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Fr3nzy · 07-22-2005, 05:14 PM

I was looking into microATX and I was told to "stay away from microATX" however I believe this was because the man who warned me lost all the information on his hard drives in a microATX case, due to heat issues(probably had some spite towards them for that). I know space is at a minimum, and that the microATX motherboards arn't AS good (but still good I'd say) but what are the downsides to microATX? Aside from the size are there any serious issues I should know about? I mean unless they beat out ATX in some from, nobody would buy them, save just the desire for one (for whatever reason, space, the challenge of building/modding one). So is there any real need to get one? I'd like to build one myself, but I'm not sure if it'll be worth it, and I don't want to spend all that money, then not want it. The reason I want it is for something new, a new building challenge for my friend and I, and because I, still, need a new computer. Also the fact that they're so small is helpful, but I'm not really lacking space to put my computer.

Thanks!

07-22-2005, 05:14 PM	#1
Fr3nzy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: southern cali. Posts: 39	microATX, got some questions bout it... I was looking into microATX and I was told to "stay away from microATX" however I believe this was because the man who warned me lost all the information on his hard drives in a microATX case, due to heat issues(probably had some spite towards them for that). I know space is at a minimum, and that the microATX motherboards arn't AS good (but still good I'd say) but what are the downsides to microATX? Aside from the size are there any serious issues I should know about? I mean unless they beat out ATX in some from, nobody would buy them, save just the desire for one (for whatever reason, space, the challenge of building/modding one). So is there any real need to get one? I'd like to build one myself, but I'm not sure if it'll be worth it, and I don't want to spend all that money, then not want it. The reason I want it is for something new, a new building challenge for my friend and I, and because I, still, need a new computer. Also the fact that they're so small is helpful, but I'm not really lacking space to put my computer. Thanks! Last edited by Fr3nzy; 07-22-2005 at 06:46 PM.