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11/7/12 at 1:48pm

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D14 is pretty high, that's why I linked C14. They have about the same performance, but due to lower profile of C14 it usually fits in more cases.

Consider Fractal Design Node series, and maybe this.
Edited by DeXel - 11/7/12 at 1:51pm

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Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600Mhz CL9	Samsung 830	Western Digital WD1001FALS	Samsung HD753LJ
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling
ST3300822AS	Western Digital RED 3 TB	Noctua NH-D14	Lamptron FC Touch
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 8 Professional	LG W2252TQ	CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Red	Cooler Master Silent Pro M850W
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Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600Mhz CL9	Samsung 830	Western Digital WD1001FALS	Samsung HD753LJ
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling
ST3300822AS	Western Digital RED 3 TB	Noctua NH-D14	Lamptron FC Touch
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 8 Professional	LG W2252TQ	CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Red	Cooler Master Silent Pro M850W
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11/7/12 at 2:13pm

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Just got the cooler.

That 605 case looks awesome. I can't find it anywhere and it does look a little big, but I like the design. The other case is too small. I need at least a mATX.

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11/7/12 at 2:41pm

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Yea my mistake, thought it supported mATX. 605 is new. NCIX has it.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel Core i5 3570K	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H	EVGA Geforce GTX460 1Gb	Zotac Geforce GTX460 1gb
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600Mhz CL9	Samsung 830	Western Digital WD1001FALS	Samsung HD753LJ
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling
ST3300822AS	Western Digital RED 3 TB	Noctua NH-D14	Lamptron FC Touch
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 8 Professional	LG W2252TQ	CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Red	Cooler Master Silent Pro M850W
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Cooler Master Cosmos II	Logitech G9x	Razer Goliathus	Beyerdynamic DT 880 Premium 600 OHM
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Intel Core i5 3570K	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H	EVGA Geforce GTX460 1Gb	Zotac Geforce GTX460 1gb
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Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600Mhz CL9	Samsung 830	Western Digital WD1001FALS	Samsung HD753LJ
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling
ST3300822AS	Western Digital RED 3 TB	Noctua NH-D14	Lamptron FC Touch
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 8 Professional	LG W2252TQ	CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Red	Cooler Master Silent Pro M850W
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11/7/12 at 3:09pm

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Oh man, I almost placed the order for the 605, but it only supports 4 drives. I'm going to be using 5 drives and an SSD for OS. I'm so pissed, I was ready to buy.

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11/7/12 at 3:20pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Massive17

I need some help picking a motherboard. It will be for my HTPC build. I already bought the i5-3570K.
My PC will be running 24/7 and it will be used as a media server. I would like to spend below $150. I don't really care about overclocking since I will most likely not overclock this build since I want it to be cool and quiet. I just want to make sure it's a M-ATX, had a UEFI BIOS, 2 PCI slots...

If you're 100% sure about not OCing (although it's a good moderate OCer), save some cash for some other hardware and buy the MSI Z77MA-GD45 ($84.99 when using promo code & rebate + free shipping)

Excellent for a HTPC

It has your dual pci-e slots & UEFI BIOS

Edited by drBlahMan - 11/7/12 at 3:23pm

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Samsung 840 250Gb	WD VelociRaptor 600Gb	Samsung Multi-Slot Load 8x DVD±R	Thermalright Silver Arrow w/SP120 HPEs
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Windows 7	ASUS PA248Q	Razer BlackWidow Ultimate	OCZ ZT-750
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Samsung 840 250Gb	WD VelociRaptor 600Gb	Samsung Multi-Slot Load 8x DVD±R	Thermalright Silver Arrow w/SP120 HPEs
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7	ASUS PA248Q	Razer BlackWidow Ultimate	OCZ ZT-750
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11/8/12 at 11:57am

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Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I really appreciate it.

Keep them coming. I'm very busy during the week, but I will spend the weekend checking all the boards that you have linked to. This is why I love OCN, great advice and opinions.

If you have suggestions for a CASE (HTPC preferably) and PSU, I would appreciate it as well.I'm going to be using 5 drives in RAID 5 and an SSD for the OS.
Edited by Massive17 - 11/8/12 at 1:15pm

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11/9/12 at 3:49pm

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I got the Factal Design R4 case, which is ATX, so now it opens up possibilities to look at more motherboards that are full ATX.

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11/9/12 at 4:00pm

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Intel Core i5 3570K	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H	EVGA Geforce GTX460 1Gb	Zotac Geforce GTX460 1gb
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600Mhz CL9	Samsung 830	Western Digital WD1001FALS	Samsung HD753LJ
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling
ST3300822AS	Western Digital RED 3 TB	Noctua NH-D14	Lamptron FC Touch
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 8 Professional	LG W2252TQ	CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Red	Cooler Master Silent Pro M850W
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Cooler Master Cosmos II	Logitech G9x	Razer Goliathus	Beyerdynamic DT 880 Premium 600 OHM
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel Core i5 3570K	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H	EVGA Geforce GTX460 1Gb	Zotac Geforce GTX460 1gb
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600Mhz CL9	Samsung 830	Western Digital WD1001FALS	Samsung HD753LJ
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling
ST3300822AS	Western Digital RED 3 TB	Noctua NH-D14	Lamptron FC Touch
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 8 Professional	LG W2252TQ	CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Red	Cooler Master Silent Pro M850W
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Cooler Master Cosmos II	Logitech G9x	Razer Goliathus	Beyerdynamic DT 880 Premium 600 OHM
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11/10/12 at 12:30am

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What do you think about the ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ?

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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
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Hard Drive	Optical Drive	OS	Monitor
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11/10/12 at 12:33am

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Old, inefficient mosfets. Get quite hot.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel Core i5 3570K	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H	EVGA Geforce GTX460 1Gb	Zotac Geforce GTX460 1gb
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600Mhz CL9	Samsung 830	Western Digital WD1001FALS	Samsung HD753LJ
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling
ST3300822AS	Western Digital RED 3 TB	Noctua NH-D14	Lamptron FC Touch
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 8 Professional	LG W2252TQ	CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Red	Cooler Master Silent Pro M850W
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Cooler Master Cosmos II	Logitech G9x	Razer Goliathus	Beyerdynamic DT 880 Premium 600 OHM
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
Intel Core i5 3570K	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H	EVGA Geforce GTX460 1Gb	Zotac Geforce GTX460 1gb
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x8GB 1600Mhz CL9	Samsung 830	Western Digital WD1001FALS	Samsung HD753LJ
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	Cooling
ST3300822AS	Western Digital RED 3 TB	Noctua NH-D14	Lamptron FC Touch
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 8 Professional	LG W2252TQ	CM Storm Quickfire Rapid Red	Cooler Master Silent Pro M850W
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Cooler Master Cosmos II	Logitech G9x	Razer Goliathus	Beyerdynamic DT 880 Premium 600 OHM
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