Soldato
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Afternoon,
I am mulling over downsizing my box to a Prodigy, as I love the small form factor. I am a little confused though as to what motherboard to use?
Can I use a Micro-ATX in a Prodigy, or do I have to stick with Mini-ITX? The small form factor is something I have never looked at previously. I am under the impression from reading around that Micro is better than Mini?
I am on a relatively strict budget, and am only planing on staying with a mid-range gaming rig, so am planning on keeping my Phenom 965 for a little while longer, but then may upgrade to one of the new FX chips at some point.
I am also looking to upgrade my 5870 to a 7850 and possibly changing my 5 year old Corsair TX 750 PSU to something newer, smaller and more efficient. I am on a budget but will never skimp on the PSU so may well get a Seasonic with around 550w.
For the record I also have 2x SSD's and 2x mechanical drives, though will probably get a bigger mech drive instead of the two. I also have a PCI soundcard. Also keeping the RAM.
Would do you chaps suggest?
I am mulling over downsizing my box to a Prodigy, as I love the small form factor. I am a little confused though as to what motherboard to use?
Can I use a Micro-ATX in a Prodigy, or do I have to stick with Mini-ITX? The small form factor is something I have never looked at previously. I am under the impression from reading around that Micro is better than Mini?
I am on a relatively strict budget, and am only planing on staying with a mid-range gaming rig, so am planning on keeping my Phenom 965 for a little while longer, but then may upgrade to one of the new FX chips at some point.
I am also looking to upgrade my 5870 to a 7850 and possibly changing my 5 year old Corsair TX 750 PSU to something newer, smaller and more efficient. I am on a budget but will never skimp on the PSU so may well get a Seasonic with around 550w.
For the record I also have 2x SSD's and 2x mechanical drives, though will probably get a bigger mech drive instead of the two. I also have a PCI soundcard. Also keeping the RAM.
Would do you chaps suggest?