Who else would like to see something bigger than E-ATX?

95thrifles

95thrifles

95thrifles

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As title, I wish a manufacturer would be bold enough to release a mobo (and obviously theyd need to design a new case too) which is bigger than E-ATX, and I dont mean in the way E-ATX is bigger than ATX, what was the point? but like 1.5x as big, not to actually put any more things on, but to space out what they put on there now. Fed up of having to check if a cooler will avoid the RAM and which PCI(E) slots you can ACTUALLY use once you put in a dbl width gfx card, I mean seriously why advertise 17 slots when only abouut 3 are usable? (artistic license :D )
Would be nice if everything wasnt so cramped
 
Most people want smaller PCs, not bloody great things.

Its better to argue for single slot graphics cards, than larger mobo's.
 
Yeah I agree with that too, Ive been considering a new mATX build myself but thats another point, who's going to build a dual gfx card mATX? answer no one (mATX builds are generally incapable of shifting the amount of heat produced by dual gfx card set ups), so why put 2 PCI-E slots on? no need, just have one and space other slots out better
 
Yes I know there are, that was my point, but why? To me a mATX system is intended for quiet/low power usage which doesnt fit with a dual gfx card set up
 
I agree mobos can be very crowded these days, massive coolers blocking RAM slots, many SATA/USB ports etc. Couple this with dual slot gfx cards and there isn't much room left for normal PCI slots (somewhat dismayed so find only a couple on my P55 board).

However creating a new form factor isn't that easy, there are too many dependent factors like the implication for cases.

My Chieftec Dragon case is considered "big" by many people outside of the enthusiast market, but actually when it comes down to it, it's not really. I've had to remove a HD case to get my gfx card fitting properly. Cable management can be a pain.
 
I should have also added Id like to see the removal of unnecessary components from new mobos too, like IDE connectors, who still uses these? seriously
 
I use an ide connector for my optical drive, though it wouldn't kill me to just move to sata. Consequence of wanting to use six hard drives without using a pci card, from the intel ich9.

I'm more worried about the floppy connector disappearing, as it will mean flashing graphics cards using some version of dos-on-usb which so far has offered me a bad flash and a disk that wouldn't boot.

Going to disagree on matx boards as well, they come into their own when water is involved. Two gpus in a small case burn if running on air, or are fine if you can thread water to them. Equally though, an matx board in an atx case means a lot more space available for hard drives/radiators etc. I regret going with atx this time around, and I'll be on two cards as soon as I find a second 8800gt.

Different ideas of what a computer should be I suppose. I don't care how much electricity it uses if it's quiet, and a preference for smaller. I can see atx dying out, not matx.
 
I wouldn't mind some more PCI/PCIe slots (or just more movement to one or the other)

With my WLAN card, TV tuner and GPU I've literally got space for one more PCIe x1 device.

I'd much prefer it if all the PCI equipment was PCIe, it would give a lot more flexibility.
 
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