Tag: PC-K9WX

Installing Server 2012 Release Candidate on the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H

Installing Server 2012 Release Candidate on the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H

I had been running Windows 8 Release Preview on my GA-Z77X-UD5H and when I noticed on July 26th that the official Gigabyte Windows 8 drivers were posted on Gigabyte’s website.  I downloaded them and found that they loaded well and actually cleared up a minor issue or two I had been having with with Windows [...]

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Updating a Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H and i7-3770 in a PC-KW9X with a Zalman CPU Cooler

Updating a Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H and i7-3770 in a PC-KW9X with a Zalman CPU Cooler

When I built my Hyper-V lab (Colossus) with a Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H I used the Intel Supplied stock cooler which did a good job under normal loads in keeping my i7-3770 cool but I found when I pressed the 3770 for an extended period of time, such as with Prime-95, I was getting core temp’s in [...]

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A Server Build with a GA-Z77X-UD5H in a Lian-Li PC-K9WX–Part 2

A Server Build with a GA-Z77X-UD5H in a Lian-Li PC-K9WX–Part 2

  Introduction In part 1 of this series on my build of a Hyper-V Server Home Lab using a GA-Z77X-UD5H in a Lian-Li PC-K9WX case I had concluded that the “Z77X-UD5H with the i7-3770 is a great board with the only glitch that I encountered, and it’s a big glitch, is the lack of official [...]

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A Server Build with a GA-Z77X-UD5H in a Lian-Li PC-K9WX

A Server Build with a GA-Z77X-UD5H in a Lian-Li PC-K9WX

  Introduction Since last fall I had been thinking of building a Hyper-V Server Home Lab to teach myself about various operating systems & software packages and hopefully learn how they interacted. I wanted to build something that had growth potential to power anything I tried to throw at it over the next 3 to [...]

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