Wow, that kid is more anal with his pc's than I am with my Harley (and THAT is saying something) I was gonna go with the Asus tho ( Z97 series) (Gigabyte's version seems to have tons wifi issues, and I'm an Asus fan anyhow)
Oh I know...just saw that link minutes before I saw this post. Seems you can pretty much put any components into the mini itx boxes...just very pressed for extra space.