Question 1

I'm wondering if this mobo will fit a Cooler Master Centurion (5 I think) case I bought in 2008?

Accepted Answer

It should fit fine. It's a standard m-atx motherboard and the Centurion 5 fits m-atx boards. There is nothing particularly screwy with the port layout on this board that would make it a problem.

Question 2

Is it compatible to processor - I5 4460 4th Generation, socket 1150?

Accepted Answer

I think so, but I haven't tested it.  I use an Intel I3-4150, which (like yours) is a Haswell LGA-1150 cpu.  Your I5 and my I3 are the same generation cpu.  But the best folks to answer that would be the ASUS people.

I replaced my ASUS H97M-E motherboard with the ASRock H97M Pro4 because the USB ports failed on the ASUS motherboard.  They are pretty similar.

Question 3

why is this board so narrow?
looks like it would be impossible to remove the graphics card because the clip is right below the ram slots. just saying

Accepted Answer

Well a large video card is normally right behind the ram slots.  I don't have a problem with the board other than the current bios won't recover from sleep. I have to set the computer into high performance but I do that anyway. I use this board has one of my standard system builds.

Question 4

what power supply rating is necessary?

Accepted Answer

The minimum power supply is listed at 350 ATX 12V  specification 2.0 or later. This means you need a PW that has both the 24 pin EATXPWR and  EATX12v power plug that is 4 or 8 pin(it will take either).  Most new PW come this way.

With that stated let me add that your power supply needs must also include all of the system devices that are connected such as how many hard drives, DVD, sound card, and don't forget the video card which can require a large amount of power depending on which one you go with. There are online power supply calculator's you can use to figure out your power needs.

I use a 650w that runs 1 SSD, 1 Hard drive, DVD, Sound card, and 720 NVidia. I could have used a lower watt PW but I had this one laying around. The 550 to 650 PW's are in my opinion the best option for single video card systems.

Question 5

Does this product have wireless wifi capability?

Accepted Answer

Not that I'm aware of. I don't think that is something available through the H97 series. Obviously you could add a USB or PCI-E wifi adapter, but there's nothing built in on these.

Question 6

Just purchased this MB to use with i7-4790k CPU. Everything works fine except the computer will not come out of standby mode. If it goes into standby mode, to get the system to boot up again, I have to remove the ATX 24-pin power connector for a few seconds.

How do I get it to come out of standby mode reliably?

Accepted Answer

Well I always flash the bios. I just bought that exact mb and cpu combo for a client. Just travel over to the Asus support site and find the bios file. You can flash it from a USB flash drive. I don't trust the Asus Update utility to check within Windows. I always grab the current off the site and either flash with the windows utility or from USB from within the current bios. Hope that helps.

Question 7

Is this board going to fit in to a Moneual MONCASO 312 HTPC case? I used to have it setup with a gigabyte board but it only lasted for 3 years and died.

Accepted Answer

The board will fit any case that is for a micro ATX. From what I can see the HTPC case you have is a Micro ATX, so yes it should fit. The only concern would be the CPU cooler height but if you use the one that comes with the CPU you should not have any problems since Intel stock 1150 coolers are pretty low profile.

Question 8

Where is the M.2 interface located on the board?

Accepted Answer

Near the end of the graphics card slot, above the release lever. It aims the storage card toward the back of the case with the connections toward the front.

Question 9

Can I power on and wake from sleep using keyboard or mouse?

(I keep my computer off to the side of my desk and the power button is hard to get to.)

Accepted Answer

You can wake from sleep with the mouse/keyboard. Not sure you can turn on...but the power switch connects to normal headers on the board. You could always wire a more accessible momentary toggle switch within reach.

Question 10

will the hyper 212 cooler fit on an i5-4440 on here?

Accepted Answer

As long as the cooler says it will fit an 115X series socket, it will go onto this motherboard.

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