Tech Nerd Ramblings

[notabitail]

I did get around to testing the GTX 770 as well. It seems to be dead. I plugged it in and everything, and the PC won't even detect it. Tried a different motherboard and it also didn't work.

The motherboard that the person gave me with it was also behaving really weird. It wouldn't turn on unless I reset the BIOS every time I unplugged it, as it turns out the CMOS just died. Swapping that out made it work.

I also had a spare NVMe from my laptop (256GB, but still good enough for testing) and a BIOS update got that working. I think with a better cooler that PC will be alright for what I'm going to do with it, and the zip-tied-fan RX570 will do for the time being.

 

[azurbanclucker]

oof. 105 watt tdp. I was wrong. The wraith isn't going to be enough.

 

[notabitail]

oof. 105 watt tdp. I was wrong. The wraith isn't going to be enough.

Is that the "give it more power" TDP or the actual stock one?

 

[azurbanclucker]

Stock. Its fine, I'll grab a peerless assassin tomorrow and that will handle it

 

[notabitail]

Stock. Its fine, I'll grab a peerless assassin tomorrow and that will handle it

That's what I was looking at getting for mine. Supposedly it's still compatible with the 1150 socket, but I don't know if it'll come with the mount plate for it.

 

[azurbanclucker]

That's what I was looking at getting for mine. Supposedly it's still compatible with the 1150 socket, but I don't know if it'll come with the mount plate for it.

it will come with standoffs for 1150. You should just use the existing backplate and change the standoffs?

 

[azurbanclucker]

Also:
https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Backplate-Motherboard-Mounting-Replacement/dp/B0FQVHDMHR

 

[notabitail]

it will come with standoffs for 1150. You should just use the existing backplate and change the standoffs?

I don't think it has a backplate. It just has holes with the cheapo cooler sticking through.