Cheap mini ITX board for Pentium G3258 overclocking on Linux?

[sefsefsefsef]

Hi, I would like to build a system with approximately these specs:

Pentium G3258
8 GB DDR3
128 GB SSD
??? Mini ITX Motherboard
Linux Mint

What socket 1150 mini ITX motherboard works well with Linux that allows overclocking? It doesn't have to be a fancy overclocking board, I just want to hit 4 GHz and run with that 24/7. It's very important to me that it will work with either Linux Mint or Ubuntu without having to do any special configuration or missing drivers. The cheaper the better--I don't want to spend much more on the motherboard than the CPU itself. Thanks for any recommendations.

 

[VirtualLarry]

You may not be able to hit 4Ghz, at least not without an H97 / Z97, with a Gigabyte board.

I've got a Gigabyte H81 board with a G3258 @ 3.6Ghz, running Mint 17.1, with 8GB of RAM and an 80GB SSD. Runs fairly sweet.

 

[Madpacket]

I've had good luck with the MSI H81I ITX board.

My G3258 does 4GHz without touching voltages on stock cooler (could go higher if pushed but YMMV). The MSI boards appear to use less power over other brands as well which is a bonus. My only issue with the board is the component layout is a bit strange but overall it works well for basic board. It has all the important things you want like on board USB 3.0 header, 4 SATA ports, and decent on board audio.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ESTMATCH&Description=MSI+H81I&N=-1&isNodeId=1

 

[dave_the_nerd]

AsRock H97 Pro4 has basic overclock settings for unlocked CPUs that should do the job.

edit: Oh, wait, ITX. Never mind. *facepalm*

 

[ganons]

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