Should I wait for BTX?

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On 24 May 2004 14:15:06 -0700, email_invalid@mail2world.com (Email
Invalid) wrote:

| I am currently considering building a new PC but heard that ATX form
| factor was going to become obsoleted by BTX. If that is the case,
| should I go ahead and build my ATX computer or should I wait for BTX
| components to be available and build a BTX computer instead?

Go ahead and build an ATX now. That's what I recently did. You can
enjoy it while the kinks are being worked out of BTX. I think you'll
be ready for another major upgrade by the time that happens — IF it
happens!

Larc



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BTX has been promised for a long time (in computer terms) now.
Remember, with anything to do with new computer technology, you DO NOT
want to be the very first kid on your block to try it. The processor
wars between INtel and AMD seem to be settling down for the moment.
Wait a year and see what happens.


>I am currently considering building a new PC but heard that ATX form
>factor was going to become obsoleted by BTX. If that is the case,
>should I go ahead and build my ATX computer or should I wait for BTX
>components to be available and build a BTX computer instead?
>

The meek shall NOT inherit the earth.

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Wait for BTX and buy an ATX for lots cheaper


"Email Invalid" <email_invalid@mail2world.com> wrote in message
news:8a9be796.0405241315.110ce6d@posting.google.com...
> I am currently considering building a new PC but heard that ATX form
> factor was going to become obsoleted by BTX. If that is the case,
> should I go ahead and build my ATX computer or should I wait for BTX
> components to be available and build a BTX computer instead?
>
> I'm willing to wait a couple of months or so but not a year so the
> question really is how soon BTX cases, mobos, cards, etc will become
> available.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thanks.
> (Email is invalid so please reply here.)

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Richard Dower wrote:
....

> As for BTX, i think one should wait at least 6-8 months, that way prices
> will drop....

Yes, the picture will become clear in the automn, and boxes with new
technology will be available on a larger scale for the Xmas business.
Then it will be the time to decide...

BTW - www.CoolerMaster.com offer CMStacker, a case covering both
standards: ATX and BTX - so you can build an ATX computer now in a
BTX-ready case;-)

Roy

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RAMBUS was more politic than technical. People loved-to-hate the
Intel/RAMBUS solution and revolted. In the end it was faster but still
lost. Current dedicated platfroms that require high speed RAM (i.e.
xbox) still use RAMBUS.

Ron




"GTS" <gts123NOSPAM@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<I5vsc.473$Vp5.248@newsfe2-win>...
> I wouldn't go with BTX until / if it is established - I remember when Intel
> first released the P4 and using all their corporate muscle to force people
> to use a new case design for it, along with RAMBUS memory! Luckily
> independent motherboard makers started to produce P4 motherboards in the ATX
> form factor to cater for the masses of users with ATX cases, and look at it
> now - all P4 are ATX and thankfully rambus is all but forgotten. I am
> suspicious now of new form factors - is it really an improvement or just
> the industry trying to generate more money for themselves? Another factor is
> ecology - at present you have been able to re-use your ATX case when you
> upgrade, just imagine how many millions of cases there are around the
> world - it would be a terrible thing if over time these all have to be
> scrapped and replaced with BTX. I bet anything that whatever developments
> there are in mobos - PCI Express, SATA, whatever, will be made available in
> ATX format but many of the mobo makers.
> Just my opinion!
> "Larc" <larc-news@jupiterlink.net> wrote in message
> news:epq4b01t7piqfblh0b7f9trml63fhht7b7@4ax.com...
> > On 24 May 2004 14:15:06 -0700, email_invalid@mail2world.com (Email
> > Invalid) wrote:
> >
> > | I am currently considering building a new PC but heard that ATX form
> > | factor was going to become obsoleted by BTX. If that is the case,
> > | should I go ahead and build my ATX computer or should I wait for BTX
> > | components to be available and build a BTX computer instead?
> >
> > Go ahead and build an ATX now. That's what I recently did. You can
> > enjoy it while the kinks are being worked out of BTX. I think you'll
> > be ready for another major upgrade by the time that happens - IF it
> > happens!
> >
> > Larc
> >
> >
> >
> > §§§ - Change planet to earth to reply by email - §§§

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In article <iNwNc.821$bi1.600@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net>,
technomancer@ntlworld.com says...
> "Email Invalid" <email_invalid@mail2world.com> wrote in message
> news:8a9be796.0405241315.110ce6d@posting.google.com...
> > I am currently considering building a new PC but heard that ATX form
> > factor was going to become obsoleted by BTX. If that is the case,
> > should I go ahead and build my ATX computer or should I wait for BTX
> > components to be available and build a BTX computer instead?
> >
> > I'm willing to wait a couple of months or so but not a year so the
> > question really is how soon BTX cases, mobos, cards, etc will become
> > available.
> >
> > Please advise.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > (Email is invalid so please reply here.)
>
> Hi Folks
>
> Having looked around is there any danger of anybody actually producing a BTX
> mobo, this year, let alone next year. TIA.
>

All of the rumors that I've been hearing indicate that
while Intel is pushing BTX, the case-makers and others
aren't buying into it.

I think ATX will still be around for a while (or that
the overlap will last as long as AT vs ATX did).