Micro ATX vs Standard ATX, what is the difference? Do I lose much going to mATX?

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MrCanEHdian

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So, I'm preparing my build but must choose between a Gygabite H97 full ATX and an Asus mATX. I like the Asus motherboard more, but it's of course mATX, should that be considered a con? The case is going to be a mid ATX btw.

Asus Mobo:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132119&cm_re=h97-_-13-132-119-_-Product

Gygabite Mobo:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128712&cm_re=h97-_-13-128-712-_-Product

Part of why I want the Asus is because it says it supports Xeon CPUs, while I can't find the list of support CPUs for the Gygabite. Also the Gygabite supports a max of 450g for coolers. The Asus doesn't seem to say what max it supports... So confused.

Thank you for your time.
 
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the only difference between atx and micro atx is the length of the board. depending on what board you compare you will ether loose a pci-x16 slot of pci slot just because they cant fit anymore on the board. other then that they are the same.
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the only difference between atx and micro atx is the length of the board. depending on what board you compare you will ether loose a pci-x16 slot of pci slot just because they cant fit anymore on the board. other then that they are the same.
 
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So there is no loss going mATX then? What are pci-x16 slots? GPUs use PCIe-x16 slots, right?
 
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I ended up going with a Z97 ATX. Thanks for the help!
 
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