Author Topic: Motherboard fitting question (Read 456 times)

AdmRose · « **on:** February 16, 2004, 06:36:49 PM »

My mobo is dead, so I have to find a new one. While I was doing that, I got myself a new P4 1.8Ghz CPU. Now I need a 478 board that can handle it, AND fit in my case. I need to know what the maximum size that my box can hold is considering that I have a 305mm X 190mm mobo in there right now. Do I need to get one exactly the same size, or can there be some variation, and if so how much?

Rolex · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2004, 06:53:20 PM »

Motherboards fit according to a 'form.' Any ATX form Motherboard will fit in any ATX form case. Everything lines up all the time...

Good luck getting things going!

AdmRose · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2004, 08:10:45 PM »

What the heck is microATX then?

bloom25 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2004, 10:07:51 PM »

MicroATX boards will almost always fit in a full size ATX case. Picture a full size ATX board with 5 PCI slots and cut the bottom 2 off. That gives you a board about 75% the size of a regular ATX board.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2004, 12:08:20 AM »

Clockwise from top left (on table)
Mid size atx , Micro atx (old E machine), Mid size , and full tower

I myself perfer mid size atx cases (especially for gaming pc ) because they Breath better then the micro cases and they have lots of room for multiable hard drives, full size video cards

I dont buy the shortened back cases (these have that plate over the screws for the adaptor cards ) and the lower cd rom slot will bump into the mainboard sometimes.

Dingbat · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2004, 04:42:05 PM »

time for a KVM there Roscoroo

sonar732 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2004, 04:56:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Dingbat
time for a KVM there Roscoroo

I agree! Which one host Net Aces? Also, the open floppy drive won't be good on your micro cleaning wise.

Dingbat · « **Reply #7 on:** February 21, 2004, 04:59:53 PM »

I'm on my way to get one of these:

http://www.iogear.com/products/productprint.php?Item=GCS104U