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Asus ROG STRIX z690-A mobo
noctua nh-d15 cooler
Weird, I thought they were incompatible. Been rather a fuss made of it.
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Weird, I thought they were incompatible. Been rather a fuss made of it.
it would appear you are correct.
https://ncc.noctua.at/motherboards/model/ASUS-ROG-Strix-Z690-A-Gaming-WiFi-D4-5375
these are the available options within my budget. before I speak to scan is there an obvious choice to pick instead? or is it ok to have it installed rotated venting out the top as stated on the compatibility page without being a massive compromise and i can just stick with that?
or in a case the size of the meshify 2 which supports 3x 140mm top fans should i suck it up and get the corsair H150i RGB PRO XT 360mm cooler for another £60 which has 3 fans so it doesn't look weird?
HatBeard
this thread has gone so dead all of a sudden.
in miraculous news my technophobic partner actually suggested we get me a new pc as my MBP is in its death throes and didn't balk at getting something current rather than mid-price last gen.
In a couple of weeks I should be proud recipient of a Scan 3XS build with following spec:
Fractal Design Meshify 2 case (grey/light tint)
Asus ROG STRIX z690-A mobo
i7 12700k processor
noctua nh-d15 cooler
32gb ddr pc-3000 ram
1tb pci4.0 m.2 samsung 980pro drive
EVGA 3060ti ftw3 ultra gfx
will add another drive for file storage once it arrives but have a wd mycloud pr4100 and a usb3 mybook 4tb which will both be going on the network through the router.
speaking of which we plumped for the Asus ZenWifi ax at8 mesh kit in the end. will run some shielded cat5 rj11 cable from master socket to under stairs area on 1st floor landing into draytek vigor 130 in bridge mode then into the router which should get pretty nice coverage as it'll be <8m in any direction to most rooms. will run hue bridge, wd mycloud nas & ancient mac mini from ethernet ports and the mybook 4tb on the usb3.0 port. second unit will be in my study with 2.5G port connected to my new pc, ethernet to smart tv & ps4 pro.
this probably means I'll be looking to shift my current wifi AP (unifi ac ap lr) once we unpack at the new house (dec 11-17th) if anyone needs one i'd be happy with £50 posted. possibly bundled with my edgerouter-x and a poe injector for another £30.