What are the board board types?

What are the board board types? Often have DIY installed friends will ask, buy motherboard what board type motherboard good Ah, is the choice of the motherboard or small board? For such a problem, sometimes very difficult to answer, because the installed time, the choice of motherboard board type is not only related to the chassis, but also with their own needs. Today, small make up to specific and everyone to talk about the selection of the motherboard board type, I hope to small white students help.

What are the board board types?

Knowledge of computer hardware friends should be the motherboard board and small Board of points, but for the motherboard in the end, most of the board is not very understanding.

In the current market on the main motherboard, plate type is mainly divided into: ATX (standard type), M-ATX (compact), MINI-ITX (mini), E-ATX (enhanced type) of these four kinds of boards and motherboard chip or specific model does not correspond to the relationship.

Intel's latest Skylake processors, for example, need to be paired with a 100-series motherboard, mainly: Z170 motherboards, H170 motherboards, B150 motherboards, and entry-level H110 motherboards. Whether the high-end Z170 motherboard or the mainstream level of the B150 motherboard, or the H110 motherboard, generally have ATX, M-atx, MINI-ITX and other plate type.

That is, the board's board type is only related to the design size of the motherboard and the plate type standard, in the specific motherboard model is irrelevant, any mainstream model, may be divided into ATX (standard type), M-ATX (compact), E-ATX (enhanced) a variety of specifications, different motherboard board type, just size, There are subtle differences in the extension interface.

The difference between board and small board

ATX Motherboard

ATX Motherboard, commonly known as the standard Board, its structure is rectangular, the largest size, need to match the large box above the tower, its advantages are better workmanship materials, expansion of the interface is rich, but the price is slightly expensive;

M-ATX Motherboard

M-ATX motherboard, commonly known as compact motherboard, also called Small board, its structure is square, size about 24.4x 22.6cm, suitable for small user recommended. With the popularity of LCD TV in recent years, many home users are popular Assembly compact DIY computer, put the living room connected to TV, watch network TV, M-ATX motherboards are mainly used in small chassis computers.

MINI-ITX motherboard, commonly known as the mini motherboard, the structure is also square, the size is about X 17cm, the motherboard size is smaller, suitable for a smaller number of small chassis computer use, located in the ITX motherboard similar.

MINI-ITX Motherboard

Finally, there is a e-atx (enhanced) motherboard, which is typically a game-customized motherboard or a motherboard that joins a WiFi module, primarily in terms of enhancements.

It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the above four types of motherboard board type, there are some relatively rare, such as MINI-STX motherboard, size only 14x14cm most, very small, belong to custom small motherboards, generally relatively rare.

Advantages and disadvantages of large motherboard and small motherboard:

1, first board and small plate performance is the same, it does not affect the performance of the computer;

2, the expansion of the interface may be more abundant, such as the standard 4 memory slot board, and the small plate may be 2 or 4, and the other PCI slot boards are richer, the other interface is basically identical;

3, the main motherboard to make relatively sufficient materials, but the price will be more expensive;

4, the big plate needs to choose the tower above the large chassis, and small motherboards can be compatible with large chassis, but also compatible with a number of mini chassis, the price is relatively likely to be cheaper;

So, to buy a motherboard is to choose a large motherboard or a small motherboard? For this problem, it is mainly to look at the demand. In general, if you are assembling a general middle and low end entry-level computer, select a few small chassis, then need to buy M-ATX motherboard or Mini motherboard, and for some attention to heat dissipation, need to choose a large chassis game players, generally recommended to choose the ATX large motherboard, its expansion, work what relatively better, there is conducive to heat dissipation While ordinary users, generally recommend the choice of M-ATX small motherboard, its relatively inexpensive, expanding the interface is also basic enough.