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Different Number Mobo Screws?

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Maybe a dumb question but why do some ATX motherboards have six screw holes while others have nine?  Are the ones with nine really EATX but mistakenly labeled as ATX??? I assume the ones with nine holes would be sturdier than only six?

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1 hour ago, SLAYR said:

Eatx has 12

Atx boards has 9

matx has 8

mitx has 4

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But most I am seeing on pcpartpicker have six.

i5 12600k | ASRock Z690M-ITX | 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz | EVGA 2080 Super Black | Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB + 980 1TB | Corsair RMx 650W | Thermaltake Tower 100 White

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