Beginner's mistake!!

[longaadoc]

I have been planning to build a new PC for a while. This is my first ever attempt at PC building. I have been looking around for some good deals to buy components, as I am not in a hurry to build the PC right away. I just saw a nice deal on Antec p180 case and jumped on it (I was initially considering Antec 900 or cool master centurion 590). Now that it is here, I realized that it is a MICRO ATX case and not ATX case!!!

All the motherboards I was considering are ATX (Antec P5Q serise and Biostart T43). So do I have any choice other than selling the case and buying a new ATX case?!

 

[DSF]

Did you buy the P180 or the Mini P180? The P180 is not micro ATX.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: DSF
Did you buy the P180 or the Mini P180? The P180 is not micro ATX.

This. Also their are a few good micro-atx motherboards on the market anyway.

 

[longaadoc]

It is mini P180. That is where I got confused. At the time of ordering I thougth, I was ordering P180, not the mini.

What the good mini ATX boards? I have E8400 (planning to OC to 4 Ghz). Will have 4850 GPU w/ 4 GB G Skill PC2 8500 (DDR2 1000) RAM. Also, are there different PSU for ATX and miniATX cases?

 

[DSF]

Have you considered calling or emailing the vendor and explaining the mistake? They may let you exchange it and pay the difference for a P182, although you'll have to pay the shipping I imagine.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: DSF
Have you considered calling or emailing the vendor and explaining the mistake? They may let you exchange it and pay the difference for a P182, although you'll have to pay the shipping I imagine.

Unless he's a Bstard he'l be fine with that

 

[TheSynth]

You should of went with a a P182 http://www.newegg.com/Product/...2E16811129025&Tpk=p182. I think that's even cheaper than the Mini P180. Yeah, $20 cheaper. Atleast you have a good eye for a nice case.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: longaadoc
What the good mini ATX boards? I have E8400 (planning to OC to 4 Ghz). Will have 4850 GPU w/ 4 GB G Skill PC2 8500 (DDR2 1000) RAM. Also, are there different PSU for ATX and miniATX cases?

Your case uses a normal ATX PSU. Not all micro ATX cases use ATX PSUs though. For motherboard, the Asus P5K-VM and P5E-VM HDMI boards will get your E8400 close to your target speed as long as your CPU can do it without much extra voltage. I've also heard good things about the Gigabyte boards using the G33 chipset, but Gigabyte discontinued them all and replaced them with a new model using the same chipset - I don't know if the new one is as good an overclocker as the older ones.