Matx or min-Itx?

[Jpaul]

i think smaller is the trend

yet there doesnt seem to be a whole lot of mini-ITX boards
any one can recommend a good one?

or best to go with mATX?

 

[JJ White]

there are good M-Itx boards, you just have to pay more for the smaller formfactor. I personally love the features and looks of the Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe, tho I don't have it myself I heard the performance is excellent.

 

[kslayer]

about to ask the same question...

 

[Goshawk]

I've you don't need all of the extra IO slots on the board, mITX makes an awesome mini gamer rig... Using the P8H77-I right now on one machine and it's fantastic.

 

[fundip]

i say micro atx> mini itx atm.

there is about 3 inch difference in length and width which will affect case size, but you will have extra pic-e for something like a sound card, nic, or raid card.

most matx boards also allow more ram to be installed.

 

[Jpaul]

would anyone like to recommend me a nice z77 m-ATX and mini-ITX?

 

[MattNo5ss]

I'd probably just go with the GA-Z77N-WIFI for mITX. If you plan on heavily OCing, then you might opt for a different board since there aren't any heatsinks on the VRMs. It supports up to 16GB of RAM which is plenty for 99.9% of people.

I have two mATX boards, the G1.Sniper M3 and the Maximus V Gene. The Z77 Extreme4-M would be cheaper, but still a quality mATX board.

 

[Knufire]

For OCing, I usually try to recommend boards that have more than the minimum 4+1 or 4+2 VRM section (this is the part of the motherboard that delivers power to the CPU).

These mATX boards would be:

• ASUS P8Z77-M PRO
• ASRock Z77 Professional-M
• Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3
• ASUS Maximus V Gene

MiniITX boards:

• MSI Z77IA-E53
• ASRock Z77E-ITX
• ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
• EVGA Stinger