A little APU HTPC in need of a motherboard

[Vaub]

Hello,

 

I'm in the market for a HTPC (+ console replacement)/Home server and decided to go the Kaveri route.

Sadly, there seems to be a lack of quality motherboard in the small form-factor compared to intel.

 

My budget (for the mb) is between 75-120$ CAD (Canada) and here are the ones I am interested in :

 

mITX (I would really like an ITX build) :

Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI

MSI A88XI AC

 

mATX : 

Asus A88XM-PLUS/CSM

Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM

MSI A88XM GAMING

MSI A88XM E45

MSI A88XM E35

 

I'm looking for something with a good build quality (might do some overclocking on the chip). That being said, I don't plan to add a discrete gpu for now (maybe a low-profile in a few years).

 

Which one would you suggest me and why; you can suggest something out of the list

(I don't want an Asrock motherboard since I can't stand their UEFI/software suite, I know it's silly but I just can't stand it).

 

Also, feel free to suggest me something else for my build!

 

AMD Kaveri 7850K

Rosewill Capstone 450W

G.Skill Sniper 2x8Gb 2400Mhz

Crucial M4 64gb (my old SSD)

WD Red 1-2Tb (maybe)

LG Blu-ray drive

Case : TBD (depends on the form factor  )

OS : Win8, maybe a linux with Steam in the future

 

Thank you for your time and have a nice

[Hirad123]

I'd go with the MSI board. I had an MSI board back when I used to have a trinity APU and it was great. I also like the looks of the board as well but that's up to you.

[Probenja]

I'd go with the MSI m-itx board and you could get the cooler master elite 110 or the fractal node 304. But they don't have optical drives.

[Vaub]

Thanks, I was leaning toward the MSI one too, seems a lovely little board.

 

 

I'd go with the MSI m-itx board and you could get the cooler master elite 110 or the fractal node 304. But they don't have optical drives.

 

These are good case, but blu-ray is important to me ( well, not really, but it's a good way to convince my family that a computer in the living room would be useful    ).
What I don't like is :
go matx and no wifi on the mb, but there's an awesome case ML04B.
go itx : great motherboard but htpc case (that fit my needs) are not that common.