Aces170 said:
BTX was able to solve some of Intel's thermal isues, if it works why not adopt it. Also if I am not wrong the power connector is also very effectively placed on the mobo making the wire mess more tidier.
BTX is short for 'solution to intel's problems' fact is their CPU's disappate as much heat as a falcon vr V8 being wrung.....(ford falcon as in a car)
So it solves intel's probs but isn't very good at anything else.....why phase out an existing solution because one manufacturer has problems keeping temperatures under control??
The answer is simple, intel is too big a company to start anything and not be able to successfully push it, or keep trying till it becomes a standard...
eventually ATX will die or evolve...simply due to the push and grunt that Intel has....
A point i'll make here is that while we all (most anyway) agree that AMD 64's in their current avatars are better than Intel's equivalent @ most tasks....Intel still doesn't even consider AMD to be competition, sort of a kid playing in my backyard sort of thing.......Nothing against AMD here, just a note to remember..