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Phal · 18 May 2013 at 20:11

So currently I have a massive case with it's own wheels! (Original Coolermaster Stacker). This has plenty of room but at the cost of being very large and not to mention heavy!

What's the smallest case I can fit the following in to?

GTX 570
ASUS Sabertooth P67 mobo
Overclocked 2600k i7 with large heatsink and two 120mm fans
Two SSD drives
Power supply

Obviously the current mobo will be one of the main size restrictions so are there particular mobos made to be small whilst retaining all the features that this current one has?

Doomedspeed · 18 May 2013 at 23:29

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Phal · 19 May 2013 at 10:29

I take it that's about as small as you can go with regular parts then?

Thanks for the info

Doomedspeed · 19 May 2013 at 10:32

That's the smallest ATX i know of.

Raikiri · 19 May 2013 at 10:39

Phal said:
Obviously the current mobo will be one of the main size restrictions so are there particular mobos made to be small whilst retaining all the features that this current one has?

Which features specifically?

You only have one GPU and two ssds so theoretically a decent m-itx board like the z77 Asus would be plenty capable. Would allow you to get a much smaller case.

Phal · 20 May 2013 at 19:50

Those Mini ITX mobos definitely look small! I never plan on doing any kind of multi GPU affair again so I don't need any other slots fo those. I do have a separate PCI-E sound card though which I forgot to mention and downgrading to onboard isn't an option! Also need to have as many USB 3 ports as possible

Doomedspeed · 20 May 2013 at 21:59

Phal said:
Those Mini ITX mobos definitely look small! I never plan on doing any kind of multi GPU affair again so I don't need any other slots fo those. I do have a separate PCI-E sound card though which I forgot to mention and downgrading to onboard isn't an option! Also need to have as many USB 3 ports as possible

So, youll need a mATX board then, unless you stick with your current one

Phal · 21 May 2013 at 23:34

I assume that means the Mini ITX boards only come with a single PCI-E slot for the gfx card then?

Is there such a thing as a motherboard with only 6gb/s SATA ports and only USB 3.0 ports? Seems a waste of time getting one with only a few of the fastest slots since that's what I want to be using!

Would be great to get all that good stuff into one of those tiny Mini ITX cases!

Doomedspeed · 22 May 2013 at 19:50

Phal said:
I assume that means the Mini ITX boards only come with a single PCI-E slot for the gfx card then?

Indeed.

Phal said:
Is there such a thing as a motherboard with only 6gb/s SATA ports and only USB 3.0 ports?

Yes, but i don't think in a mini ITX board.. and even so, it would be highly priced. If you were building an ITX rig, you'd only have limited room for HDD's/SSD's anyway, so 2-3 SATAIII ports would be enough, right?

Phal said:
Would be great to get all that good stuff into one of those tiny Mini ITX cases!

Which stuff are you on about?