News - MSI launches its MSI Z87I Gaming AC and GTX 760 Gaming ITX

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This could be a popular combination for pint-sized gaming systems.

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Small but perfectly formed. I like it a lot :D

Oh 3 way SLI on this motherboard WOW great job MSI, now tell me how that works !

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Originally Posted by abychristy

Oh 3 way SLI on this motherboard WOW great job MSI, now tell me how that works !

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I agree, the 3-way SLI is completely pointless.

I don't think the 3-way SLI on this 760 is pointless. The card itself is a potent ITX option in its own right, but stuffing a pair (or a trio if you went with W/C on them) in to a very shallow mATX chassis is certainly going to raise a bit of interest. In all honesty, it's probably just MSI's way of saying, "Look, we preserved the entire feature set on this card!".

Not only do I like the look and sound of the very competently-specced products, but matching sets like this add a touch of class to proceedings. Here's hoping that ASUS, Gigabyte et al start churning out matching motherboard/GPU combos with this much style. It'd certainly be an incentive to make repeat purchases from the same company.

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Originally Posted by jnutt

Small but perfectly formed. I like it a lot :D

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Same here - make the basis of a pretty reasonable SteamBox I think. :)

I'd get the motherboard but if i had the dosh i'd go for a 280X or a 780TI seeing as most of the mini ITX cases i like support full length GPU's.

£220 ?

£250 if bought separately.

Good value !

This is good - I think minituriation of gaming PCs is definitely the way forward - my next new build will for sure be ITX or mATX so glad to see smaller parts out to build it with

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Originally Posted by w1ntergr33n

This is good - I think minituriation of gaming PCs is definitely the way forward - my next new build will for sure be ITX or mATX so glad to see smaller parts out to build it with

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Why? Its more expensive, fewer features and more difficult to upgrade. I bought a good ATX(and BTX as it goes) full tower in 2004, cost me £150, but I've used it ever since, 13 drive bays, 2*120mm watercooling, 2 psus if I want them. As far as triple SLI goes - good luck finding a big enough psu in an actually miniitx case, if you're going to use a full size case anyway you may as well use full size parts.

"RADAX Fan"

I've got a socket A cooler that looks just like that ;) Hardly innovative... :p

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Originally Posted by herulach

Why? Its more expensive, fewer features and more difficult to upgrade. I bought a good ATX(and BTX as it goes) full tower in 2004, cost me £150, but I've used it ever since, 13 drive bays, 2*120mm watercooling, 2 psus if I want them. As far as triple SLI goes - good luck finding a big enough psu in an actually miniitx case, if you're going to use a full size case anyway you may as well use full size parts.

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Agree - worse time I had with builds was with a Pentium4-based Shuttle. Trying to find a suitable AGP card that would fit in a very slim slot was a real bitch. And doing any maintenance was equally "fun". Much prefer my HAF932.

But w1ntergr33n's got a point in that I - like him/her - think that we're going to see more and more focus on these "bookcase" units. Personally though, I'd prefer something about the size of an olde-style video recorder that was very, very quiet most of the time - ideal for an under-the-tv installation.

Perhaps a Noctua D14 may not fit

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Originally Posted by crossy

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Originally Posted by jnutt

Small but perfectly formed. I like it a lot :D

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Same here - make the basis of a pretty reasonable SteamBox I think. :)

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My thoughts exactly

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Originally Posted by GoodZE

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Originally Posted by abychristy

Oh 3 way SLI on this motherboard WOW great job MSI, now tell me how that works !

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I agree, the 3-way SLI is completely pointless.

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It's not as pointless when you want to keep good airflow in micro ATX cases.

Not like we have seen that GPU heatsink before... *cough cough, ASUS GTX670 DCUmini, cough cough*

Seriously MSI, really?

On a brighter note I think its awesome! I love SFF PCs.