Upgrading Case - Motherboard question

Mensy · 18 Jul 2020 at 11:37

Hey guys. I thought i would ask here in the advice section instead of case/motherbaord area.

I currenty have a Corsair Obsidian Series 250D Mini ITX PC Case and after having a change around im looking at getting a Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air DRGB Midi Tower.

Now because i have a mini itx case im currently running with a mini itx motherbaod. The phanteks can take my mini itx so thats not a problem but im just wondering will i see any benefit from upgrading from a mini itx board to say a E-ATX, ATX ? or does an ITX board run just as good ? My itx board only has 2 Ram slots but that doesnt bother me as i could get 2 16gb rams if i decided to upgrade them in the future.

Sparx · 18 Jul 2020 at 14:28

Probably not anything in it no. Could potentially see a 2-3 FPS improvement in games for slightly better VRMs. But nothing worth splurging on a new MB for imo.

I imagine you’re looking at upgrading your actual PC components anyway soon, if you’re going to a standard ATX case? Not much point replacing your mobo if you’re gonna be upgrading anyway.

Tetras · 18 Jul 2020 at 14:56

It is especially pointless if it's for the system in your sig, cos you might as well just upgrade the entire thing.

Mensy · 18 Jul 2020 at 15:27

Sparx said:
Probably not anything in it no. Could potentially see a 2-3 FPS improvement in games for slightly better VRMs. But nothing worth splurging on a new MB for imo.

I imagine you’re looking at upgrading your actual PC components anyway soon, if you’re going to a standard ATX case? Not much point replacing your mobo if you’re gonna be upgrading anyway.

Tetras said:
It is especially pointless if it's for the system in your sig, cos you might as well just upgrade the entire thing.

Sorry guys i should have said I upgraded everything last year currently running

3700x
Msi B450i Gaming Plus Mini Itx
1070 (upgrading this to a 3000s card)
16gb 3200 Corsair

Probably should update my sig lol

Im looking for better air flow as my gpu is running in the high 70s and my case is pretty compact so it only has fans from the h100i

RandomJozza · 18 Jul 2020 at 15:39

Changing the motherboard almost certainly won't do anything meaningful, unless AMD or Nvidia surprise us with a card which needs gen 4 pcie but thats unlikely.

Mensy · 18 Jul 2020 at 16:19

So i might as well just move everything over to the new case and not worry about upgrading the motherboard

heatonpkmassive · 19 Jul 2020 at 11:15

Mensy said:
So i might as well just move everything over to the new case and not worry about upgrading the motherboard

Indeed.

Mensy · 19 Jul 2020 at 12:21

heatonpkmassive said:
Indeed.

Thanx

heatonpkmassive · 21 Jul 2020 at 21:14

No worries

Let us know how you get on, I'm certainly interested.