Any difference between micro ATX/ATX besides size?

[Epiceleon]

Differnce between ASRock H97 Anniversary and ASRock H97M PRO4 the besides size?

Which should I get?

[typographie]

There's fewer expansion slots than most full ATX boards would have. But as long as it gives you everything you need, there's no problem.

[MatthewEnderle]

Well it's only about size and PCI lanes. You can get the mATX and it will work in a ATX case as well, but you can typically only get two cards in the mATX.

[AresKrieger]

Not much, micro atx and atx are generally the same if they support the same stuff, micro tends to have less fan headers though and pcie slots

[d3sl91]

Differnce between ASRock H97 Anniversary and the besides size?

Which should I get?

Seem to be missing a link. 

 

But normally... fewer PCI/PCIe slots and... yep, that's about it. 

[ZetZet]

Size, which leads to different amount of connectivity, that's it.

[Epiceleon]

Well it's only about size and PCI lanes. You can get the mATX and it will work in a ATX case as well, but you can typically only get two cards in the mATX.

Im not looking for 2 graphics cards. I would buy the full ATX but if i do the lowest price is from outletPC

[Guest]

Differnce between ASRock H97 Anniversary and the besides size?

Which should I get?

Size and features are not always proportional. So it depends entirely on the board. Keep in mind however that you have to consider the distance between the CPU socket and the RAM slots, and the distance between the PCIe lanes. This effects the size of CPU cooler, RAM and GPU's that you can put in there. If you intend to keep to an ATX size case, I would recommend getting an ATX board.

[Epiceleon]

Seem to be missing a link. 

 

But normally... fewer PCI/PCIe slots and... yep, that's about it. 

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[Oshino Shinobu]

Fewer connectors basically. Obviously, fewer PCIe connectors, 2x CPU fan connectors on the ATX and only 1 on the mATX. The ATX version comes with an extra power connector for the PCIe lanes... for some reason. 

 

Basically, not a whole lot of difference. 

[Mug]

What about the cheap and cheerful Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Well it's only about size and PCI lanes. You can get the mATX and it will work in a ATX case as well, but you can typically only get two cards in the mATX.

You can only get one x16 card in either board, anyway. 

[OAcesync]

Differnce between ASRock H97 Anniversary and ASRock H97M PRO4 the besides size?

Which should I get?

Usually just fewer fan connectors, PCIe ports(excluding x16), VRM cooling(although doesn't make a difference since these aren't for overclocking), fewer Sata ports and that's about it