Do microatx boards have any disadvantages?

[BenasBr]

I want to buy this mobo

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H110M-DGS/

I want to put a g4560 with rx 470 in there too but its so small.. Should i get a bigger one? Or this one is ok and size doesn't matter?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Typically you lose a couple of PCIe slots, sometimes the full ATX version will have more SATA ports or an additional M.2 port. 

 

As for the main components, they work just as well as full ATX boards, especially for what you're putting in the system. 

[Gameborn]

it just will have less ram,pcie, sata and m.2 ports and probably smaller oc potential, but it won't affect performance.

[iRileyx]

You may need to do a BIOS update on it first so the g4560 will work, depending when the board was manufactured.

[KenjiUmino]

44 minutes ago, BenasBr said:

I want to put a g4560 with rx 470 in there too but its so small.. 

??? what exactly is "too small" about it ...

 

if it has the right CPU socket - the CPU will fit

 

if it has a pci-e 16x slot - the gpu will fit ... 

 

by the way, from what i see on the pictures, that board is a DTX form factor, not a micro ATX 

[MorganO]

1 hour ago, KenjiUmino said:

??? what exactly is "too small" about it ...

 

if it has the right CPU socket - the CPU will fit

 

if it has a pci-e 16x slot - the gpu will fit ... 

 

by the way, from what i see on the pictures, that board is a DTX form factor, not a micro ATX 

its micro atx, it says at the bottom

http://prntscr.com/eztnn3

[iRileyx]

2 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

its micro atx, it says at the bottom

http://prntscr.com/eztnn3

I thought micro atx's were like 9x9 inches? not exact numbers but around there. It does look a bit small for micro atx.

[MorganO]

1 hour ago, RKRiley said:

I thought micro atx's were like 9x9 inches? not exact numbers but around there. It does look a bit small for micro atx.

thats the maxium size they can be

[orangecat]

Other than less places to plug stuff in... no not really.

[iRileyx]

2 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

thats the maxium size they can be

Ooh i always thought it was a standard set size, didn't realise it could vary.

[MorganO]

1 hour ago, RKRiley said:

Ooh i always thought it was a standard set size, didn't realise it could vary.

i think *some* of gigabytes atx boards were thinner/ or atleast looked thinner

[KenjiUmino]

3 hours ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

its micro atx, it says at the bottom

http://prntscr.com/eztnn3

 

just look at the picture and count the slots.

 

 

either the pictures of that board are wrong or the description is