ITX 1150 board to overclock Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition Processor?

[Madpacket]

So with Asus allowing for the overclocking of of the new anniversary edition Pentium CPU I'm on a quest to build a low power HTPC / steam gaming box. I'll be pairing it a 750 Ti but want to keep it under 150W (max) in order to pair it up with a Pico 160XT power supply I have from a previous project.

Other than the Asus ASUS H81I ($75 CAD) and H87I ($105 CAD) PLUS boards, do you know of any other manufacturers who are supplying cheapish ITX boards that can overclock the new Pentium AE CPU?

I'm also looking for an ITX case that can accept up to three 3.5" hard drives (for media storage) and 1 boot drive (SSD). My 750 TI is from EVGA which fortunately is only the length of the PCIe slot but unfortunately is full height & takes up two slots.

Any motherboard suggestions to help me along with my build would be appreciated.

 

[pcsavvy]

Asus has a bios update that will support the AE Pentium but I would double check Asus' website to make sure those boards can be updated with that particular bios.

 

[Madpacket]

Thanks. For both the H81/87 Asus's website does list a new BIOS with support for the AE pentium (and the new DC chip) however there is no mention of overclocking ability, just support. I'm worried these boards have no ability to overclock. Need to dig further.

Err found the actual Asus statement listed on this page:

http://thepcenthusiast.com/asus-h97-h87-b85-and-h81-motherboards-overclock-unlock-processors/

Looks like the Asus H boards should allow changing the multiplier so perhaps this will be good up until 4GHz or so which isn't bad really however I'm thinking it may make more sense to pick up the Asus Z97-ITX series board and the AE chip for now to tide me over until the Broadwell processors are released. That way I can get full voltage control and perhaps squeeze out 4.4/4.5 Ghz. Once the Broadwell chips are released sell the AE $40-60 bucks and then put that towards a new K series.

I'm not impressed with Devils Canyon energy consumption or the early retail overclocking results so I would rather wait for the tock (tick?) version of Haswell so I can stick to normal cooling in my ITX case.

I found a great case for ITX + HTPC + NAS + Steam Box etc. The Fractal Design Node 304 will do just fine.