ATX vs Micro ATX, Is there a performance difference?

[ILKA]

Hello folks, as we all know, there are various kinds of motherboards, however, Micro's have stuck me as being much cheaper, and not too much different from the normal ATX with the exception of less slots for certain things, you see, an ATX motherboard is around £120, and I dont want to spend that sort of money on an MB, but for example, B150M is around half that at £70.

Are there any major performance differences?

Will it be more likely to cause heating problems?

is either better than the other at gaming?


thanks for reading and please comment below :3

[sebo]

performance difference, no.. just small. smaller perhaps means less things on the board like less sata ports, slots, etc.. and if you put the board in a micro case, well then that will also limit the size of the gpu you can fit.

[SundownKid]

There's no performance difference. Also, heat is determined by case size so if you get a MATX and put it in a Mid tower then it will still be the same.

[_I_]

intel, no

amd, yes
amd cpus need more power, the m-atx boards do not have room for the proper vrm config needed for a 125-220w cpu without throttling issues

on a skylake b150 board m-atx is perfectly fine
may be shorted a few pci slots and no m.2 and other featues, but if you do not need those itll be ok

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Intel = No ~ All you have to worry about here is the Chipset and what features overall that gives you.

If you intend to do any SLI/CFX, get a Full ATX Board, this way you still have other PCI and/or PCIE slots available. SLI on a mATX Board would populate all 4x slots

[Hare+Guu!]

There's no difference in any of the form factors other than the size of the case they can fit in.

A mid tower can take in all atx sizes. Most tiny cases will only accept mitx sizes.

[Harichi]

Hare+Guu! eredeti hozzászólása:

There's no difference in any of the form factors other than the size of the case they can fit in.

A mid tower can take in all atx sizes. Most tiny cases will only accept mitx sizes.

But note that mid towers use many more screws than the motherboard, and they're in different places. So, your motherboard might be slightly looser, but it shouldn't be a problem.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Harichi eredeti hozzászólása:

Hare+Guu! eredeti hozzászólása:

There's no difference in any of the form factors other than the size of the case they can fit in.

A mid tower can take in all atx sizes. Most tiny cases will only accept mitx sizes.

But note that mid towers use many more screws than the motherboard, and they're in different places. So, your motherboard might be slightly looser, but it shouldn't be a problem.

What are you even saying?

A larger tower just supports more form factors of boards. That is all there is to that.

[Harichi]

Bad-Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Harichi eredeti hozzászólása:

But note that mid towers use many more screws than the motherboard, and they're in different places. So, your motherboard might be slightly looser, but it shouldn't be a problem.

What are you even saying?

A larger tower just supports more form factors of boards. That is all there is to that.

I'm saying the screw holes are misaligned.

[sebo]

yeah most large full size cases can accommodate a wide variety of board, you just move the board around to different holes on the case chassis... but it would be odd to have a mid tower with a micro atx board ;)
at least if it has a window..

my case supports a microATX, ATX, E-ATX, GIGABYTE XL-ATX

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Harichi eredeti hozzászólása:

Bad-Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

What are you even saying?

A larger tower just supports more form factors of boards. That is all there is to that.

I'm saying the screw holes are misaligned.

LOL, maybe on a cheap quality case, sure. Otherwise no.
An ITX or MATX fits just fine in any ATX mid or otherwise just as it should.
If not then it's either the case design, or you.

[RRW359]

Performance: No. Your CPU/*GPU will perform the same, you'll just have less PCI/PCIE and RAM slots.

Heat: I upgraded from an FM2 ATX Mobo to an FM2+ mATX Mobo without noticeable differences.

Gaming: Same as performance. The lack of ports may make crossfire/SLI harder if you want to do that, but that depends on the model and what you want to do with it.

*Assuming the ATX and mATX boards you are comparing have the same type of PCIE ports.

[thehearts_ambassador]

the Micro ATX is smaller version of the ATX. It has excellent performance and ma much lower price. It is especially suitable when you are looking for a motherboard that can suit your personal needs as opposed to business. If you choose to invest in an ATX, only do so when you require all additional PCIe slots.
https://gamingcpus.com/atx-vs-micro-atx

[ericcui1]

_I_ eredeti hozzászólása:

intel, no

amd, yes
amd cpus need more power, the m-atx boards do not have room for the proper vrm config needed for a 125-220w cpu without throttling issues

on a skylake b150 board m-atx is perfectly fine
may be shorted a few pci slots and no m.2 and other featues, but if you do not need those itll be ok

For AMD, it's usually not the case either. There are plenty ATX boards that have terrible VRM and some MATX boards come with decent VRM.
Also for current gen mid to high end desktop CPUs, AMD need much less power than Intel, even a heavily overclocked R9 3900X won't get anywhere near 200W. As for R7 3700X, VRM won't be a problem unless you go for the worst cheap motherboards (for example, an A320). Same thing cant be said to i7 9700K or i9 9900K.

[Snapjak]

ericcui1 eredeti hozzászólása:

_I_ eredeti hozzászólása:

intel, no

amd, yes
amd cpus need more power, the m-atx boards do not have room for the proper vrm config needed for a 125-220w cpu without throttling issues

on a skylake b150 board m-atx is perfectly fine
may be shorted a few pci slots and no m.2 and other featues, but if you do not need those itll be ok

For AMD, it's usually not the case either. There are plenty ATX boards that have terrible VRM and some MATX boards come with decent VRM.
Also for current gen mid to high end desktop CPUs, AMD need much less power than Intel, even a heavily overclocked R9 3900X won't get anywhere near 200W. As for R7 3700X, VRM won't be a problem unless you go for the worst cheap motherboards (for example, an A320). Same thing cant be said to i7 9700K or i9 9900K.

This thread is from 2016 before Ryzen, so it was correct at the time.

[ericcui1]

Snapjak eredeti hozzászólása:

ericcui1 eredeti hozzászólása:

For AMD, it's usually not the case either. There are plenty ATX boards that have terrible VRM and some MATX boards come with decent VRM.
Also for current gen mid to high end desktop CPUs, AMD need much less power than Intel, even a heavily overclocked R9 3900X won't get anywhere near 200W. As for R7 3700X, VRM won't be a problem unless you go for the worst cheap motherboards (for example, an A320). Same thing cant be said to i7 9700K or i9 9900K.

This thread is from 2016 before Ryzen, so it was correct at the time.

Didn't notice that, sorry. Why someone dig up a 2yo thread~