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11-10-2003, 04:00 PM
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gaming system in micro atx case?
Would it be possible, if i got a new mobo and psu to put it together with my current system? Or can you not get enough power for all the stuff?
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11-10-2003, 05:10 PM
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It's possible, but mATX power supplies are hard to come by for high wattages, the largest I've ever seen was 300w. And you'll have to get a mATX motherboard which by their nature have less slots and features on them. You should have no trouble with drives, every mATX case I've seen has room for at least 2 optical and 3 3.5" drives.
Plus working around in tiny mATX cases is just not fun, but if you don't mind then go for it. |
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11-11-2003, 03:27 PM
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Yeah, you could definitely do it. A 300w PSU is fine for what would fit into a mATX case. There are a lot of companies that make low profile versions of their cards. I'm pretty sure Aopen makes low-profile sounds cards, and there are a bunch of GF4 low profile video cards.
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11-11-2003, 06:08 PM
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I put a system together recently that could be used as a gamer if you added a good video card and maybe an extra fan. Used an Antec SLK1600 (beige) from Newegg for $57. Comes with a 300Watt quality psu. Mobo was an Asus P4P800-VM which is an 865 Chipset, Micro ATX with onboard sound, video and lan. Used a P4 2.4C and Kingston Value Ram. You could add an ATI 9600 Pro to that system and enjoy yourself. The onboard sound rocks. Here's a link to the mobo
http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=P4P800-VM&langs=09
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