Mini Itx Mobo choice

AvengedShadow68

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I need help on picking a Mini ITX Motherboard. I am going to buy a Corsair 250D. This would be mainly for gaming and taking to LAN parties.

Currently I have a
CPU 3570k
CPU Fan Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus
GPU 560 Ti 2GB
Mobo MSI Z77A-G45
Storage 256GB EVO
Storage 2 1TB WD
Power EVGA Supernova 750 G2
Case MSI

There are four Mobos I was looking at

EVGA z77 Stinger ~$140 (I would eventually need to buy a Mini PCI-E Wifi card for it.)

Asus P8Z77-I DELUXE ~$190

AS Rock Z77E-ITX ~$175

The last one isn't a Z77 series, it is a H77. It costs about $115, but I wouldn't be able to overclock with it. Would overclocking a 3570k to 4.2Ghz be noticable vs the 3.8Ghz.

Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI ~$115

 

Rammy

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A lot of it depends on how you intend to cool your CPU. You can't fit a Hyper 212 in a 250D, so you'll need to rethink your plan here. The 250D is built around fitting something like a H100i inside.

3.4Ghz to 4.2Ghz is really application specific. There's nothing that absolutely demands an overclocked CPU though, so it is potentially worth considering.

The main negative of the H77N-Wifi to me is that it doesn't really fit with the 250D layout (side exhaust) as a lot of it's connectors sit along this side of the board.
 

AvengedShadow68

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I'll add the Corsair H100i to the list then. I was leaning towards the EVGA Z77 Stinger because I like EVGA and its not discontinued.