Moving to MATX/MITX - stick or upgrade?

ps00n · 1 Nov 2015 at 11:15

Hey all

Here's what I'm currently working with:

Case: Silverstone Raven RV02 LE White
Mobo: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 ATX
CPU: i5 2500k @ 4ghz with Corsair H50 AIO
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
GPU: Gigabyte 970 GTX G1
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500GB

My main objective is to just switch to a smaller case (Corsair Air 240), I'm happy with the overall performance and don't really want to upgrade the CPU and RAM.

Option 1:
Sell my mobo (~£50) and get an older ITX/MATX board - having trouble finding a Z68/Z75/Z77 one if anyone can recommend one?
Total spend ~£0

Option 2:
Sell my 2500k, mobo and ram for ~£200 and buy:

Intel i5-4690K - £168
Asus Z97I-PLUS - £120
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2x8GB) PC2400 CL11 - £70

Total spend ~£158
:confused:

Thanks.

mickyflinn · 1 Nov 2015 at 11:30

Will you be overclocking ?

ps00n · 1 Nov 2015 at 11:44

mickyflinn said:
Will you be overclocking ?

I will be, but not to the extreme. Really don't do anything intensive on my PC, I still play BF3 on Low settings

mickyflinn · 1 Nov 2015 at 11:49

The only place i think you will get a board is on an auction site there would you consider a b75 chipset ?

Quartz · 1 Nov 2015 at 13:00

You can get much cheaper ITX motherboards than the Asus Z97. And that Corsair is quite a large case. Have you considered something much smaller, like the Cougar QBX or one of the Silverstone Sugo series?

McGraw · 1 Nov 2015 at 14:24

ps00n said:
I will be, but not to the extreme. Really don't do anything intensive on my PC, I still play BF3 on Low settings

On a 970...why?

I'd stick with what you've got.