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I have spent months picking the perfect system while on a £600 budget and I selected all the parts but I'm torn between which motherboard to get. Is there any advantage to buying a micro ATX rather than ATX? I just don't know which format I want
The part list is here
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/h4554551n/saved/4Ia9
The motherboards I'm planning to get are
MSI H87-g43 (£67.10)
MSI H87m-g43 (£59.06)
MSI H97m-g43 (£64.67)
If anyone can tell me which mother board to go for, and if there are any parts in my part list that can be swapped for better performing parts, within the same price point. I'll be very thankful
 
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There isn't any real advantage for micro atx. ATX size motherboard does have more space for more features to have but it will largely depend on the case you will buy that will determine the motherboard size.
Well for motherboard, H97 motherboard hasn't fully released. I haven't seen an ASrock H97 Pro4 yet .
But if you are buying now, you could get a H87 :http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h87performance
or this H97 :http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah97d3h
 
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You don;t need a cpu cooler the stock cooler that comes with the cpu will be fine.
Swapped to a better quality SSD. Kingston SSD V300 uses cheap flash memory that doesn't meet advertised speed.
Swapped to a cheaper R9 270.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£76.14 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£59.41 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£55.89 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 270 2GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£129.92 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.95 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.08 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.79 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN727N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£4.92 @ Aria PC)
Case Fan: Corsair CO-9050016-RLED 52.2 CFM 120mm Fan (£10.80 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Gigabyte GK-KM6150 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£9.35 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £609.23
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-18 13:27 BST+0100)
 
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Im hoping to buy these parts in June-july. Would h97 be fully released by then? Also a friend of mine (who has a ubermassive gaming pc) said that it would be better to get after market cpu cooler, cuz haswell get pretty hot and stock Intel CPU cooler is very loud. Nevertheless, wouldnt the MSI h87-g43 be a better option for a motherboard then the Asus
 
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If you are getting a locked cpu, so a non-k model, the stock cooler is fine but you can opt in a cpu cooler to be slightly more silent but stock cooler should be fine.
MSI h87-g43 is a mediocre motherboard,so yes you can get it.
Either ram is fine. go for the cheapest.
 
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Well the case comes with red LED fans. I'd like it to look good. Couldn't I get an MSI GPU with a gaming motherboard? Since they come with same colour scheme. Also I heard MSIs twin frozr is a really good cooler
 
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ATX is taller than a micro atx so it can fit more PCI-E expansion slots. SO SLI and crossfire capability although only some mATX can do this. Since ATX has slightly more space, things are more spread out and there are more chokes or more sata connections.
If both one atx and one matx has the same specs, there will perform the same.
 
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