Preliminary question

[Oryon_]

Hello all!

I am planning a new build and was wondering if the following components would have any fitment issues:

1. Case: Cooler Master HAF 912
2. ASUS Radeon 7970
3. Corsair Vengeance Blu 8 gb
4. Cooler Master Hyper 212

I know it will be tight!

 

[Doougin]

not really. i have that case as well and it may be the smallest haf case but it still has plenty of room. Ram clearence seems to be the only thing to worry about. for the videocard the only thing you might have to do is remove the hard drive cage but even with it in it has plenty of room.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Make sure you get low clearance ram, my G2s have like 1 cm of clearance against my Hyper 212+.

 

[Oryon_]

Make sure you get low clearance ram, my G2s have like 1 cm of clearance against my Hyper 212+.

Good catch! Switched to low profile.

 

[Kenmitch]

Good catch! Switched to low profile.

Just FYI the way the fan mounts on the 212+ it's possilbe to mount the fan about a 1/2" higher if needed to clear ram. You just need to align the upper clip on the top edge of the heatsink before clipping it on.

What MB are you gonna get? Most of the ones I've had lately say to use mem slot A2, B2 when running 2 sticks of memory. These are the second and fourth ones from the cpu socket.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Just FYI the way the fan mounts on the 212+ it's possilbe to mount the fan about a 1/2" higher if needed to clear ram. You just need to align the upper clip on the top edge of the heatsink before clipping it on.

What MB are you gonna get? Most of the ones I've had lately say to use mem slot A2, B2 when running 2 sticks of memory. These are the second and fourth ones from the cpu socket.

Yeah, but then you'd lose 1/2" of air going through the heatsink.

 

[Oryon_]

Just FYI the way the fan mounts on the 212+ it's possilbe to mount the fan about a 1/2" higher if needed to clear ram. You just need to align the upper clip on the top edge of the heatsink before clipping it on.

What MB are you gonna get? Most of the ones I've had lately say to use mem slot A2, B2 when running 2 sticks of memory. These are the second and fourth ones from the cpu socket.

I'm leaning strongly towards the Biostar TZ68A+

 

[Kenmitch]

Yeah, but then you'd lose 1/2" of air going through the heatsink.

1/2" of air

Guess if you thought it would make much of a diff you could always add a fan in pull and mount it a 1/2" lower to counteract the effect of the 1/2" high one

 

[Kenmitch]

I'm leaning strongly towards the Biostar TZ68A+

The following was taken from the MB's manual

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[Oryon_]

The following was taken from the MB's manual

If I go to 4 x 4 GB, I'll be ok correct? But if I were using only two sticks, they have to be in those slots? Sorry, I'm a nub.

 

[RavenSEAL]

If I go to 4 x 4 GB, I'll be ok correct? But if I were using only two sticks, they have to be in those slots? Sorry, I'm a nub.

Just get low profile memory and you'll be fine

 

[Kenmitch]

If I go to 4 x 4 GB, I'll be ok correct? But if I were using only two sticks, they have to be in those slots? Sorry, I'm a nub.

Yes 4 sticks use all slots. 2 sticks use the slots listed in the manual. If you really think you need 16ghz then a 8gb x 2 set would be better. Yep it's a little bit more expensive but it puts less stress on the MB and the memory controller in the cpu. It's also a good do I need it or do I just want it test.

 

[videogames101]

I'm leaning strongly towards the Biostar TZ68A+

My friend has used that board in 7 different builds and all 7 are going strong.

 

[Oryon_]

My friend has used that board in 7 different builds and all 7 are going strong.

Good to know! I have found a lot of praise for this board. Can't argue with the price and capabilities!