What do you think about micro atx builds?

[jerry206]

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[DarkSable]

Personally, I love small form factor builds.

I'm at college, but I'm not too far away from home, so between breaks and going to friends' houses, I'm constantly transporting my computer. Having a computer that I can throw in a duffel bag with clothes without having the extreme limitations of a laptop is a wonderful thing, to me.

 

[bgunner]

you can built very decent gaming rigs out of the Micro ATX form. The major limiting factor with them is they are a single GPU build. This means No SLI/Crossfire setups. Asus has a great board with its maxumus genie board. they can handle the top CPU's and overclock very well.

 

[casper1973]

Really good if done well. Small 'n' powerful.


Main downside (for me anyway) comes with heavy over-clocking. Excess heat + confined space = problems
Also some micro cases struggle to fit larger graphics cards or CPU coolers.

As long as you plan well they are pretty sweet

 

[Outlander_04]

Hardly anyone needs all the expansion slots of a full ATX motherboard . They were useful when motherboards didnt have sound , or network controllers etc etc

But now motherboards do have those things .

And a well designed m-ATX case can cool better too