BTX?

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CapeGuy said:
Any highly regarded cases and MB's yet?
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Hopefully, no. That's all we need. Now, you'll see BTX only case styles and
ATX cases you've grown to love won't work if you've got the wrong
motherboard. We need a standard that everyone can agree with, not one that
the market sales leader decides it needs because it can't produce a chip
that doesn't provide heat equivilent to the bomb dropped on Nagasaki...
 
Ruel Smith said:
Hopefully, no. That's all we need. Now, you'll see BTX only case styles and
ATX cases you've grown to love won't work if you've got the wrong
motherboard. We need a standard that everyone can agree with, not one that
the market sales leader decides it needs because it can't produce a chip
that doesn't provide heat equivilent to the bomb dropped on Nagasaki...
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I share your feelings about what I would have preferred
to see happen, but I'm trying to plan for dealing with the
technology that we actually have in front of us.
 
| Any highly regarded cases and MB's yet?

There are those who think the whole BTX thing will largely amount to
vaporware! ;-)

Larc



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Hopefully, no. That's all we need. Now, you'll see BTX only case styles and
ATX cases you've grown to love won't work if you've got the wrong
motherboard. We need a standard that everyone can agree with, not one that
the market sales leader decides it needs because it can't produce a chip
that doesn't provide heat equivilent to the bomb dropped on Nagasaki...
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If BTX cools better with less noise, isn't that what we want??
 
CapeGuy said:
Any highly regarded cases and MB's yet?
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I still can find basically only one BTX case at newegg.com:

Cooler Master CM Stacker Full-Tower CASE, Model "STC-T01-UW" -RETAIL
$158.50
 
Larc said:
| Any highly regarded cases and MB's yet?

There are those who think the whole BTX thing will largely amount to
vaporware! ;-)

Larc
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Well, vaporware is technology rumored to exist, but nobody's actually got
their hands on it, and nobody can tell you when it will be produced. BTX is
more like strawberry flavored edible floppy disks. It's possible, but
WHY??? That is, you can make it, but why would anybody want it? -Dave
 
I was trying to find the link where they explain that the BTX
'standard' will actually bring standards to the PSU.

or should I say a standard worth having/\


 
JAD said:
I was trying to find the link where they explain that the BTX
'standard' will actually bring standards to the PSU.

or should I say a standard worth having/\
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You could search for the next decade or so, and you won't find that
information. If you want a really good belly laugh, you can read more about
the BS, errrrrrr BTX at formfactors.org. :) -Dave
 
Matt said:
I still can find basically only one BTX case at newegg.com:

Cooler Master CM Stacker Full-Tower CASE, Model "STC-T01-UW" -RETAIL
$158.50
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If I am not mistaken, that Cooler Master Full-Tower is both ATX and BTX
case.
 
Why BTX? I've assembled dozens of ATX-cased computers. None of them have
heat-related problems, and there were no assembly difficulties.
 
not that it should be a 1 company initiative, there are standards that need
to be updated from the old pII / K6 versions of processors and motherboards.
 
Yes, but I thought we were talking about cases, not mobos and CPUs.
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The THEORY of BTX is great (quiet fans, cool air going where it's
needed directly, etc.) in the same way that a hydrogen-based,
renewable energy economy is great: a lot of problems people don't
consider deal-breakers...yet...are solved at a vast expense and
effort.

Give it another processor generation. When non-overclocked chips run
so hot they need elaborate liquid cooling, BTX-style solutions will
look a lot better.

Like the spec, dislike the piecemeal implementation.

R.
 
well yes that's true, the structure of the PSU will be changed, but
also the output standards and connectors. along with different cooling
solutions.
 
rhys said:
The THEORY of BTX is great (quiet fans, cool air going where it's
needed directly, etc.) in the same way that a hydrogen-based,
renewable energy economy is great: a lot of problems people don't
consider deal-breakers...yet...are solved at a vast expense and
effort.

Give it another processor generation. When non-overclocked chips run
so hot they need elaborate liquid cooling, BTX-style solutions will
look a lot better.
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OK, I've got to ask . . .

How the HECK is BTX going to make water-cooling any better or easier to
implement than water-cooling is in the ATX format? (Do you know what
water-cooling IS?) -Dave
 
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