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    SickBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭SickBoy


    They are different form factor standards.
    M-ATX is a smaller form factor and will fit into M-ATX cases and larger.
    ATA is the standard form factor and will not fit into a case designed for M-ATX and smaller.
    Looking at both motherboards there are other physical differences such as memory slots and SATA connections but essentially they are based on the same chipset and support the same CPUs, they are just designed for different sized cases.


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    Scavage
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭Scavage


    Thanks a million, great help! :)

    Also, is a haswell much better than an ivy bridge? I have chosen an ivy bridge for my machine to suit the processor. But to be honest I haven't a clue of the difference.


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    Danger781
    Registered Users Posts: 5,687 ✭✭✭Danger781


    Scavage wrote: »
    Thanks a million, great help! :)

    Also, is a haswell much better than an ivy bridge? I have chosen an ivy bridge for my machine to suit the processor. But to be honest I haven't a clue of the difference.

    As far as I know Haswell is faster and more power efficient, but also runs hotter. Haven't looked too much into it myself.


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