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What ever happened to BTX?

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lordkosc

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I recall back a year or two ago when I was building my last PC that the new thing was going to be BTX cases and motherboards.... Yet its 2007 now , and I still can't seem to find much information about them. I recall it being created by intel to deal with heat issues...

So does anyone know anything about BTX? I am working on putting together a new PC, should I be waiting for BTX to catch on more , as it is supposed to provide better cooling?

:confused:
 
lordkosc said:
I recall back a year or two ago when I was building my last PC that the new thing was going to be BTX cases and motherboards.... Yet its 2007 now , and I still can't seem to find much information about them. I recall it being created by intel to deal with heat issues...

So does anyone know anything about BTX? I am working on putting together a new PC, should I be waiting for BTX to catch on more , as it is supposed to provide better cooling?

:confused:
I think you probably shouldn't hold your breath. Like a bunch of Intel's "great ideas" (e.g. NetBurst and the 31-stage Prescott-F) BTX didn't exactly catch on. (Except with Apple, but that's not really BTX they use in the Mac Pro anymore either.)
 
What I recall was it was supposed to help with cooling, but I don't remember why...

Glad its dead, even though I still see cases that support it like the CMstacker...

:beer:
 
lordkosc said:
What I recall was it was supposed to help with cooling, but I don't remember why...

Glad its dead, even though I still see cases that support it like the CMstacker...

:beer:
The Antec P180 is sort-of BTX. It's got the motherboard right-mounted and the PSU mount at the bottom, along with thermal isolation between the upper and lower compartments. (The upper one is where most the heat is anyway...)
 
haha cool, I sort of have a BTX case then... I like the setup of the p180 :beer:
 
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