Ivybridge requires an AAG23736-503 or later, and I have AAG23736-500, which will not support 22nm whatever the BIOS version. This is rather annoying for me, having discovered that Ivybridge processors are cheaper than their Sandybridge equivalents. Check Table 1 on the page you linked again. :) It ...

Here's some new offerings from Fractal Design that debuted at Computex: Node 304 Mini-ITX http://i.imgur.com/h97Nx.jpg Node 605 ATX http://i.imgur.com/lW8GC.jpg Full gallery and write-up is available at Anandtech . The Node 304 looks interesting but I'm not sure what the point is of the Node 605. Ho...

A stacked pair of Wesena enclosures would do nicely. One for the motherboard and CPU and one for all the hard drives:

I am also interested in knowing if the DH77EB can undervolt the CPU? I checked BIOS and found that I could set the voltage of the integrated graphics and the memory but not the CPU. edit: Looked at the DH77EB manual and it doesn't state that you can undervolt the cpu, only underclock it. 3.11 BIOS ...

Anyone else using the DH77EB? Seems to be really good in terms of power consumption! I recently upgraded to a DH77EB and a Celeron G530. Measured 39 watts at idle but I have two hard drives, an optical drive, one ssd, and three fans (two 120mm case fans and the stock CPU fan). The power supply I'm ...

It is a vertical case... though I guess you can stick any vertical case on its side. It's most definitely a horizontal case. You can tell because Cooler Master gives you the option to rotate the case logo. :lol: And if that is the case, the Broadway Com R-310 is even smaller. Seriously though, the ...

Intel's DH77DF is the board that meets most of your requirements. The only downside is that it is relatively new and so you won't see any discounts on it for a while. The main benefit to going with the latest 7 series chipsets is native SATA 3 and USB 3 support. Older chipsets require additional con...

Cooler Master's Elite 361 is one of the smallest horizontal cases that can support ATX sized motherboards. It's very cheap (looking at eBay.be, you can have one delivered at around €55) but you'll have to budget a new heatsink as the tallest the case can fit is 122mm. Another disadvantage is the wa...

How about splitting the difference and using two sticks of 1.35V SDRAM? Samsung is now offering DDR3 SDRAM produced at their 30nm process that is pretty cheap and runs at 1.35V. This memory is also lower profile than the typical module which could help with heatsink clearance and perhaps air circula...