Sadly there wouldn't be room for the connector, it is that tight
Sadly there wouldn't be room for the connector, it is that tight
Have you considered using an mATX motherboard??
http://www.ebuyer.com/363735-asus-p8...edium=products
There are ones for around £90 which should do the job if you are doing a milder overclock.
dave87 (16-06-2012)
Well the final choice was an i5-3570k, ASUS P8Z77-V and 8gb of Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600. Ordered from Ebuyer at around 9pm, with me just after 9am the next morning (thurs-friday) I've stuck it all together, and it is up and running nicely. Will grab some photos showing the build, but the position of the SATA ports was almost perfect (I can access one of the bottom two with a right angled lead, but the rest are readily accessible) so it resolved the issue I had
First thought is it runs a lot cooler than the Q6600 based system it replaces....this is definitely a good thing
New build:
Hasn't changed much from the outside:
The important bits have, however:
...and the new lead I had to make:
The attentive amongst you will notice that end is a molded plug, and I can't possibly have made it. Yes, you are right - I didn't make that end! I used a right angled lead I already had, cut the mains plug end off and soldered the required connection on the other end
vs the other one which didn't fit.
Comment removed: Didnt realise you had solved it!
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