Asrock Z77E-ITX Cooler questions

Allnamestaken · 7 Jul 2012 at 02:00

Anyone here have this board???

Whats your say on the cooler space I wanted to put either one of thesebut now im entirely not sure it will fit on the board behind my graphics card which would be stupid :| of asrock to of not noticed?

Anyone here able to get a cooler on if so which one and was there any issues?

Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-037-AL

Or
Akasa Venom Nano
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-075-AK

Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-066-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

tamzzy · 7 Jul 2012 at 02:14

its unlikely you're gonna fit any of those coolers on the board without blocking the use of the pci-e slot. if you're intending to use this board and ocing, try a h60/80/100 instead

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7100/img3528af.jpg

credits buzzlightweight

Allnamestaken · 7 Jul 2012 at 02:48

What about this motherboard guys?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-523-AS

tamzzy · 7 Jul 2012 at 02:58

you do realise that the 2 boards you picked has practically the exact same cpu location as each other right?

if you want an itx board with an air cooling solution: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-530-AS

tamzzy · 7 Jul 2012 at 03:01

No hotlinks

overclock.net

Allnamestaken · 7 Jul 2012 at 03:12

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to expensive...

tamzzy · 7 Jul 2012 at 03:15

you should be looking for mATX rather than ITX then, if you dont want a full atx size mobo and dont wanna spend a lot of money
imo

Allnamestaken · 7 Jul 2012 at 03:21

Its the case i want thats all

was wondering if anyone with either boards could tell me there experiance and what coolers they were able to fit.

Allnamestaken · 7 Jul 2012 at 10:01

Anyone else with personal experiance?

Nunzio · 7 Jul 2012 at 11:25

Just had a look at mine, with the Vemon Voodoo, it will fit, but you can only have one fan on it, which for me is ok, as I wont be really overclocking for now.

Allnamestaken · 7 Jul 2012 at 12:11

which side is the fan mounted on ? got a better picture of the board?

buzzlightweight · 7 Jul 2012 at 12:52

Nunzio said:
Just had a look at mine, with the Vemon Voodoo, it will fit, but you can only have one fan on it, which for me is ok, as I wont be really overclocking for now.

lets hope you have an exause vent on the top or side of the case otherwise you will be blowing around hot air :/

buzzlightweight · 7 Jul 2012 at 13:02

just a thought what case are you getting? you may have to go H60 or H80?

If its the prodigy you may cause turbulence in the case and not allow good air flow?

I think the board is meant for closed loop cooling

Allnamestaken · 7 Jul 2012 at 14:15

Yeah seems im goin to have to use the stock cooler till i purchase a H80 or so on.

yeah getting the Prodigy and the same motherboard as you so the Venom is definately not going to fit seeing that stock coolers proximity to the graphics card O_O

buzzlightweight · 7 Jul 2012 at 14:19

Allnamestaken said:
Yeah seems im goin to have to use the stock cooler till i purchase a H80 or so on.

yeah getting the Prodigy and the same motherboard as you so the Venom is definately not going to fit seeing that stock coolers proximity to the graphics card O_O

deffo mate, this board IS really nice the only thing letting it down is the socket placement

bearing in mind the design of the case this

will not optimize air flow with that case

Allnamestaken · 7 Jul 2012 at 14:42

To be fair if your using a top mounted h80 or h100 in that case the air flow will be perfectly fine its just an issue with most m-itx boards that you cant get a tower cooler decently fitted on them the only one ive seen that can is obscenely expencive. Otherwise it seems to be a great board. You used the wifi on it? any good?

buzzlightweight · 9 Jul 2012 at 06:59

Allnamestaken said:
To be fair if your using a top mounted h80 or h100 in that case the air flow will be perfectly fine its just an issue with most m-itx boards that you cant get a tower cooler decently fitted on them the only one ive seen that can is obscenely expencive. Otherwise it seems to be a great board. You used the wifi on it? any good?

sorry i did mean if you were using a large air cooler

i have't yet i will do when i receive my case otherwise there are just more cables! have you received your case yet?

Allnamestaken · 9 Jul 2012 at 08:32

No I should get it this week hopefully

I cant wait

first thing thats going out is top drive bay and the mid hard drive cages.

Nunzio · 9 Jul 2012 at 10:14

Yeah, mine is going in the prodigy case, I was going to put a mesh on the right hand side of the case, but might go with the h80, if I can get one on a good price, as i have gone over budget by a long way already on this case.

buzzlightweight · 9 Jul 2012 at 18:55

Nunzio said:
Yeah, mine is going in the prodigy case, I was going to put a mesh on the right hand side of the case, but might go with the h80, if I can get one on a good price, as i have gone over budget by a long way already on this case.

from ocuk?!?