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New BTX Form Factor Announced At IDF

Posted by timothy on from the why-does-factor-follow-form dept.

xyote writes "A new motherboard form factor was announced at IDF today. See Google News for various press stories on it (how's that for up to date links?). Also, go here for the actual BTX specs."

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  1. Whats next? by pagercam2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well lets see, ATX is getting replaced by BTX, so if I remeber correctly from Kindergarten the next new technology will be CTX, DTX and ETX. I just love it when a plan comes together! (A-Team circa 1984).

    1. Re:Whats next? by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


      When they get to TTX I'm sure there's a monitor manufacturer that will have something to say.

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    2. Re:Whats next? by Tackhead · · Score: 2, Funny
      > Well lets see, ATX is getting replaced by BTX, so if I remeber correctly from Kindergarten the next new technology will be CTX, DTX and ETX.

      Ahem. That's CTX, C++TX, and C#TX, bud.

      (If you think that's nuts, when my Dad went to Kindergarten, they thought it was gonna be CTX, PTX, and LTX.)

    3. Re:Whats next? by zakezuke · · Score: 3, Funny

      Possible meanings of acronyms

      AT = Advanced Technology
      ATX = Advanced Technology neXt
      BTX = Better Technology neXt
      CTX = Catastrophic Technology neXt
      DTX = Dubious Technology neXt
      ETX = Edible Technology neXt

      intel, we bring you dubious, catastrohpic, edible, better advanced technology and meaningless acronyms.

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  2. Huh? by elid · · Score: 5, Funny
    BTX will enable the industry to strike a better balance in thermal management, system size and shape, acoustics, and performance -- all critical attributes to innovate desktop PCs for the digital home. (from http://www.dvhardware.net/article.php?sid=1894)

    Gotta love the acoustics of my motherboard. In fact, I do all of my home recording inside while sitting inside my PC box.

  3. Re:What happened to WTX? by heironymouscoward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just waaaay ahead of its time.

    First we have to get through CTX, then DTX, then ETX, then... well, let's just say that WTX is a few decades away.

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  4. Re:New Form Factor, and Easy to break! by MouseR · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe I'm just pessimistic, but does anyone want to take a stab at how long it takes for this to turn into a problem?

    Well, Longhorn is currently scheduled for 2006, so my guess is ~3 years.

  5. Mirror by Arc04 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That pdf is so slow Here is a mirror.

  6. Sorry, it sounds too much like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    BuTtoX

  7. Re:Hmmm, probably about time, but .. by iainl · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know, it sounds remarkably like you want to stack your PC upside down, rather than go through the rigmarole of buying a whole new one. That might be just me, though...

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  8. PC's should be getting bigger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    PC's should get bigger, not smaller. We have plenty of space on our desktops, so I don't see why I should have to sacrifice speed for space.

    What Intel should do is crank up CPU speeds to unreal heights - like 10 Ghz and put a monster cooling system on it. I don't mind if I have to plug the heat sink system into a separate outlet.

    What Seagate should do is increase HD size to 100 terabytes and put a huge heat sink on that too. If I have to plug the hard drive and heat sink into separate outlets, that should be fine. I have plenty of free outlets on my power strip.

    What NVidia should do is make a triple-slot GeForce FX2. Make it 10 times faster, with a huge huge heat sink fan that I can plug into another outlet.

    With all this, I think the new PC form factor should be a cube, about 3 feet on all sides.

    1. Re:PC's should be getting bigger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ooh! Just imagine a beowolf cluster of those!

  9. Re:ETX already done by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's why it failed. They should have waited for BTX, CTX & DTX.

    It was just ahead of its time.

  10. Re:P4 "Extreme Edition" much more interesting by forkboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would you rather see these penis-compensating morons giving their money to computer-parts makers (which benefits you and I in the form of R&D money) or spending it on something equally as retarded like, oh, 400W halogen headlights, neon running lights, and a muffler that makes their piece of shit Civic sound like a sports car?

    They're going to spend their money on stupid shit that makes them feel important anyway, might as well give it to the companies that make things that we'd use as well.

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  11. Re:What problem? by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Steadily increasing noise... what, I can't hear you... "NO PROBLEM".

  12. Re:P4 "Extreme Edition" much more interesting by drakaan · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...or spending it on something equally as retarded like, oh, 400W halogen headlights, neon running lights, and a muffler that makes their piece of shit Civic sound like a sports car?

    I think that should be "makes their piece of shit Civic sound like a large lawn mower?"

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