Recent content by champ222

So having done further reading, i've narrowed it down to Asus z270i Strix, and Gigabyte z270n-gaming 5. The gigabyte is a little cheaper, and ive had a few gigabytes over the years and never had a single issue. all 3 fan headers are PWM (i already have pwm fans). Not so many USB ports on the...

Thanks guys. i already have a big cooler that i will try and use (can replace it if it just wont fit) so i am already looking into CPU position on the board. further from the I/O the better in my case. i'm a casual overclocker, so as long as the board is reasonable in that regard, then fine...

Hi all I'm downsizing a bit to a smaller case and and want to change to an ITX motherboard. my current board is a gigabyte z-270 ultra gaming. my current CPU is a Pentium G4560, and the plan originally was to buy an i5/i7 and overclock once the used prices had dropped a bit. I'd still like to...

thats what i was worried about... if it fell, especially with a big cooler, there would be some serious damage done. if i cant carry by the handles, they may as well not be there. indeed, the case should sell well, and i still have my previous lian li case, but its not so fashionable these days

Thanks jmarin, i'll have a look into that.

Hi, while that it true, the extra size is mainly due to the handles and the feet. The feet do provide good airflow into the PSU, and the handles, if strong enough, do provide a purpose of making it easy to maneuver and carry one handed. If i was starting from scratch, i'd be looking to go...

Hi All, i've just joined up to the forum, so hi :) I'm from the UK, and basically, my PC is too big and i want to make it smaller. It would be handy if i could move it about a lot easier. Ive only built one ITX PC before, which was for work. used the phanteks Evolve itx, which is massive, so...