M ATX vs M ITX

[swety111]

Hi guys, im planning on upgrading my rig once the next gen of CPU's (Zen and Kaby Lake/Cannon Lake) and GPU's (Polaris and Pascal) are released. My main goal is to upgrade but get smaller, my current build is in a corsair 780T with an ATX mobo, here's my part list if you want more details:

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/VbZqcf

 

CPU and mobo are my upgrade priorities. I want to go smaller, to the point where my pc becomes pretty portable but im not sure how small I want to go, M ATX or M ITX. The cases available for M ITX are obviously smaller and some also come with a handle which i find a very attractive feature however the reduced number of pcie slots is very off putting as I like the idea of being able to go for a xfire/sli setup or a pci ssd in the future. In an ideal world manufacturers would still be making M DTX mobos but seeing as they don't I'm having difficulty weighing up the size and portability vs expandability advantages. 

 

basically with this info in mind would you recommend a very portable M ITX build or a somewhat portable but expandable M ATX build. Also which cases would you recommend for each form factor.

[BaileyFY]

If you want to crossfire sli in the future matx is the way to go however if you are more confident in your gpu and want some more airflow matx is a better option.

[BaileyFY]

In terms of cases the 350d is a compelling option from corsair along with the 240 air for mini itx the fractal node 202 is one of the best sff cases one can get right now

 

[JebKerman]

I'd probably say M-ITX, preferably with a horizontal motherboard (380T, the smaller brother of the 780T, for example). if you want something relatively easy to carry the last thing you want is a 2nd GPU.

[Facety]

If you are willing to wait for those hardware releases then maybe by that time there will be more options in terms of cases. If the CoolerMaster Pro 5 is any indication of what their M ATX version is (Pro 3) then you can keep an eye out for that case as well when it gets released.

[mapegl]

1 hour ago, Facety said:

If you are willing to wait for those hardware releases then maybe by that time there will be more options in terms of cases. If the CoolerMaster Pro 5 is any indication of what their M ATX version is (Pro 3) then you can keep an eye out for that case as well when it gets released.

That's the case I want to get as well. It should feature the same nice handles so that is nice I guess.

 

Also I would go mATX. mITX is often limited. Don't get me wrong: I loved my ITX build, but try getting a good USB3.1 1151 board....there are like non....or very expensive. With mATX you can later get a cheap add-in card when necessary, or do crossfire, or whatever.....