BTX?

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location location location.


Dave C. said:
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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JAD said:
location location location.
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OK, care to elaborate? If anything, water-cooling would be harder to
implement in BTX. That is, if all we consider is location location
location. -Dave
 
your only looking at a narrow picture of things. Your on the "Intel is
pulling a fast one' routine. Some of the hardest things to overcome in
a water cooling scenario is that the PSU is very close to the HS.
Unless of course you pick an expensive water cooling designed case.
Now this isn't going to hold true in every single case design, as some
cases are designed for looks rather than practicality. Anyhow, the
overall reduction in size and positioning in the case, is a benefit
for everyone. Is it a NECESSITY? hell no, not right now, but the
future CPU's are going to need better and more reliable PSU's. Intel
AND AMD are sick of taking the blame for instability due to garbage
PSU's. Much like the windows and drivers scenario.
Could it be done with ATX, sure....but then would it be 'ATX' any
longer?
 
In regard to cooling, I have built dozens of PCs, and few of them (very few)
required extra cooling using additional case fans. None of them required
liquid cooling, although the PCs I have built have never exceeded 2800 MHZ
for the CPU. When does liquid cooling become a necessity anyway? Is it
because I haven't used ultra fast CPUs yet? Thanks.
 
no you have stayed within the norm. Overclocking is the prime reason to move
to liquid. I doubt liquid will EVER be the mainstream cooler.
 
Dave said:
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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I think he means that at some point people will need either 1) ATX with
liquid cooling or 2) BTX.
 
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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Yes, I do. Perhaps I was unclear. Certain ATX-based monster systems
benefit currently from some form of water or other liquid cooling.
Every generation of CPUs (and some video cards, HDs and RAM for that
matter) seems to generate greater heat as more circuitry is jammed
into tighter spaces. Should this continue, the BTX "air tunnel"
solution may seem more practical--and cheaper--than some of the
elaborate and problematic liquid-cooled designs. Thermally, it's akin
to the air-cooled engine of the VW Beetle, which was mechanically more
simple than any car engine that needed a radiator with its associated
coolant, pumps and hoses.If you thought I meant putting water-cooling into a BTX box, well,
that would defeat the purpose..<G>

R.
 
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