Anyone know of a LGA 1366 micro ATX board, released or due soon, that has both sata 6gb and usb 3.0? Kinda disappointed that the new shuttle sx58j3 won't have those, so I'm considering parts-ing together a system w/ this case... but I haven't been able to find a micro ATX to base it on, yet. Onboard audio + network preferred too, unless it's junk.
Other question- any recommendation on a water cooling solution for the da box case? I'm sick of dust-buster fan noise.
Hypothetical system specs:
- core i7 w/ 6gb (3x 2gb) ram
- win7pro, 64bit
- ati 5970 (water cooled?)
- x-25m SSD boot drive
- 1tb data drive
- internal (if there's room...) blu-ray/DVD/CD drive
- 600 or 750W modular ps (suggestions? I've seen a few mentioned here, any concensus on which is the quietest w/ enough output for the components listed?)
Any suggestions appreciated and welcome; I like the form factor of this case, but I'm afraid I'll need to use a full ATX to get the options I'm looking for... I've been digging thru this thread (slowly) but pointers to specific posts would be great too.
Oh- and color? Gunmetal grey or blued steel FTW.
The Seasonic X750 is the smallest PSU with 750W. Stepping it up higher gives you bigger PSUs but they you may have problems with cable management or fitting long GPUs. I don't know about watercooling but it appears to be impossible to do a sustained internal watercooling (All in ones like the H50 aside). There is simply no room..