COMPUTER HARDWARE
MOTHERBOARDS AND EXPANSION CARDS
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Mini-ITX
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ATX
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Micro-ATX
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SCSI
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most common form factor is ATX, which evolved to mini-ATX, nano-ATX, pico-ATX, and further. A different type of form factor, and smaller than the ATX is the ITX, which is significantly smaller than the micro-ATX. The ITX form factor can also be found as nano-ITX, pico-ITX, mobile-ITX, and more.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ATX form factor is a replacement for the older AT and baby AT form factors. Invented by Intel in 1995, it incorporates the first major change in the layout of PC motherboards to occur in years. The ATX motherboard rotates the orientation of the board 90 degrees.
Detailed explanation-3: -Standard ATX specifies length to be 12 inches with width varying from 6.7 to 9.6 inches. Maximum number of expansion slots is seven (7) Up to ten (10) mounting holes are available, although four of them are optional (circled in red) ====== Form factors smaller than standard ATX motherboards =====
Detailed explanation-4: -FlexATX (229 × 191 mm) microATX (244 × 244 mm) Mini ATX (284 × 208 mm) Standard ATX (305 × 244 mm) Extended ATX (EATX) (305 × 330 mm) WTX (356 × 425 mm)