Motherboard compatibility

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Any reason why the ASUS TUF GAMING X670E is showing as not compatible with the CORSAIR H150i ELITE?

With that in mind, which motherboard would you go with instead? The X670E looks to be the one that's almost universally recommended in gaming PC's on this forum.

 

[TonyCarter]

Is it the Elite or the Elite LCD?

If it's the Elite LCD, then there seems to be an issue with ONLY the Asus X670-E variants (although I have it on mine, and we haven't had a clear reason from PCS).

But the H115i versions (2x140mm vs 3x120mm) seem to still be compatible.

The X670E is a very good motherboard, as it gives you lots of nice expansion slots for lots of m.2s and PCIe 5 sockets. However it's only recommended if you'll need those extras. If not, you can save by going for the TUF-B650 version.

 

[Scoped Badger]

Is it the Elite or the Elite LCD?

If it's the Elite LCD, then there seems to be an issue with ONLY the Asus X670-E variants (although I have it on mine, and we haven't had a clear reason from PCS).

But the H115i versions (2x140mm vs 3x120mm) seem to still be compatible.

It's the Elite LCD, sorry, I should have been more specific.

 

[SpyderTracks]

It's the Elite LCD, sorry, I should have been more specific.

Someone else brought this up recently and we’d advised them to get specific details from PCS as none of us could work out what the limitation was as a lot of us have the LCD module in our systems perfectly fine, I’m trying to locate the thread

 

[TonyCarter]

If you need/want an LCD screen then there are 3 options:

1. Buy the Asus X650E motherboard you want, with a non-LCD iCUE LINK AIO, and then buy/install the LCD pump cover yourself (that's what I did)
2. Buy an Asus B650 motherboard, and fit the LCD iCUE LINK AIO you want
3. Buy a Gigabyte X670 motherboard, and fit the LCD iCUE LINK AIO you want

 

[SpyderTracks]

Someone else brought this up recently and we’d advised them to get specific details from PCS as none of us could work out what the limitation was as a lot of us have the LCD module in our systems perfectly fine, I’m trying to locate the thread

Found it, if you read on from this link, IMHO they never got a satisfactory reply

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May be worth running past PCS again, and if they still can't do it, do option 1 from @TonyCarter suggestions above, the LCD module on it's own is around £80 I believe and you just remove the cap on the existing and slot it in, it's very easy.

 

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I managed a workaround with this. It's not perfect, but better than nothing.

Via chat PC Specialist confirmed that it's a mistake with their system. I had to save my quote with all the components I wanted and select the H100x cooler instead.

I then had to send my quote number via chat for them to manually change their end.

The downside is that if I now want to change anything on the quote I'll need to go through that process again, but it's better than it was.

 

[SpyderTracks]

I managed a workaround with this. It's not perfect, but better than nothing.

Via chat PC Specialist confirmed that it's a mistake with their system. I had to save my quote with all the components I wanted and select the H100x cooler instead.

I then had to send my quote number via chat for them to manually change their end.

The downside is that if I now want to change anything on the quote I'll need to go through that process again, but it's better than it was.

That's good, at least they've found it's a bug rather than an incompatibility. We couldn't work out what could have been the issue so glad that's been verified, hopefully they update the configurator soon.

 

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Another question, on a related note, so I didn't want to create a new thread.

When selecting the Corsair 6500X case and the ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-A motherboard, the spec configurator throws up this point:

Put simply, what's the workaround for this?

If the answer is to change the motherboard, is there a better one than the one I've mentioned above?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Another question, on a related note, so I didn't want to create a new thread.

When selecting the Corsair 6500X case and the ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-A motherboard, the spec configurator throws up this point:
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Put simply, what's the workaround for this?

If the answer is to change the motherboard, is there a better one than the one I've mentioned above?

This is this quandary about "front serving USB headers on the motherboard", the case has cables that come down and terminate at a USB header that you can plug into the motherboard. The idea is that the case doesn't have 2 front USB headers to complete the connections for the case.

The workaround is if the board does have another USB 3 header (which most would these days) you could use an extender to reach the port.

Or you could use an adapter to convert the USB 3 to USB 2 and plug it into a standard USB header, it would still work, just at USB 2 speeds.

 

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This is this quandary about "front serving USB headers on the motherboard", the case has cables that come down and terminate at a USB header that you can plug into the motherboard. The idea is that the case doesn't have 2 front USB headers to complete the connections for the case.

The workaround is if the board does have another USB 3 header (which most would these days) you could use an extender to reach the port.

Or you could use an adapter to convert the USB 3 to USB 2 and plug it into a standard USB header, it would still work, just at USB 2 speeds.

Hmmm, neither of those options are ideal, but I definitely prefer the extender option.

Is this a problem with most cases?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hmmm, neither of those options are ideal, but I definitely prefer the extender option.

Is this a problem with most cases?

It's the motherboard really, not the case. Higher end motherboards will have more front USB headers on the board.

As a test, switch the mobo out for the ProArt or the Crosshair.

 

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It's the motherboard really, not the case. Higher end motherboards will have more front USB headers on the board.

As a test, switch the mobo out for the ProArt or the Crosshair.

Same issue with both of those motherboards as well.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Same issue with both of those motherboards as well.

Oh yeah.... I thought the crosshair had 2 but it does only have one, that's a bit crap!

So yeah, you'd have to workaround it as above for the Strix

The case has:

4 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A
1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C

The 4 type A ports could be served by 15 although only at USB 2 speeds

Then the type c could be served by 13, it may limit speeds, and perhaps may need an adapter but would be a whole lot better than nothing.

Didn't realise that board was quite so limited on the internal USB headers.

Does seem a lot of boards are going to struggle with that case!

 

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It looks like this has now been fixed in the configurator.

 

[davmus]

Jumping on this thread, as I seem to be having a similar issue with the ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-A motherboard and the CORSAIR ICUE 5000T case, where the (Luna) configurator is not allowing me to proceed any further.

My understanding is that the case supports 1 x USB 3.1 Type C and 4 x USB 3.0 on the front.
And the motherboard supports 1 x USB 3.2 (Type C), 2 x USB 3.0, 4 x USB 2.0

Would it not be possible to connect (from motherboard to case) - or am I missing something?
1 x USB 3.2 -> 1 x USB 3.1 (Type C) - would this need an adaptor?
2 x USB 3.0 -> 2 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0 -> 2 x USB 3.0 (but at USB 2.0 speeds)

And will I need to contact support to be able to proceeed if the configurator is blocking me?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Jumping on this thread, as I seem to be having a similar issue with the ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-A motherboard and the CORSAIR ICUE 5000T case, where the (Luna) configurator is not allowing me to proceed any further.

My understanding is that the case supports 1 x USB 3.1 Type C and 4 x USB 3.0 on the front.
And the motherboard supports 1 x USB 3.2 (Type C), 2 x USB 3.0, 4 x USB 2.0

Would it not be possible to connect (from motherboard to case) - or am I missing something?
1 x USB 3.2 -> 1 x USB 3.1 (Type C) - would this need an adaptor?
2 x USB 3.0 -> 2 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0 -> 2 x USB 3.0 (but at USB 2.0 speeds)

And will I need to contact support to be able to proceeed if the configurator is blocking me?

There's a difference between normal on board headers and front case port headers.

But that's an intel board anyway, so huge no no if you hadn't heard the news, 13th and 14th gen are defective

I would open your own thread and get some advice.