Zotac 9300 mini ITX differences?

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I'm looking into building a small HTPC for the bedroom to replace HTPC2 in my sig since I will be giving that one away.

I have all the parts already except for the motherboard. I know I want a Zotac 9300 motherboard since I already have the Intel CPU to pair up with it. Now that I'm looking I've noticed there are 2 models at Newegg now and according to avsforum there is one coming out soon.

As far as I can tell these are the differences:
GF9300-D-E - 2 Sata Ports
GF9300-G-E - 3 Sata Ports
GF9300-I-E - Overclocked GPU to 9400 speeds

Is that it? Newegg has the D-E and the G-E listed at the same price (the G-E could be more ore less since it's out of stock until tomorrow) and since the I-E is newer and overclocked will probably cost $20ish more. So the question is is there something that makes the G-E stand out over the D-E besides the extra SATA port that I won't need?

Oh, and can someone recommend a picoPSU and power brick to go with this board, a hard drive, 2gb RAM and a e4300 cpu?
 
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Most of the cases that you will find in that format come with small psu's already. These systems aren't very power hungry so it should be sufficient.
 
TeedOff said:
I've successfully used this with an E5200 and E7200 in the Zotac board:
http://www.short-circuit.com/product/picoPSU-150-XT.html
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Thanks, that's the one I've been looking at.

-Sn1PeR- said:
Most of the cases that you will find in that format come with small psu's already. These systems aren't very power hungry so it should be sufficient.
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I know, the case I ordered came with one but it takes up a lot of room and will add a lot of heat in such a small case. I'd rather get the picoPSU to drop a major heat source and get more space for a fanless heatsink.
 
Actually, I have a similar question about these itx boards. Is the overclocking of the GPU on the 9300-I-E achievable by the users on the 9300-G-E boards? How much performance gain does it yield?
 
isaca said:
Actually, I have a similar question about these itx boards. Is the overclocking of the GPU on the 9300-I-E achievable by the users on the 9300-G-E boards? How much performance gain does it yield?
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Only useful in gaming situations.
 
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