Mini ITX decent gaming (mid-range only)

[royfrosty]

Why not suggest an matx form factor for your bro? Cheaper and easier to do. Wont have heat issues also.

 

[shadow84]

Best is to get as many fans as the case can support, and try to make sure that the fans airflow are not blocked as much as possible...

 

[hoven00]

I think the CM elite 130 should do okay with cooling..the front intake can should have direct airflow to the mobo area if you do your cable management well. (gather the wires on the psu/odd area)

The side 80mm can turn to exhaust but I doubt it will do much for such a small fan, alternatively can remove it all together and replace it with a slim 120mm fan. Or you can also replace the stock intake fan with something more powerful.

 

[royfrosty]

Basically with the CM120 experience.

The front panel on the 130 has improved as it has been replaced with mesh.

It can support up to just 2x120mm front intake fan. One at the front and one at the side.

The 80mm please switch it the other way round to make it as an exhaust fan.

But i doubt it will help because it will most probably be blocked by Gigabytes 24pin power cables.

Instead of PSU fan facing below. Put it upside down to draw the air intake from the top mesh.

Then for wire management. This case offer almost the bare minimum wire management. You might wanna buy some cable extenders for the PSU. The wire management only comes from the top beam and around the bottom of the chassis. But there are too little holes for you to use cable ties to maintain it.

The top beam can be use for front usb, front audio, front power and hdd light, front fan. The top beam can be used for HDD power cable also.

 

[shutterdogz]

Why not suggest an matx form factor for your bro? Cheaper and easier to do. Wont have heat issues also.

will try to do a mATX build after I'm done with mITX.
just check, mITX boards are damn expensive. even if i buy in amazon, still the same price for bundle (CPU+MOBO)...

should it be the other way around? mITX should be cheaper than mATX and ATX builds??

 

[shutterdogz]

wahhhhhh.............

on my way on purchasing the Cooler Master elite 130 and think amazon no stock already.. need to wait 1-3 months

 

[royfrosty]

will try to do a mATX build after I'm done with mITX.
just check, mITX boards are damn expensive. even if i buy in amazon, still the same price for bundle (CPU+MOBO)...

should it be the other way around? mITX should be cheaper than mATX and ATX builds??

Nope.

If you study electronics you will know why.

It is harder to route the PCB board during designing. Yet in an assembly plant they have to use even smaller components to be soldered into the board. A resister would probably be a size of a fine sand.

So that is one of the reason why mitx board is very costly. Yet no future expandability.

Would rather you reconsider about itx board and move to matx instead. If space is a concern then you can find the size of an itx chassis but able to put in an matx chassis.

One good example is the Silverstone SG10. Yet able to put an aftermarket heatsink.

Cheaper.

 

[hoven00]

wahhhhhh.............

on my way on purchasing the Cooler Master elite 130 and think amazon no stock already.. need to wait 1-3 months

I heard somewhere that Amazon should have stock for them in the 1st week of September

 

[wwenze]

GPU take Ti Boost better.

 

[eminus]

have you considered FM2 ITX ?

 

[lee-turbo]

FYI there is no B mobo for an ITX setup atm for haswell series.

not yet to reach
hasewell mb all come very slow, no matter which brand


Asrock B85M-ITX B85 Skt1150 Mini-ITX Motherboard
Specifications: B85M-ITX
Brand New still in sealed packaging
3 Years Avertek warranty starts on the day of collection.
Official Receipt will be given.
(Discounted Price $)
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[yude82]

if matx can consider bitfenix prodigy M series.

I build an mitx on Node 304 instead.
MSI-H87i + i5-4570
1x8GB ddr3
CM Geminii S524 (though I found it too big)
Sapphire 7870xt
250GB SSD

 

[shutterdogz]

have you considered FM2 ITX ?

thanks boss, but i prefer mITX boards with built-in wifi capabilities.

 

[shutterdogz]

GPU take Ti Boost better.

think EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti is all my brother needs.
i'm also considering Powercolor HD 7850 or ASUS HD 7770.
All cards are within 4.4 inches. Help me decide bros

Amazon.com: PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card AX7850 2GBD5-DH: Computers & Accessories

Amazon.com: ASUS 2GB GDDR5 DIGI+ VRM technology Graphics Cards HD7770-2GD5: Computers & Accessories

 

[shutterdogz]

I heard somewhere that Amazon should have stock for them in the 1st week of September

hopefully, so i could start my build. need to wait for this case to arrive before i go to SLS to buy my mobo

 

[royfrosty]

thanks boss, but i prefer mITX boards with built-in wifi capabilities.

there is no difference. The mobo comes with a mpcie WiFi card. Is no difference from you buy a mobo and a pcie WiFi card.