Avoid these PC Build Mistakes, good for new guys like me:)

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Avoid these PC Build Mistakes, good for new guys like me:)

 

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For my last build choosing a large air cooler (Noctua in my case) which cleared the large VRM covers often used on modern motherboards was the main configuration issue.

 

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FirasKing Air

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Steve C said:

For my last build choosing a large air cooler (Noctua in my case) which cleared the large VRM covers often used on modern motherboards was the main configuration issue.

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Are you talking about the
NH-D15 G2 ?

 

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FirasKing Air said:

Are you talking about the
NH-D15 G2 ?

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No - NH-D14 with mounting kit for LGA-1700. Noctua do have a good motherboard compatibility checker on their web site.

 

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Windows 11 ProCore i7-13700K64 GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC 8G

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PC/Desktop

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Self build

CPU

Core i7-13700K

Motherboard

Asus TUF Gaming Plus WiFi Z790

Memory

64 GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5

Graphics Card(s)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC 8G

Sound Card

Realtek S1200A

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Viewsonic VP2770 & Dell (secondary)

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2560 x 1440

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Kingston KC3000 2TB NVME SSD & SATA HDDs & SSD

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EVGA SuperNova G2 850W

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Nanoxia Deep Silence 1

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Noctua NH-D14

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Microsoft Digital Media Pro

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