AMD AM2 ATX or BTX

Livestrong · 25 Feb 2006 at 20:46

anyone know if AMD will stick with the atx design for there new socket am2

Jokester · 25 Feb 2006 at 20:50

It'll be upto the MB manufacturers, but BTX is essentially dead at the moment.

Jokester

Minstadave · 25 Feb 2006 at 22:08

Yeah what happened with BTX? Are Intel pushing ahead with it?

Explicit · 25 Feb 2006 at 22:13

What are the benefits of BTX? Spending money on a new case & mobo are the only consequences I see.

Jokester · 25 Feb 2006 at 22:16

The BTX layout helps with case cooling and by extension cooling other components. It was Intel's response to the hotter P4 cores and their urge to get more out of them. Since then, they've went back to the P3 type of core and redesigns of that which run cooler so BTX has pretty much died a death.

Jokester

Explicit · 25 Feb 2006 at 22:26

Jokester said:
The BTX layout helps with case cooling and by extension cooling other components. It was Intel's response to the hotter P4 cores and their urge to get more out of them. Since then, they've went back to the P3 type of core and redesigns of that which run cooler so BTX has pretty much died a death.

Jokester

Oh right, thanks. So Intel went through all that trouble of redesigning the case/mobo layout for the sake of their poorly designed P4s?

Hope we stick with ATX, I don't want to buy another case.

Phoenix211 · 26 Feb 2006 at 14:21

and btx looks a mess compared to atx! the layout makes my eyes go funny

welshtom · 26 Feb 2006 at 16:25

I use my stacker in BTX form. Lot easier to cool i found.

Tom

Overlag · 26 Feb 2006 at 16:46

welshtom said:
I use my stacker in BTX form. Lot easier to cool i found.

Tom

you have a BTX board?

im sure you mean you are running your ATX board upsidedown

sja360 · 26 Feb 2006 at 16:47

there are BTX boards out there for Intel, barely any though and i dont believe there are any BTX for amd's.

Lagmeister · 26 Feb 2006 at 17:01

BTX was alive at least in some form a few months ago, there was a lab with some BTX stuff in there up in Swindon, though I didnt get to see anything working as the bloke doing his stuff in there was away.

welshtom · 26 Feb 2006 at 17:59

Overlag said:
you have a BTX board?

im sure you mean you are running your ATX board upsidedown

well yes, as i said.

im running my STACKER in btx form.

Tom

Overlag · 26 Feb 2006 at 18:27

welshtom said:
well yes, as i said.

im running my STACKER in btx form.

Tom

ATX upside down doesnt mean BTX

welshtom · 26 Feb 2006 at 18:49

Well as i said

THE STACKER IS IN BTX FORM

whats so non understandable about that????

Tom

Overclocker · 26 Feb 2006 at 22:25

Dell use BTX.

Overlag · 26 Feb 2006 at 23:03

welshtom said:
Well as i said

THE STACKER IS IN BTX FORM

whats so non understandable about that????

Tom

so you have a BTX motherboard then?

if you have an ATX motherboard it wont fit in the stalker when its in TRUE BTX setup. You can just put the ATX tray in upside down, however BTX has the ports and slots in different locations