Sunday, January 17, 2010

Are all mid tower cases ATX?

Are all mid tower (computer) cases ATX?





if not what else are ATX? whats another thing besides ATX? what would a full tower be? ATX?





help me out! im learning about cases! fill me upAre all mid tower cases ATX?
';ALL'; is a powerful word, so I'll say 99% to be safe.





Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX) cases come in Mini, Mid, Desktop, Server %26amp; Full formats.


All it means is that the case will accommodate an ATX power supply and ATX motherboard. This is meant to assure people of interoperability between parts.





What the sizes tell you is the format of motherboard they can accommodate as well as how many (or how few) drive bays they may have.


ATX has been the standard for almost 15 years now. Before that was AT %26amp; Baby AT.





info:





http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-atx-c鈥?/a>





http://www.pchardware.co.uk/cases.php





regards,


Philip TAre all mid tower cases ATX?
ATX is a form factor. What this means is that it conforms to a set of standards in terms of the placement of specific parts. eg. ATX states that the processor is up top near the power supply and the ram. While BTX (a different form factor) has things in different places.





To my knowledge there are ATX form factor cases for mids and full size towers.





Other form factors would include BTX, microATX, ETX.

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