A tip or two for a itx build

[Haro]

As the title suggests 

Im considering on going itx for my first build ( hopefully within a month ) because I dont have alot of space and because the cases look gorgeous so if anyone has experience with itx / or knows alot about it what would I expect with a built in this form factor 

And one more thing 

Does itx support an atx PSU ?

[gloop]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

Does itx support an atx PSU ?

I’m pretty sure that’s dependent on the case. I was speccing out cases for a rebuild and they support atx psus up to a certain length, if they are longer than that they won’t fit. 

[Haro]

1 minute ago, gloop said:

I’m pretty sure that’s dependent on the case. I was speccing out cases for a rebuild and they support atx psus up to a certain length, if they are longer than that they won’t fit. 

If I can't find anything that is within accessibility for me I might go for micro ATX Is that form factor easy to build 

I mean it is my favorite form factor but obviously never had an experience with it 

[Jurrunio]

1. Case size. Large ITX like the NZXT H210 is essentially ATX with extra PCIe slots cut away (so 2 is all that's left) and they usually can hold ATX PSUs, at the cost of airflow as the graphics card is directly facing it. Cube ITX like the Thermaltake Core V1 is as its name suggests, a cube and most of them can use ATX PSUs but with very little room left for cable management. Small ITX like the Silverstone RVZ03 is much closer to what consoles look like but still bigger, SFX PSUs are pretty much a must as many outright dont support ATX PSUs. Even those that do are often left with no space to route cables. Mini ITX cases like the Ghost S1 pretty much throw away everything to make itself small, which means Flex ATX (if not proprietary) PSU, the lowest of profiles of air cooler (even a radiator can take up space from the graphics card compartment, so a no-no situation).

 

2. Heat output of components, the PSU needs to be able to supply that and case must hold the cooler while giving it enough fresh air.

 

3. You are almost always down to using 2 slot thick graphics cards, which means over half the cards out there dont fit in.

[Haro]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

1. Case size. Large ITX like the NZXT H210 is essentially ATX with extra PCIe slots cut away (so 2 is all that's left) and they usually can hold ATX PSUs, at the cost of airflow as the graphics card is directly facing it. Cube ITX like the Thermaltake Core V1 is as its name suggests, a cube and most of them can use ATX PSUs but with very little room left for cable management. Small ITX like the Silverstone RVZ03 is much closer to what consoles look like but still bigger, SFX PSUs are pretty much a must as many outright dont support ATX PSUs. Even those that do are often left with no space to route cables. Mini ITX cases like the Ghost S1 pretty much throw away everything to make itself small, which means Flex ATX (if not proprietary) PSU, the lowest of profiles of air cooler (even a radiator can take up space from the graphics card compartment, so a no-no situation).

 

2. Heat output of components, the PSU needs to be able to supply that and case must hold the cooler while giving it enough fresh air.

 

3. You are almost always down to using 2 slot thick graphics cards, which means over half the cards out there dont fit in.

Then if I want to go smaller I'm gonna assume micro ATX is the way to go eh?

[Jurrunio]

8 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Then if I want to go smaller I'm gonna assume micro ATX is the way to go eh?

micro ATX is even larger than the Large ITX boxes. the boards are literally 3 extra PCIe slots longer and wider to varying extent as well

[Haro]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

micro ATX is even larger than the Large ITX boxes. the boards are literally 3 extra PCIe slots longer and wider to varying extent as well

Yea but it is still smaller than atx 

The reason why I chose to even consider itx is because the cases are relatively cheap compared to atx cases but if it is that limited ( especially considering that shapes matter ) maybe micro atx is more reasonable and a sweet spot i guess I didn't think that the form factor will matter this much should have thought it through lol 

[Jurrunio]

16 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

The reason why I chose to even consider itx is because the cases are relatively cheap compared to atx cases but if it is that limited ( especially considering that shapes matter ) maybe micro atx is more reasonable and a sweet spot i guess I didn't think that the form factor will matter this much should have thought it through lol 

A lot less good boards to choose from among mATX, though MSI seems to be pushing B550M Mortar out soon so might want to wait for that.

 

otherwise even an mITX board may do better than mATX in an mATX box.

[Haro]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

A lot less good boards to choose from among mATX, though MSI seems to be pushing B550M Mortar out soon so might want to wait for that.

 

otherwise even an mITX board may do better than mATX in an mATX box.

Will take this into consideration

Thank you

definitely will wait to see what b550 models will come out since I'm planning this build on the day b550 launches ( coincidence lol ) 

thank you again