motherboard ATX vs Micro ATX Motherboard

[Smithson52]

Need some help deciding whether to get an ATX with dual graphics card or Micro ATX with just one graphics card. Also what's more efficient for airflow and space?

[GreezyJeezy]

go big or go home

[Skiiwee29]

Depends on your needs and money situation honestly. If you dont demand to have 60fps in 4k gaming, then probably little to no reason to go dual GPU if you can get the single fastest card such as the 1080. The mATX board would be a way for you to save a few bucks opposed to the 2-300$ ATX boards that most people buy. All you would be losing is PCIe slots, which honestly no one probably uses anyways except maybe a NIC card or wireless card anyways. 

[Litargirio]

Micro ATX can also accomodate two graphics cards, though you can't space them out unless you use a PCIE x4 slot on one of them, and even then, it's only one slot worth of space

 

Though there is no harm in getting two cards, if you are playing demanding games, a single 1080 is already sufficient for anything that's out there right now, unleess for some reason you want 4K.