like they aren't getting enough power.
Looks great! If that box gives out you can buy a shelf from ikea for like 7 bucks that will keep it off the carpet. It makes it easy to slide around as well when working or cleaning in it.
my grandpa cut out a piece of wood for me to use, going to grab it soon thanks!
its long enough but just barely
Love it. very thin at the back, looks great no complaints. speakers were quiet so i raised the volume using the buttons on the side of the monitor. i have a audio cable going from the computer to the monitor and it makes a very odd noise. kind of annoying its quiet though and the lower the volume on the monitor the less that noise is there. if you use headphone you'll be fine. also when i plug speakers in to the monitor itself or the computer it makes really loud noises that are very annoying. it has nothing to do with the monitor but im looking for a fix.
also, once i get the Hyper 212 EVO, whats the best fan setup i can do?
on the motherboard manual and the motherboard itself it said x16, thanks
oh i understand now, i apologize. problem is, my gpu block the slot that i originally had my pci wireless adapter, and the other slot doesnt recognize the adapter when i plug it in. it says no hardware detected. what do i do? is the difference between the blue and black going to be that big of a deal?
Just use the stock fan. There's not enough temperature difference with a push-pull to spend the extra cash on another fan.
Position it so the fan blows air through the heatsink, and then is pushed out of the case through the back exhaust fan.
As for monitoring CPU temps, I like RealTemp.
I posted on an earlier comment of yours; look for it.
it could be boarderline. also the wireless adapter will work in the slot you currently have your video card in. all the pci express lanes are backward compatible. give that a try and see if it will recognize it.
Tech Noob: I think he means case fans.
hayden: What kind of intakes do you have in the front of the case? I would try to get at least two of your case fans intaking from the front and or bottom, and that can be done now. Once you get the 212, set it up so that the heatsink fan is pushing air horizontally through the heatsink toward the back of case. Leave the one fan on the back of the case as an exhaust.
there is one fan on the bottom of the front panel blowing air at the hard drive and further in the case. so i was thinking that the one at the top will intake air into the heatsink, the heatsink fan will blow air out towards the back of the case and the back case fan will exhaust it out, is that what you were trying to say?
yes thats what i was planning, thanks
something's wrong with my computer im not seeing any pics of this build.
Sorry for the slow reply. I looked at your case and the top exhaust fan is a 140mm. The front intake and the rear exhaust are 120mm. It didn't look like there was any way to mount the 140mm in the front, bottom, or back, so it needs to stay in the top.
Did you say that you removed the empty drive cage? If you did, I would say move the front intake fan up so that it blows into the empty space where the drive cage was. That will get more air further into the case. That is the best solution for now.
In the longer term, I would recommend saving up some money and buying two more 120mm fans as intakes. Once you get those, two would go in the front and one would intake from the bottom (in front of the power supply). This will give you the positive internal pressure, but you'd want to do something for dust control, otherwise that whole theory goes out the window.
You want to set up your heatsink so that it moves air in a front to back direction in the case. The fan that goes on the heatsink will blow horizontally through the fins towards the back of the case. The 120mm fan on the case will be directly behind the heatsink and will help draw the hot air out.
anarekist: There aren't any pictures in the thread. He linked to imgur in the OP.
THANKS! there is a 140mm mount on the side of the case.