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Mini ITX or microATX?

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mAtx is usually cheaper, and its much easyer to keep things cool in them, and also they should have more drive cages.

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Hey,

 

I wanna build a NAS, but am stuck on the case and the motherboard. Ive got a intel e3 1200 v3 processor for now. Im prolly gonna have 4 drive bays, should I rather go with a Mini ITX or go with a mATX? Or is the motherboard not really relevant to a NAS/case?

 

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Hey,

 

I wanna build a NAS, but am stuck on the case and the motherboard. Ive got a intel e3 1200 v3 processor for now. Im prolly gonna have 4 drive bays, should I rather go with a Mini ITX or go with a mATX? Or is the motherboard not really relevant to a NAS/case?

 

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Doesn't matter. But an mATX board usually has more RAM slots PCI-E slots and SATA ports.

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mATX cause mini is generally much more expensive

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There's far more choices for mITX cases than there is good mATX imo but that comes with extra price for the mobo.

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