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Old Jun 27, 2004, 03:47 AM   #1
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BTX form factor
Has anyone seen or used the new BTX form factor, say an article and pics in Maximum PC. Does anyone have any scoop? article herebasics
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those pci-x 1X look abit small
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Old Jun 27, 2004, 03:50 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #3
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Abit?...is that a pun...LOL
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Old Jun 27, 2004, 03:53 AM   #4
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no i didn't mean it like that … just wondering how they get away with the lower number of pins
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yeah, thought that was interesting too, much simpler than the old ATX approach, more sophisticated though in terms of simplification of design, offers good cooling, and perhaps even under the mobo cooling as well
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Old Jun 27, 2004, 04:55 AM   #6
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only complaints, new case?!?! and psu@#%^@% for the ff.
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Anandtech has a great article on it. It's a bit dated, but still a goodie.
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WELL... i think that some of it is of use... for the BTX... onfortuneatly i've seen ZERO full sized BTX Factor cases. only the nano and micro (of course not around here...)
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It'll take me a while to get used to BTX. everything in it is "B"ackwards.
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well i'm just curious as the orginal AT cases had a similare layout.... were the CPU is low and at the front of the case... however i'm just confused period as various templates and ideas behind it are just not looking right.... i'd have to pick up a BTX case to see what the dillyo is going on
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what is CTX ? All i'm getting from the link that vamp left is that it's a company that makes LCDs and other video stuff. Is CTX supposed to be another form factor?
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hehehe... yes, CTX is some company.
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