Morning all,
I have just bought a P7H55D-M (socket 1156) to build a very fast but very quiet home media PC. I really wanted to use the integrated graphics capability as it is more than enough for my needs, but I rip a lot of media so wanted the most powerful CPU I could get, so I paired it with core i7-860.
Now - here is where I think I have got confused so I am hoping someone can help me. This works fine when I install a graphics card (which I don't want to do as it adds heat and noise), but I get no video output from the motherboard when I remove it.
I am starting to wonder (although it isn't made clear in the manual) if you have to have a Clarkdale CPU (which I guess is i3 or i5?) for integrated graphics rather than simply any socket 1156 processor meaning the core i7 processor I have isn't going to do the job.
Does anyone know if this is the case?
I have just bought a P7H55D-M (socket 1156) to build a very fast but very quiet home media PC. I really wanted to use the integrated graphics capability as it is more than enough for my needs, but I rip a lot of media so wanted the most powerful CPU I could get, so I paired it with core i7-860.
Now - here is where I think I have got confused so I am hoping someone can help me. This works fine when I install a graphics card (which I don't want to do as it adds heat and noise), but I get no video output from the motherboard when I remove it.
I am starting to wonder (although it isn't made clear in the manual) if you have to have a Clarkdale CPU (which I guess is i3 or i5?) for integrated graphics rather than simply any socket 1156 processor meaning the core i7 processor I have isn't going to do the job.
Does anyone know if this is the case?