is this a ATX?

CrixxzeH · 22 Apr 2011 at 01:09

hey ther all, i was just stumbled across the 'Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard'
and on the overclockers website their is no discription to say this board is an ATX. However, every wher else i do go ther is only GA-MA78LMT ATX
therfore, i wanted to knoe for certain is this board ATX or is just as big as original motherboards?

cmndr_andi · 22 Apr 2011 at 01:14

That board is micro ATX (24.3cm x 24.3cm), see here.

It will fit fine in a standard ATX case, it just doesn't offer as many PCI and PCIE slots as ATX boards.

CrixxzeH · 22 Apr 2011 at 01:30

does it matter about ATX for gaming?

cmndr_andi · 22 Apr 2011 at 02:01

CrixxzeH said:
does it matter about ATX for gaming?

It really depends what you are doing.

If you are just running the CPU at stock speeds (no overclocking) and have a single graphics card in the main PCI-E slot then this board is great for a gaming system.

However, if you want to overclock the CPU then this isn't the board for you - go for one of with at least a 770/870 chipset - or 790X/890GX if you can afford it. These will all come in the standard ATX size - so make sure you case can fit this.

Also, if you want to run two graphics cards in CrossfireX then you need a higher-end board. In this case go for 790X/890GX at the minimum.

Finally, ignoring the options mentioned above a full size ATX board will give you more room to install graphics cards with large coolers, sound cards, networking cards, controller cards, TV cards etc. With a micro-ATX boards you are rather restricted with what cards you can add alongside a standard graphics card with a dual-slot cooler.