It's so small!

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Changing my build to a BitFenix Prodigy + Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe (and the rest of the stuff in my sig, hopefully).

I got the motherboard today:
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According to Noctua my D14 will fit the motherboard, I'll have to make sure I get all the cables on the board before hand though as it is so small. Looking forward to having a mini ITX PC again. Especially taking it too and from Uni several times a year. I'm interested at how well this motherboard can overclock too, as the previous owner of my 2500K (ChrisGTL) got it to 5.486Ghz.

Top 3 Sandy Bridge 2500K
minty 5.600GHz - 6.708s 2500K
Sampsy 5.511GHz - 6.833s 2500K
ChrisGTL 5.486GHz - 6.835s 2500K
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I may not end up building it in the Prodigy until August [it's not out until next month anyway] but thought I'd start a thread now and update as necessary.

Any questions about the board I'm happy to (try) and answer :cool:
 
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T345 said:
Nice, are you ever gonna do a custom loop?
Also, which colour prodigy, I like the white one. I would get ITX, but not much expansion, wish the prodigy was M-ATX :)
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Nah I don't think so. Maybe much later in life :)

I'm going to go black, I do like the look of the white one but it wouldn't really fit in with the rest of my stuff!

ITX is a bit limiting, but I've realised I'm only ever going to have one graphics card and things so it doesn't really mater
 
minty said:
I wait patiently :)
The mobo looks ace. Got me half tempted to do a mITX build for a htpc
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Yeah I can't wait to try it, as I've sold my motherboard I have at the moment, I'll be setting up this one in my 300R tomorrow hopefully so I can try it :)

EDIT: Hadn't actually checked... not sure the 300R supports mini ITX! Looks like I might have to swap for my family's Shinobi for a bit.
 
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Right I've installed the motherboard into my 300R for now, having sold my old MSI one I've got to start using this one even though I don't have the BitFenix case yet. Looking forward to trying overclocking on here but that won't be today unfortunately :(

An album of the install here:

Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe

The add on board

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Noctua D14 test fit

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In the case with all the cables in

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PCIe clearance with the USB3 header

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In the case, with everything plugged in

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Not my neatest job, mainly as its only temporary. Honestly I thought it would be much more difficult than it was. The only things blocked by a big cooler are the SATA ports, USB2 headers and fan headers (and I only needed the SATA ports out of them) - so make sure you plug them in first. The power and front panel connectors are along the right edge so easy to get to. The front panel audio is underneath the front edge of the GPU, so plug that in early too.

The CPU socket placement on this board is really very good, the Noctua would fit facing either way with plenty of clearance above the addon board, and any boards in the PCIe slot.

This is where the Asrock Z77E-ITX falls down, as the socket is right next to the PCIe slot:
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Anyway, so far I'm very pleased :) I must admit I really like ASUS' UEFI interface, I find it nice and easy to use.
 
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Unfortunately not :(

I've been so busy since I got back from Uni! I get the case for my birthday, so not too long and hopefully I can have a day spare to build my PC in it and test out this boards OCing ability.

Sorry for the lack of updates and thanks for the interest :)
 
Been away for two weeks, hence the late reply.

The daughter board looks like you could take it off, there is a screw either end and a connector to the motherboard.

Nah I like my Noctua too much to try water cooling, partly why I got this case as it can fit my cooler :)

Should be getting the case on my birthday,so not long now. Looking forward to testing out OCing on this board, and building a PC in the Prodigy.
 
On the lowest setting on my fan controller it was idling at around 32, my room is quite warm though. I'm afraid I really haven't much time with it. Getting married next year so planning for that has taken over slightly!
 
Managed to do a little test today, 20 minutes of prime on my lowest fan setting saw it hit a max of 58C
On the highest fan setting it hit a max of 50 after ~20mins.

Pretty happy with that as its very quiet on low. This is at stock settings.

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Thank you!

I don't actually have a dvd drive to test but the tray itself will just about fit even with the front fan on so a dvd drive should fit without that fan. Hope that helps.
 
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