BTX is coming

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No, you're wrong. It's a very big deal. BTX let's the computer
industry sell everyone new cases, motherboards, PSU's, etc. all over
again. :)


Joe
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Does anyone know if AMD is planning to use BTX for their next socket?
Ed
 
Ed said:
Does anyone know if AMD is planning to use BTX for their next socket?
Ed
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BTX has nothing to do with the socket design, only with the
socket location, and hence it has nothing to do with the CPU
manufacturers. BTX is nothing more than a way of laying out the
components on a motherboard, and of building cases for such
motherboards, in an attempt to provide better cooling for things
on the motherboard. A motherboard manufacturer can make a BTX
motherboard with *any* socket he wants. BTX is probably also
workable for CPUs that need a slot rather than a socket.

BTX is really nothing new either. All of the cooling techniques
formalized into the BTX standard have been used in servers for
many years. Those same techniques have also been used for a long
time in many Apple PCs and workstations, as well as in many
high-end desktops and workstations made by the likes of IBM,
HPaq, and Sun.

Intel is promoting the use of BTX for P4 motherboards because the
P4 runs so hot that it can easily benefit from BTX, but there is
not now and never will be a *requirement* that motherboard
manufacturers use BTX.
 
Ed a écrit :
Does anyone know if AMD is planning to use BTX for their next socket?
Ed
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No, Of course, they will use 2TX form factor.
The components will be on the oposite side ... ;-)

Bye
Benoit.
 
Ed said:
Does anyone know if AMD is planning to use BTX for their next socket?
Ed
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AMD does not make motherboards. As to whether the motherboard manufacturers
(ASUS, Abit, MSI, etc) will make AMD compatible BTX motherboards, the
answers is yes.

Bobby
 
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