Mini itx lifespan

[Yoobsterlol]

Do decent mini itx boards such as an Asus z170 motherboard last as long as similarly priced atx boards? If it really makes a difference in life span I would be fine going with a micro atx. 

[Simon771]

2 minutes ago, Yoobsterlol said:

Do decent mini itx boards such as an Asus z170 motherboard last as long as similarly priced atx boards? If it really makes a difference in life span I would be fine going with a micro atx. 

well yeah ... I don't know why would mini itx board die faster. They tend to have less functions and additional crap, that could acctually fail.

So if you are only worried about life span, it's the same as any other motherboard.

 

But it's also about luck. It might last you for 10 years, or it might die after 1 year. But you have warranty for 3 years probbably

 

[NinjaJc01]

3 minutes ago, Yoobsterlol said:

Do decent mini itx boards such as an Asus z170 motherboard last as long as similarly priced atx boards? If it really makes a difference in life span I would be fine going with a micro atx. 

Why wouldn't they last as long? The only way in which mITX boards are generally inferior to larger boards is PCIe and memory slots.

[Yoobsterlol]

1 hour ago, Simon771 said:

well yeah ... I don't know why would mini itx board die faster. They tend to have less functions and additional crap, that could acctually fail.

So if you are only worried about life span, it's the same as any other motherboard.

 

But it's also about luck. It might last you for 10 years, or it might die after 1 year. But you have warranty for 3 years probbably

 

 

1 hour ago, NinjaJc01 said:

Why wouldn't they last as long? The only way in which mITX boards are generally inferior to larger boards is PCIe and memory slots.

 

1 hour ago, DEcobra11 said:

I never had any kind of MB die on me except one for power surge and 2 because of bad caps, really... unless it's some kind of defect out of the box it's not like it'll die anytime soon.

Thanks for the help, do you guys think it would be a good idea just to go with a micro itx instead for more pcie slots since then I can actually add stuff to the pc like a thunderbolt 3 connection, the extra size doesn't really matter since I'm probably gonna make a custom case anyway even the mini itx cases like the BitFenix prodigy are too big for my Lan party pc needs 

[NinjaJc01]

35 minutes ago, Yoobsterlol said:

 

 

Thanks for the help, do you guys think it would be a good idea just to go with a micro itx instead for more pcie slots since then I can actually add stuff to the pc like a thunderbolt 3 connection, the extra size doesn't really matter since I'm probably gonna make a custom case anyway even the mini itx cases like the BitFenix prodigy are too big for my Lan party pc needs 

You mean Micro ATX...

[Yoobsterlol]

2 hours ago, NinjaJc01 said:

You mean Micro ATX...

Oops sorry yeah, damn it auto correct, I'm using swiftkey and it's like my first time typing micro atx but I've been researching a ton of stuff on mini itx so that's probably why that happened. Also, dont judge me for using a phone on here.