Built My First Computer - Having Some Problems

[Spyridon NY]

Hi I'm building a computer for the first time and I got mostly everything working but I'm still having some issues, my specs are:

 

i7 4790k @ 4ghz (base value)

Corsair H80i water cooler for CPU

EVGA GTX 770 

Asus Maximus VII Hero motherboard

16GB Crucial Ballistix Elite 8x2

1x Samsung SSD - 250GB

1xWD Blue HDD - 1TB

Corsair CS650M PSU

Windows 8.1 64bit 

 

The problems I am having are:

(1) The only way I can connect my monitor is through the graphics card HDMI not the port on the motherboard

 

(2) Might be having issues with the CPU temp. not exactly sure-

        At idle CPU temp reads: 35 degrees Celsius highest read value 52 degrees Celsius

        After playing BF4 for about 15 minutes: 39 degrees Celsius highest read value 84 degrees Celsius <-- Thats what I'm questioning.

 

Any help I can get would be great, I don't really know whats wrong and this is my first build.

Thanks

[Builder]

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It's normal to only connect through the graphics card, the HDMI port on the motherboard is if you want to use the integrated graphics built into the CPU.

 

That high temp is pretty high for an H80i, are your screws tightened in all the way? How did you apply your TIM?

[Enderman]

(1) The only way I can connect my monitor is through the graphics card HDMI not the port on the motherboard

 

What's the problem here exactly...?

 

 

(2) Might be having issues with the CPU temp. not exactly sure-

        At idle CPU temp reads: 35 degrees Celsius highest read value 52 degrees Celsius

        After playing BF4 for about 15 minutes: 39 degrees Celsius highest read value 84 degrees Celsius <-- Thats what I'm questioning.

 

Change the thermal paste, remount the cooler, replace the stock fan.

[TeddyMcSwag]

Isn't the HDMI supposed to go in you r card? And about the CPU temps, you maybe should turn down the over clock a little?

[flibberdipper]

For one thing, there is no such thing as a 770Ti.

 

1. When you use a dedicated graphics card, it disables the onboard graphics.
2. Make sure that you have a proper mount on the CPU block.

[BonBon Scott]

For the first one, the integrated graphics have been automatically disabled by the use of a dedicated GPU. I don't see a reason as to why you would need to re-enable it.

[Spyridon NY]

Sorry didn't mean to put the Ti there its just a regular gtx 770. Thanks for the help and sorry, I didn't know the HDMI only goes into the graphics card slot HDMI, thanks a lot for the help. 

[PhantomChevron]

Sorry didn't mean to put the Ti there its just a regular gtx 770. Thanks for the help and sorry, I didn't know the HDMI only goes into the graphics card slot HDMI, thanks a lot for the help. 

Don't worry man, we all been there, I remember when I tried doing it, and went huh, was is it not working, then I realised the GPU was a seperate thing from the motherboard , happened a year ago

[Spyridon NY]

Just to follow up - I moved the radiator to an area in the case where it wasn't cramming up the space in front of the motherboard heatsink, and removed and put new thermal paste on and now after running Battlefield 4 for a bout 45 minutes almost my CPU temp is at 53 degrees Celsius, and my GPU temp is at 69 degrees Celsius.