[saber101]

hey guys i was will soon make my first Intel build some time this year with water cooling using Swiftech because i can(even tho its a wast of money). Not sure i will go for Haswell since i will be properly just game and to light encoding, movies and browsing and ****.

i've decide to go with this mobo ASUS P8H77-I Mini ITX Motherboard which will go with the BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Case.

The only thing it has only a 4 pin cpu power, which will properly power up a i5 3550 i could get an i5 2500k but this mobo is a H77, and is not gonna overclock.

The only thing that worries me is because it has 4 pins instead of the usual 8 pin and was wondering if there is any disadvantage other than overclocking that i should know.

 

[SoliDD]

Yes it does have an effect on overclocking. I also can't find any information on how many phases that Asus board has leading me to believe it has very little, which would also have a negative effect on OC'ing.

I would suggest an ASRock ITX Mobo, here are two of them I found for you.

This one is cheaper than the Asus, it only has a 4 pin cpu power but it lists that it has 4+2 phase for the CPU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157311

and this one is a bit mor expensive but had an 8 pin power for the CPU and a 6+2 phase, this one seems ideal if it fits the budget.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157312

Let me know if these don't suit you or if you have any questions.

 

[saber101]

nice thanks mate the ASRock Z77E-ITX looks promising, the only down side is that it only have 4 sata I would like to have 6 or higher since i tend to use a lot of hdd room.