Mini ITX boards ?

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What would people reccomend for a Mini ITX board to go in a Bitfenix Prodigy and to pair with an Ivy Bridge 3570K ?

Thanks
 
Thanks for the posts and advice im thinking I would use a h80 to cool it so the footprint on the board and spacing shouldnt be an issue I dont think.
 
Stelly said:
I have this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-417-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2071

Great board :) very stable

Stelly
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for overclocking this wouldn't be a brilliant board (bar that its perfect) as it has its voltage locked,
To the OP i currently have this board:http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-066-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2071 and its working fine for me great little board only problem i see is the mSata could be close to under sided brackets
 
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Yes the asrock is looking like the winning board to me atm.

This seems to have been moved from motherboards to small form factor, i got a bit lost trying to find it. Apologies if it was the wrong place but as it was more about mobos that can oc i thought i was posting in the right place.
 
I am happy with the performance of the ASRock board, the boot time into windows is also noticeably faster than the Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe it replaced.
 
For overclocking:

Asrock Z77E-ITX
Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe
Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI

For non-overclocking:

Asus P8H77-I
Intel DH77DF
Gigabyte H77N-WIFI

There are a few others but those are the most common.
 
Tute said:
For overclocking:

Asrock Z77E-ITX
Asus P8Z77-I Deluxe
Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI

For non-overclocking:

Asus P8H77-I
Intel DH77DF
Gigabyte H77N-WIFI

There are a few others but those are the most common.
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Can't recommend the Gigabyte Z77N for overclocking, it has no vcore adjustment.
 
the1gooner said:
Where have you heard that?

The H77 chipset doesnt allow overclocking. Unless that has changed.

If you have a link to a site that says h77 is better i would like to see it :)
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If you Youtube the motherboard every top thumbed up comment says you can't over clock with it. Here's 3 vids I randomly clicked and the comments.

1. On Gigabytes video review of its own board.
Beaware that this board does not overclock, only has 4 phase vrm and no controls in bios for vcore etc. If you want to overclock look elsewhere! very dissapointing by Gigabyte, might aswell have just made h77 boards and not z77!

2. New eggs review of the video
DON'T BUY THIS BOARD, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE VCORE WITH IT. Buy the H77 version instead because there's no overclocking capabilities with this. Thumb up so people can see.

3. Some other dude reviewing this board and in his description he put
DON'T BUY THIS MOTHERBOARD, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE VCORE WITH IT. BUY THE H77 VERSION INSTEAD BECAUSE THERE'S PRACTICALLY NO OVERCKLOCKING CAPABILITIES WITH THE Z77 VERSION.
 
There's no overclocking with H77 at all iirc?

I think theyre just saying H77 is better as its no doubt cheaper.

But tbh I just built one of these Z77 Wifi boards and got 4.3Ghz without voltage change on an i5-3570k, so that's plenty.
 
Addicted said:
There's no overclocking with H77 at all iirc?

I think theyre just saying H77 is better as its no doubt cheaper.

But tbh I just built one of these Z77 Wifi boards and got 4.3Ghz without voltage change on an i5-3570k, so that's plenty.
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Ah!! So you can overclock it. I guess you can change the multiplier but not the voltage so steady overclocks are achievable but for people that like running 5Ghz this is no good as all I want it a 4.2 OC on my 3570k .
 
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