it's not the case. It's the motherboard that doesn't have 3.0 cos ur buying a 81

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/vbMGD3

hows this?

dont need z97 since it's a locked cpu
go for h97
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12981107766

r u wanting that enermax case cuz of the side window panel?

no, because of the ports being on top of the case

e/ http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/dKjY7P

This post was edited by yodakon on Apr 10 2015 03:55pm

cos that case is temprorarily out of stock,

http://www.ncix.com/detail/fractal-design-core-2300-atx-9a-94343-1304.htm?affiliateid=7474144
also has ports on top of the case, much better build quality too
cheaper too since it's on a good sale atm

Thats better, but if you want a full sized board, you can get the ASRock H97 Anniversary for the same price.

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/wJKPNG

-The Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case supports video cards up to 380mm long, but video cards over 200mm may block drive bays. Since the EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card is 257mm long, some drive bays may not be usable.

could this be a problem?

e/ is there a big dif between a fullsize and a micro one?

This post was edited by yodakon on Apr 10 2015 04:05pm

You'll just have to remove a set of drive bays for the video card to fit. It isn't a problem. You'll have other bays to put the drives in.

As for the motherboard size, it isn't a necessity. It just looks better to have a full size board in a bigger case. An ATX board also has 2 more RAM slots than a mATX. There are other possible differences like SLI or Crossfire capability, but even some regular boards can't so that isn't specific to the size.

You'll be fine with either of those two boards for the price. It just depends on which ever you like better.

nope cos u can take out the drive cages

other case alternatives w/ 3.0 header could be
corsair 200r
cougar solution black
bitfenix comrade
nzxt 210 elite / 220

atx is just normal sized motherboard
matx is just smaller sized

I need a different hard drive, that one is in store only

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/wJKPNG