motherboard compatible with the case?

[peterspliid]

How do I know if the motherboard I'm about to buy will fit in my case? What do I have to look for?

 

[JonathanDeane]

Well what case do you have ? Thats the biggest thing we would need to know in order to answer this question

But I think MicroATX will fit almost any case.

 

[peterspliid]

I actually want to know how you generally find out if the motherboard fits in the case.

All I know about my current case, is that it's a Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO H

 

[huron]

If the case is small and only supports microATX, then you can only get a microATX board.

If it's a mid-tower and above, it should support ATX, microATX (if they put in the holes).

Some even larger cases support extended ATX.

 

[rgsaunders]

Quck and dirty rule: If the case has 4 card slots at the back, its micro-atx, if it has 7 slots or more, its ATX or extended ATX. There are other formats, but not as commonly used.

 

[venkat karthik]

you can see that each motherboard has a specification called form factor
most of them are ATX or Micro ATX ... ect
you should buy a case which has compatibility with your motherboard form factor

 

[peterspliid]

MY motherboard is a GA-8I945PE. What does that mean?

And when I look at a list of motherboards is says "sockel 'number'". I have no idea what the numbers are, and what to choose.

The site I'm looking at is here:
http://www.alternate.de/html/highlights.html?hgid=869&tgid=1016&tn=HARDWARE&l1=Mainboards&

 

[Mitsls]

Hey i have the msi z390 motherboard wich is an e-atx motherboard and I'm wondering if it will fit in the lian li razer edition case wich is an atx case




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[USAFRet]

Hey i have the msi z390 motherboard wich is an e-atx motherboard and I'm wondering if it will fit in the lian li razer edition case wich is an atx case




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