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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. Link to specs by dalleboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    The specs pdf for those whose browser doesn't handle backslashes.

  2. P4 "Extreme Edition" much more interesting by msgmonkey · · Score: 4, Informative

    The announcement of a 3.2GHz P4 with 2MB of cache targeted at gamers as reported by The Enquirer is more of an eye opener to me. The price tag will probable live up to the "Extreme" label tho, seems like they are affraid that the Athlon 64 will take away some of their "bleeding edge gotta have it" revenue.

  3. Its about time. by imsabbel · · Score: 4, Informative

    Could read the article because it is slashdotted, but a replacement for atx is really needed.

    At the time of introduction, atx was designed for CPUs with a power dissipation of 10-20W. The cpu socket was placed right under the power suply to cool the heatsink with the airflow of the PS fan.

    Nowaday, 80W CPUs dont benefit from this closeness to another heatsource in the PC. ATX doesnt include anything that allows thermal coupling between board and case (think of audio amp heathsink) or air-tunnels to cool the cpu with air from outside the case.

    Also, eATX boards are quite huge, to big for anything but server cases, but normal atx isnt quite big enough for dual cpu boards with dual channel RAM (or opteron with 4 channel ram).

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    HI O WISE PRINCE. WHT TOOK U SO DAM LONG?
  4. Re:Huh? by Zathrus · · Score: 4, Informative
    What, you think the motherboard plays no part in the acoustics/sound level from your PC?

    So, I suppose that a motherboard with a fan on the north bridge is just as quiet as one without a fan, right?

    Acoustics may not be the best word to use, but it's certainly valid. From Webster's:
    1 singular in construction : a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound
  5. Re:What we really need by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    ecs desknote comes sorta close, you can replace the cpu and ram with regular commodity bits.
    http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/a929.htm