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My main rig has a 4790k with an H100i, dual 780's with Kraken G10s each with an H55. I want to have a secondary rig that I can quickly put one 780 into so I can play with friends etc. My current secondary rig ie my parents' is an old Inpiron 531 with an Athlon X2 4000. I need help with building the smallest PC possible to replace this bottlenecked turd. I already have a NAXN 500w power supply I can use, and I am just going to get better RAM for my rig and give the secondary my old set. I plan to use the Pentium G3258 since it'll just be cruising the web and gaming oriented, and when I don't have a 780 in it it's just getting a 750. What I need help with is finding the smallest case and cheapest motherboard that has full sized dimms that I can shove the stock cooler pentium and my Kraken G10 powered 780. Alot I know but I need help lol.

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Elite 130 is most likely your best bet for your case. Unfortunately there are no cheap ITX motherboards that support haswell refresh CPUs like the G3258 natively and have WiFi, so that's most likely a $120+ purchase minimum. I think there's an $80 option if you're okay with an original haswell i3-4130.

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Elite 130 is most likely your best bet for your case. Unfortunately there are no cheap ITX motherboards that support haswell refresh CPUs like the G3258 natively and have WiFi, so that's most likely a $120+ purchase minimum. I think there's an $80 option if you're okay with an original haswell i3-4130.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156312

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132032R

 

How about that case and board? Not worried about wifi I have cables readily available for the second rig. With that case I could even put a rad on the CPU if I felt ballsy lol

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Board is a no-go, you need a 90 series board to support the G3258 natively. Case fits the 120mm rad, but I have no idea what size PSU it takes as that's not mentioned. The reason I suggested the Elite 130 is because it supports a 120mm radiator and standard ATX PSUs.

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