- Mar 27, 2010
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I have only built 1 ATX build and never until now questioned going anything other than ATX. I understand that you generally gain the ability to fit your system into a smaller volume by sacrificing expansion slots bot PCIe, SATA and RAM (mITX) when moving to the smaller board forms.
But is that the end of the trade-offs or are you sacrificing other functionality too? Like are smaller boards still able to manage fan speeds in as versatile a manner as some top ATX boards?
I would appreciate some advice from anyone who has experience with these smaller forms.
Just FYI I am pretty set on going for a Z97 chipset board and LGA1150 CPU (Intel Core i7-4790K) as I do like to overclock for both my gaming and graphics applications. I am aiming for 16GB RAM but still debating if I'd eventually upgrade to 32GB given that I have been working with 4GB quite happily for the last 5 years.
But is that the end of the trade-offs or are you sacrificing other functionality too? Like are smaller boards still able to manage fan speeds in as versatile a manner as some top ATX boards?
I would appreciate some advice from anyone who has experience with these smaller forms.
Just FYI I am pretty set on going for a Z97 chipset board and LGA1150 CPU (Intel Core i7-4790K) as I do like to overclock for both my gaming and graphics applications. I am aiming for 16GB RAM but still debating if I'd eventually upgrade to 32GB given that I have been working with 4GB quite happily for the last 5 years.
No other tradeoffs. 
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