Motherboard Form Factors Explained

What is motherboard ?

• The motherboard is a main Component of a computer System.
• It is basically a larger circuit board.
• It connects the CPU, memory, hard drives, optical drives, video card, sound card, and other ports and etc.
• backbone of a computer is knows as motherboard.

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What is The FORM FACTOR ?

Motherboards come in different shapes and size and this is knows as a form Factors and in addition to its dimensions, the form factor includes the type of the power supply and the power connectors , the rear I\O panel, The mounting holes, and so on. So a form factor is a standard in computers that manufacturers follow to make sure that their parts are compatible with a motherboard.

ATX

The most common motherboard form factor is used in PCs today is ATX.

• ATX stand for Advanced technology Extended.
• Created by intel in 1995.
• A standard ATX motherboard is 12 x 9.6 inches.
• 20 or 24 pin power connecter.
• ATX motherboard has several expansion slots.
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AT

• AT stand for Advanced technology.
• This was used back in the 1980s
• developed by IBM.
• AT motherboard are 12 x 13.8 inches

Micro ATX

• Micro ATX are smaller than ATX boards.
• It is a square design.
• Micro ATX board are 9.6 x 9.6 inches.
• This particular board has 3 expansion.
• These cheaper than ATX boards.

Mini ITX

BTX

• Designed by intel.
• BTX stand for  Balanced Technology Extended.
• Flexible enough to work on both smaller & larger cases.

NLX

• Designed by intel.
• Designed for low-End, Low profile computers.
• uses a riser card for expansion cards.