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Micro-ATX to Mini-ITX Conversion Log

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So I'm going to college next year, and I'm most likely to be living in a relatively small dorm with not much space. So I decided I'd shrink my system down for Micro-ATX to Mini-ITX.

 

Here are the parts that are currently in the Micro-ATX system-
Micro-Monsta

  • Intel Core i5-4690k
  • Corsair h100i
  • Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5
  • 4x4GB's Corsair Vengeance LP
  • 2x Gigabyte G1 GTX 960 2GB
  • Corsair RM750i
  • Corsair 350D
  • Kingston V300 240GB SSD
  • Western Digital Blue 1TB HDD
  • 2x Corsair SP120
  • 2x Corsair AF140

Here are the parts that will be in the Mini-ITX system-

Mini-Monsta

  • Intel Core i7-4770k
  • Corsair h100i
  • EVGA Z87 Stinger
  • 2x8GB's Patriot Signature
  • EVGA GTX 980 SC 4GB
  • Corsair RM750i
  • Corsair 250D
  • Kingston V300 240GB SSD
  • Western Digital Blue 1TB HDD
  • 2x Corsair SP120
  • 1x Corsair AF140

Deconstruction Log:
 

2/23/2016

  • Today I'm going to ship out my dual GTX 960's to the people I sold them to on EBay and then order my 980.

2/24/2016

  • So I've successfully sold almost my entire system and I'll be ordering my new parts in a few days.
  • I've also confirmed a trade of my i5-4690k + $120 for a Z87 Stinger and a i7-4770k.

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Network Administrator, Comptia A+, Security+, Cisco Certified Networking Associate

From a G3258 to dual Xeon E5-2670's

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oh... that description really helped; from the title I expected you to just take a buzz saw to the motherboard like Linus did what that GPU :D

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Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

oh... that description really helped; from the title I expected you to just take a buzz saw to the motherboard like Linus did what that GPU :D

lol, that'd be a lot more interesting lol.

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Just now, IsaacDaGrazin said:

y r u getting da mini?

y u dun liek micro!?

:o

Not that I don't like Micro-ATX systems or anything like that but I really dig small yet powerful systems. Not only that but my space in my doom room will be very limited so I'll want to have as small of a system as human possible.

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Just now, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

Not that I don't like Micro-ATX systems or anything like that but I really dig small yet powerful systems. Not only that but my space in my doom room will be very limited so I'll want to have as small of a system as human possible.

Ohhh okay :3

In that case get an R9 Nano idk which one but senpaitechtips used it in 7 gamers one cpu and it looked epic af, small yet powerful very

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Just now, IsaacDaGrazin said:

Ohhh okay :3

In that case get an R9 Nano idk which one but senpaitechtips used it in 7 gamers one cpu and it looked epic af, small yet powerful very

See, the case I'm getting isn't limited on internal space as it's very well optimized. Not only that but the Nano can get very hot very quickly and can't be overclocked much, where as the 980 I'm getting is significantly cheaper and will also stay cooler and quieter + OC further.

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2 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

Not that I don't like Micro-ATX systems or anything like that but I really dig small yet powerful systems. Not only that but my space in my doom room will be very limited so I'll want to have as small of a system as human possible.

Depending on the building and your location, you may want to consider how much heat output this is going to have too.  Hot system + small room with no AC = bad time :(

 

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Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

Depending on the building and your location, you may want to consider how much heat output this is going to have too.  Hot system + small room with no AC = bad time :(

 

It's a college dorm at an expensive school in New England, it'll pretty much always be cold. :P

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6 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

oh... that description really helped; from the title I expected you to just take a buzz saw to the motherboard like Linus did what that GPU :D

do it! do it!

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Looks like I'm getting a EVGA Z87 Stinger motherboard :D

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Case came in today, motherboard is coming in tomorrow :)

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as a recent graduate of a very expensive private college in Boston, I wouldn't say very cold. Dorm heat/ac is wack yo 

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5 hours ago, Heesleemer said:

as a recent graduate of a very expensive private college in Boston, I wouldn't say very cold. Dorm heat/ac is wack yo 

Where did you go?

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1 hour ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

Where did you go?

PMed, I forgot to add I'm probably going back to a school around there for Grad School 

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The build is complete! and is nearly dead silent since I removed the HDD and only have 3 fans running at very low RPM's.

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