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I just deciding whether I should go for either mini ITX or Micro ATX.

Yes I have, but most users won't. I've used PCIe sound cards, PCIe RAID cards, and extra NIC's.

 

But unless you have a specific need for any of those, I would plan your build around what you need now.

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I just deciding whether I should go for either mini ITX or Micro ATX.

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My motherboard only comes with one, and what's a gaming PC without a GPU?

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I would use more than one only for a Wi-Fi card but MITX motherboards come with Wi-Fi.

Do they actually? All of them or a few? How do I tell if the Asus H97I-PLUS has it? I don't see it mentioned anywhere.

 

My motherboard only comes with one, and what's a gaming PC without a GPU?

You have an ITX gaming PC? Is it loud?

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A sound card... but most people think they are useless and, to some point, I can agree. (Even though I have one and like it, for most people it makes no sense.)

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I just deciding whether I should go for either mini ITX or Micro ATX.

Yes I have, but most users won't. I've used PCIe sound cards, PCIe RAID cards, and extra NIC's.

 

But unless you have a specific need for any of those, I would plan your build around what you need now.

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Sound card and wifi back in the day, though nowadays they've become standard features. Your best bet is to shop around and compare boards

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A sound card... but most people think they are useless and, to some point, I can agree. (Even though I have one and like it, for most people it makes no sense.)

I already have a DAC, so I'm good with that.

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Sound card and wifi back in the day, though nowadays they've become standard features. Your best bet is to shop around and compare boards

By standard features, do you mean WiFi is already on the motherboard?

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Do they actually? All of them or a few? How do I tell if the Asus H97I-PLUS has it? I don't see it mentioned anywhere.

 

You have an ITX gaming PC? Is it loud?

With my reference GTX 760 it is a touch loud but still very quiet. I am upgrading to an ACX 2.0 GTX 970 and a liquid cooler so it should be much quieter. The size of a shoebox and performs better than my old PC.

 

Edit: A lot of mini ITX boards come with Wi-Fi. I do believe the H97I-PLUS does come with it but I could be wrong. I know for a fact that the Z97I-PLUS does.

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By standard features, do you mean WiFi is already on the motherboard?

 

Yeah, there would be antennas out the back if that's the case - otherwise maybe an add-in card in a proprietary slot.

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Edit: A lot of mini ITX boards come with Wi-Fi. I do believe the H97I-PLUS does come with it but I could be wrong. I know for a fact that the Z97I-PLUS does.

 

Yep, my Z87i Gaming AC has an Intel 7260 on there, very nice ;)

 

And yeah, also just one PCI-E slot. But on my older boards which were ATX i only used it for a soundcard once. When onboards were still shit.

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Yep, my Z87i Gaming AC has an Intel 7260 on there, very nice ;)

 

And yeah, also just one PCI-E slot. But on my older boards which were ATX i only used it for a soundcard once. When onboards were still shit.

Lol my B85M-ITX has 7.1 channel built in.

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Lol my B85M-ITX has 7.1 channel built in.

 

I do not understand, I said "when they were still shit". I'm refering to the <LGA 1156 era. Like Socket 939 boards or 775. Those onboards were shit and a soundcard was still somewhat useful.

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Wifi card for me.

 

 

Some people use em for  sound cards, capture cards, wired networking cards, raid controllers, and who knows what else.

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I had a soundcard way back in the day..

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Way back when I had a motherboard integrated soundcard died on me so I had an Hercules Muse I think was called. This was 10+ years ago though

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With my reference GTX 760 it is a touch loud but still very quiet. I am upgrading to an ACX 2.0 GTX 970 and a liquid cooler so it should be much quieter. The size of a shoebox and performs better than my old PC.

 

Edit: A lot of mini ITX boards come with Wi-Fi. I do believe the H97I-PLUS does come with it but I could be wrong. I know for a fact that the Z97I-PLUS does.

Oh. Maybe the wifi is a Z feature that's not in the H ones. 

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Do they actually? All of them or a few? How do I tell if the Asus H97I-PLUS has it? I don't see it mentioned anywhere.

 

Most of them have it, it should be listed in the specs if a board has Wi-Fi or you should see antennas or gold hexagonal antenna-equipping points (IDEK anymore) on the motherboard I/O.

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Most of them have it, it should be listed in the specs if a board has Wi-Fi or you should see antennas or gold hexagonal antenna-equipping points (IDEK anymore) on the motherboard I/O.

I guess mine doesn't have it then. 

Must be a Z feature.

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I do not understand, I said "when they were still shit". I'm refering to the <LGA 1156 era. Like Socket 939 boards or 775. Those onboards were shit and a soundcard was still somewhat useful.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Onboard audio is great now. My tiny little ITX board has 7.1 channel audio.

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I guess mine doesn't have it then. 

Must be a Z feature.

 

I think there are some USB Wi-Fi cards things, correct me if I'm wrong.

There is Wi-Fi on H97 boards but it's very rare.

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