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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: AdmRose on February 16, 2004, 06:36:49 PM

Title: Motherboard fitting question
Post by: 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?
Title: Motherboard fitting question
Post by: Rolex 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!
Title: Motherboard fitting question
Post by: AdmRose on February 16, 2004, 08:10:45 PM
What the heck is microATX then?
Title: Motherboard fitting question
Post by: bloom25 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.
Title: Motherboard fitting question
Post by: Roscoroo on February 17, 2004, 12:08:20 AM
(http://members.ispwest.com/roscoroo/pictures/Dcp_0333.jpg)

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.
Title: Motherboard fitting question
Post by: Dingbat on February 21, 2004, 04:42:05 PM
time for a KVM there Roscoroo
Title: Motherboard fitting question
Post by: sonar732 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.
Title: Motherboard fitting question
Post by: Dingbat 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