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you dont give much of a reference of what youll be doing with your machine aside from tf2.. sooo
my machine now is an athlon 5000+be, 2gb ram, and a gts250.. it plays tf2 with flying colours at 1280x1024 with eyecandy with 8x aa and 8x af.. soo you could easily put the zotac board with an...
what about a corsair 450vx for the psu, its got the fan your looking for, from a reputable brand, and even though you wont have a vid card it will take a video card later if you do decide to do that (say a 4670 or something)
The antec nsk 3480 fits just about erything you are looking for. its got the rear 120mm and two ports on the front for 92mm fans which you could mod to fit 2 120s. Also you could cut some holes for cable management .i know that you seem to want to mod but just as a side suggestion the mini p180...
"Asus will be launching their own Core 2 mATX board called the Maximus II GENE which will use the P45 chipset and thus could make for an excellent entry-level alternative"
Found in a review of the Rampage II Gene Here
i think that with proper cooling 4 would be rather achievable. I personally own a mini p180 and if you add a 120mm fan in the front bottom spot it packs a freaking ton of airflow. I wouldnt hesitate to put a nice sli or crossfire system in that case.
"Expect availability some time next month."
Source @ Techpowerup
A few more pictures and info.. plus the quote from above..
This is sure to be my next board, if you were to do sli or crossfire with dual slot cards.. wouldnt the front panel connections get blocked? along with everything...
http://www.techpowerup.com/84807/ASUS_Developing_ROG_Series_mATX_Motherboard.html
Hopefully this will help bring down prices of the dfi board.. at least theres more than one now
Was browsing gigabytes site nd found three new UD3 mATX motherboards.
Found Here
Model Numbers :
GA-MA78GPM-UD2H, GA-MA78GM-US2H, GA-MA76GM-US2
have a look they look pretty promising!
couldnt find them on newegg though so they must be getting released soon
to get the corsair 1000 in there you will have to take out the lower dust filter and instal it from outside the case.. no problems there.. i also own a mini p180 and can say it has amazing cooling, more than enough room fr whatever kind of video cards you can fit on a mATX board. if you do...