Will mITX fit uATX?

[Spork829]

A friend of mine has a pre-built, which has a dead motherboard just outside of warranty (figures). The board at fault has a form factor I've never seen called uATX, and I can't find any replacement FM2 or FM2+ motherboards (he has an APU)  with that form factor for a reasonable price. After looking at their mounting hole positions side-by-side, I think I should be able to mount a mini-ITX board in its place. Can anyone just confirm this before we buy a new board?

[TheRandomness]

uATX is just another way of writing mATX you know

[Spork829]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

uATX is just another way of writing mATX you know

Oh seriously? Ok I feel kind of stupid. Thanks. 

[Silver47]

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[Mira Yurizaki]

A smaller size motherboard can fit in almost any case that's of its size or larger.

[WkdPaul]

7 minutes ago, black0utm1rage said:

Yes it will, since it is the same thing.

Mini-ITX and Micro ATX aren't the same thing, but yes, an ITX motherboard will fit a Micro ATX case.

 

EDIT:

 

an image is worth a thousand words;

[manikyath]

17 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

uATX is just another way of writing mATX you know

uATX, and mITX

 

mATX isnt a thing

[TheRandomness]

9 minutes ago, manikyath said:

uATX, and mITX

 

mATX isnt a thing

micro-ATX.

Micro doesn't start with u, does it?  Although I can see that u is means micro when it has a little tail thingy c:

[manikyath]

Just now, TheRandomness said:

micro-ATX.

Micro doesn't start with u, does it?  Although I can see that u is means micro when it has a little tail thingy c:

m stands for mini

µ stands for micro

u stands for "i dont have the µ key on my keyboard"

 

although, i do kinda sit in the field of "it makes no frikking damn sense that something called micro is bigger than something called mini"

[Mira Yurizaki]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

m stands for mini

µ stands for micro

u stands for "i dont have the µ key on my keyboard"

 

although, i do kinda sit in the field of "it makes no frikking damn sense that something called micro is bigger than something called mini"

Eh, as long as it gets the point across I'm not really a stickler for what prefix is in front of the formfactor :3

[manikyath]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

Eh, as long as it gets the point across I'm not really a stickler for what prefix is in front of the formfactor :3

the prefix is rather important tho. although i kinda severely dislike the names mobo's currently have.

 

in fact, if i recall correctly there's an old standard (that has gone the way of the dinosaurs) called mni ATX, which is simply a more narrow ATX. (they call those ATX now as well, and it's mostly seen as a way of cheaping out)

[Quaker]

9 minutes ago, manikyath said:

although, i do kinda sit in the field of "it makes no frikking damn sense that something called micro is bigger than something called mini"

A micro-bus is bigger than a mini-fridge.

 

The real question is - is there an ITX (non-mini) form factor.?

 

(Answer - yes, but nobody uses them any more.)

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, manikyath said:

the prefix is rather important tho. although i kinda severely dislike the names mobo's currently have.

 

in fact, if i recall correctly there's an old standard (that has gone the way of the dinosaurs) called mni ATX, which is simply a more narrow ATX. (they call those ATX now as well, and it's mostly seen as a way of cheaping out)

It is, but in general usage, sometimes it doesn't matter how correct you are, only that the other person understands what you're talking about.

 

It's like arguing we should be pronouncing Walther, the gun company, as "val-ta" since it's a German company even though in standard lexicon it's pronounced how it's spelled in English. Or that we should be saying aluminium instead of aluminum (a lot of chemists are only anal about it in formal writing).

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Quaker said:

A micro-bus is bigger than a mini-fridge.

 

The real question is - is there an ITX (non-mini) form factor.?

but that's a bus and a fridge, while i do see the link with belgian busses, those are kinda not applicable in the same field

 

and as far as i know, here is no "full size ITX", adding to the bad naming schemes

[Electronics Wizardy]

10 minutes ago, manikyath said:

m stands for mini

µ stands for micro

u stands for "i dont have the µ key on my keyboard"

 

although, i do kinda sit in the field of "it makes no frikking damn sense that something called micro is bigger than something called mini"

how do I type that on windows 7. Whats the alt key code(or is there a better way.

[Spork829]

3 minutes ago, Quaker said:

A micro-bus is bigger than a mini-fridge.

But motherboards are motherboards. A bus is not a fridge. 

[NumLock21]

Standard mATX is suppose to have 9 mounting holes, but there is also another form factor call flexATX, it's still part of the mATX specs, but slightly smaller. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlexATX

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroATX

 

 

[Quaker]

23 hours ago, Spork829 said:

But motherboards are motherboards. A bus is not a fridge. 

Picky, picky.

 

A VW micro-bus is bigger than a mini-Cooper. Is that better?