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Another question:
The mATX build is spec'd with a 550 watt power supply. Does 550 watts have growing room for adding a DVD , 1 or 2 HDD's, other things that might come up?
Also, is safe to assume that a mATX board will work with an ATX case?
550 watts is actually quite a lot unless you wish to use multiple high powered GPUs - it will be more than adequate for most peoples needs. Use a couple of PSU power calculators online. My i5 Haswell build with GT640 and two HDDs will redly actually get over even 200 watts - most of the time it is well under 60w.
ATX cases will be able to use the smaller mATX boards.