Form Factor / Sizes

Question 1

ATX size

Answer 1

12 x 9.6 in. Only fits in standard ATX cases

Question 2

Micro-ATX size

Answer 2

9.6 x 9.6 in. Fits in micro ATX and ATX cases

Question 3

What is flexATX

Answer 3

Intel created variant of micro-ATX, 9 x 7.5 in. Can use standard ATX PSUs, but most use a special FlexATX PSU to fit into the small flexATX cases

Question 4

What is ITX?

Answer 4

A motherboard form factor made by VIA technologies to create a small form factor PC. The original ITX wasn’t successful but it spawned several smaller variants that were.

Question 5

What are the various ITX variants?

Answer 5

Mini-ITX, Nano-ITX and Pico-ITX

Question 6

What is the size of a Mini-ITX MB?

Answer 6

6.7 x 6.7 in and is the most popular Competes with mico-ATX

Question 7

What is the size of nano-ITX?

Answer 7

4.7 x 4.7 in commonly used for imbedded systems and highly specialized devices like routers

Question 8

What is the size of the pic-ITX?

Answer 8

3.8 x 2.8 in.