$750 computer for a friend, itx vs atx

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Hey guys i need some help building a pc for a friend.

he is going off to collage and he needs a pc for his dorm. he does not know if it needs to be small (probably does)

Pc requirements:
Cpu: 4 cores
Ram: 8gb
SSD: 120gb+
Monitor: 1920x1080
Wifi: N 5ghz (Prefer AC)
GPU: 2GB vram minimum (prefer more)

For the itx these are the cases i thought of
EVGA Hadron Air
Cooler Master Elite 110
any other small cases that are decent

Just for reference i built some earlier that were over budget
ATX: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CF8ft6
ITX: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DF8ft6

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I'd go ITX. Nowaday, with as few expansion cards as I use, I find that ATX is overly bulkly.

Of course, you could go for Micro-ATX which provides you with 4 expansion slots (as opposed to 7 in ATX and 1 in ITX) but is still a decent size.

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Silverstone RVZ01 is what I am currently using. Pretty good case but I think the only draw back is either going for the pretty expensive SFX PSU. My 450W Gold has a noticeable hum but that can't be fixed regardless of what size of 80mm fan is populated in there.

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I too suggest ITX. I don't know why 4 cores is necessary, but if you could, go with an i3 and more and a ~256GB SSD instead of this. I tried to keep the build similar to what you had with a few changes. Price went over with the wifi adapter. Monitor included: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8yVjK8

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ITX is decent but a better motherboard should be chosen that allows for Core i5/i7 or Broadwell CPUs in the future. Here is a system that will play nearly everything at High settings at 1080P based loosely on some else's post here.

PCPartPicker

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Having built ATX, micro, and ITX systems, I reccomend atx completely. So much easier to work with. If not, then go micro atx.

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4-cores and up is already essentially a requirement for editing and it will be the standard in gaming soon as developers begin to take advantages of more threads.

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Yep thats why. also he will be in collage and will not upgrade for a while. as someone who has run a core i3 for a while i cant get them when compared to amd's offerings, especially the octa-cores.

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I sent this to him. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yqJhxr

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I think for a dorm room, ITX would be worth it.

My form factor of choice at the moment is M-ATX.

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I can understand that. I just wasn't sure of the use of this system much. A pentium g3258 would work fine for most current games, but for future proofing, going anything less than quad core wouldn't be a good idea. The reason I say is that a quad core is a tight fit for a $750 system.