ATX or mATX

[bakaricmorris]

i"m looking to upgrade my mobo from an ATX intel mobo to a ryzen one. so should i go with atx motherboard or a micro atx motherboard, open to case suggestons

 

[why_wolf]

Really depends on how big you want to case to be and/or if you require the additional connections a full ATX board provides. Frankly very few people actually need a full ATX motherboard these days so my default is go with mATX.

 

[bakaricmorris]

i plan on running sli for my two gtx 1060s which are on their way

 

[blankcr8]

You can't actually sli 1060s..

 

[Zerk2012]

It depends on the case if your not using a small case that a ATX board will not fit in then a mATX board, if your using a bigger case that a ATX will fit in with a side window then the mATX is going to be tinny and looks funny to me.
If you wish to run SLI or Xfire than a ATX board with 3 slot spacing on the PCI-E X16 slots or if your like me (I have 6 drives in my PC) then again a mATX case just don't cut it.
What to get really depends on the looks you like how many drives you need and the rest of the parts. A small cheap mATX case might not have adequate cooling for the parts.

 

[Zerk2012]

i plan on running sli for my two gtx 1060s which are on their way

Hope you can send one back, or both and buy a single better card.
No SLI on them.

 

[bakaricmorris]

You can't actually sli 1060s..

it wasn't a 1060 I had confused it with a 1080. anyway I'm going to sli them so I'm leaning towards an atx motherboard

 

[bakaricmorris]

I just returned my other GPU, and am contemplating getting an matx case

 

[blankcr8]

So you'll be running single gpu? As long as you don't want to switch to sli in the future mATX saves some space.

 

[bakaricmorris]

yes

 

[geofelt]

If you will sli( which I do not recommend) then it is better to buy a full atx motherboard and case.
A M-ATX motherboard has only 4 slots so the two cards will be installed together which is poor for cooling. The top card will run hot.

SLI will win you synthetic fps benchmarks, but
A single great card like a GTX1080ti will game better as a rule. You will avoid issues such as screen tearing, stuttering and non support in some games.

 

[bakaricmorris]

I saw two ryzen 3 mobo and CPU combos, one 199$ micro atx one, and a 219 dollar ATX one, I lean towards atx because I already have an atx case, but I do think micro ATX could be a better value, here are links: 219$: https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3581553
199$: https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3647598

 

[bakaricmorris]

I'm asking if I should buy the micro ATX combo, or save up an extra week and get the ATX size

 

[bakaricmorris]

also if you don't mind, I would love it if you recommended some good value atx and matx cases

 

[blankcr8]

The inwin 301 has gotta be one of the best looking mATX cases out there, at a fairly decent price. Tempered glass, almost all metal although it only has one 3.5" drive by and cooling isn't amazing in it.
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mDH48d/inwin-301-black-microatx-mini-tower-case-301-black