Micro ATX Form Factor Motherboard saves on Space whilst sacrificing Expansion Slots

Form factor indicates the space allocation for the input and output device connectors on the motherboard. ATX is an integrated board that holds keyboard, mouse, I/O, and video connectors in specially allocated space meant only for them. Micro ATX is a refined version of ATX which comes with better overall system design costs. This improvement occurs due to the enormously decreased size of the motherboard.

There are several companies that manufacture Micro ATX Form Factor Motherboards. They are include the Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS, Gigabyte, Foxconn, and many others. The ASUS M4N78 SE is a motherboard that has ATX Form Factor. It is compatible with the following CPUs such as Phenom 2 x 3, Phenom 2 x 4, Athlon 2 x 3, Athlon 64 x 2 AM2, Sempron64 AM2. It supports Dual Core and Quad core. The chipset manufacturer is NVIDIA. The ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 is another variant of ATX motherboards. It is a socket 1366 Mainboard. It has ATX Form Factor. The CPU that can accommodate this motherboard is Core i7. Intel is the chipset manufacturer. It comes with a QuickPath interface of 6.4 GT/s. There is also a memory slot provided for 6 x DDR3 RAMs.

The Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 is also a motherboard with ATX Form Factor. It is a socket 775 Mainboard. This particular motherboard is compatible with Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Duo Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Pentium D, and Pentium 4 EE. It is dual core ready and also Quad core ready. Intel is the chipset manufacturer. There are 4 x DDR2 memory slots provided in this motherboard.