Motherboard Types & Sizes

  • Standard ATX –
This motherboard comes in 305*244mm (length*breadth) dimensions, these dimensions can vary with a different manufacturer. This motherboard offers more expansion slots, up to four slots for RAM, Two or sometimes more than two PCIe slots for dual graphics cards, and more USB and other ports for connectivity, also its size gives space in between components for airflow to keep heat in control. This motherboard will only fit in cases that support full ATX or Extended ATX motherboards.


  • Micro ATX –
These motherboards come in 244*244 mm (length*breadth) dimensions (these dimensions can vary with different manufacturers.). This Motherboard has fewer ports and slots as compared to the standard ATX board. This board can fit any case which has enough room 244*244 mm of space and can also be fit in bigger cases that accept Standard ATX and eXTENDED ATX motherboards.


  • extended ATX –
This motherboard is 344*330 mm dimensions (these dimensions can vary with different manufacturers). This motherboard is designed for both dual CPU and single configuration and has up to 8 ram slots and has more PCIe and PCI slots for adding PCI cards for different purposes. It is used for workstations and servers. 

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