ATX or BTX?

JohnJSal

JohnJSal

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I'm reading a book right now about building your own PC (published Dec. 2006) and it discusses these two case types. From what I gather, ATX is obviously the most popular, and BTX was an almost complete failure. Then BTX got slightly more popular, but then Intel's low-powered Core 2 line suddenly made the whole purpose of BTX (cooler case, etc.) a non-issue anyway.

So, in theory BTX seems better because of the extra cooling it provides, but at this point has it completely died? Would it be worth building a BTX system, or is it hard to find good motherboards and coolers that are compatible?

Thanks.
 
Almost everything out right now is ATX and it is a LOT easier to find parts compatible with it. All the top parts are compatible with ATX right now.
 
I had a BTX case and tried to buy parts for it but I ended up buying a ATX case , there is nothing to buy for BTX cases. at least not now.
 
oscaryu1 said:
BTX = Dell

ATX = Standard

Dell = Our enemy

Standard = Cheapest

:D
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Heh heh. Dell is what I am looking at right now for my new PC, if I don't decide to build it myself. And someone had mentioned that they use BTX motherboards, which I found interesting. But that might make it difficult to upgrade parts later, I would think.
 
BTX is the better form factor, the problem is, not everyone has adapted to it yet. If you can get all the parts you want BTX is more ideal, if not go with ATX form factor.
 
tlarkin said:
BTX is the better form factor, the problem is, not everyone has adapted to it yet. If you can get all the parts you want BTX is more ideal, if not go with ATX form factor.
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It's just the case, motherboard, and heatsink that are dependent on the form factor, right? Does any type of processor, memory, graphics card, etc. fit either ATX or BTX motherboards?

Also, is there a move toward BTX, like you suggest (everyone hasn't adapted yet), or is it pretty much dead?
 
BTX is the same as ATX but streamlined for better performance and way less margin of error, as well as better orientation of components for maximum cooling.
 
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