Is this board use a standard ATX case?

The manual gives the dimensions but doesn't say it's a
"standard" ATX board size .... is this an extended ATX board and
need a case that handles extended ATX?

Thanks

wrote:
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> Is this board use a standard ATX case?
>
> The manual gives the dimensions but doesn't say it's a
> "standard" ATX board size .... is this an extended ATX board and
> need a case that handles extended ATX?
>
> Thanks

The downloadable manual shows the dimensions are 12" x 9.6" and
there are nine mounting holes. So it is standard ATX size.

If you download the user manual, and only find six mounting
holes, then you know it is narrower than standard. A narrow
motherboard will still mount in a standard ATX case. Just has
less mechanical support.

Under 2X magnification, I can see the nine mounting holes here.
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggIma...131-074-04.JPG

The motherboard is a "bargain" at only $419.99 :-(
At that price, it should levitate and transmute lead into gold.

Reviews here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Custra...82E16813131074

Paul

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>
> Is this board use a standard ATX case?

It can.

>
> The manual gives the dimensions but doesn't say it's a
> "standard" ATX board size .... is this an extended ATX board and
> need a case that handles extended ATX?
>
> Thanks
>

This case will handle it and the dual 8800GTX's in SLI mode that you
will want to run with it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119103

Adequate power supply:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817703007

Bill
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:09:23 -0500, Paul <> wrote:

Thx much for the info .........


> wrote:
>>
>> Is this board use a standard ATX case?
>>
>> The manual gives the dimensions but doesn't say it's a
>> "standard" ATX board size .... is this an extended ATX board and
>> need a case that handles extended ATX?
>>
>> Thanks
>
>The downloadable manual shows the dimensions are 12" x 9.6" and
>there are nine mounting holes. So it is standard ATX size.
>
>If you download the user manual, and only find six mounting
>holes, then you know it is narrower than standard. A narrow
>motherboard will still mount in a standard ATX case. Just has
>less mechanical support.
>
>Under 2X magnification, I can see the nine mounting holes here.
>http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggIma...131-074-04.JPG
>
>The motherboard is a "bargain" at only $419.99 :-(
>At that price, it should levitate and transmute lead into gold.
>
>Reviews here:
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Custra...82E16813131074
>
> Paul

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:51:34 -0500, wrote:

>
>
>Is this board use a standard ATX case?
>
>The manual gives the dimensions but doesn't say it's a
>"standard" ATX board size .... is this an extended ATX board and
>need a case that handles extended ATX?
>
>Thanks


Striker may not yet be ready for prime-time. Google for all of the
reviews if you have not already purchased. Seems an awful lot to pay
for the third PCIe16 slot. Might want to look at the latest Gigabyte
board when available and after a few BIOS updates. See:-

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2936

I personally would wait at least 3 months for all issues with regard
to BOTH quad-core and dual-core to be fully worked through on these
so-called quad-core-capable motherboards, before committing to any
purchase.

Also with the 45nm Penryn schedule now being advanced by Intel to the

second half of 2007, with the desktop version available by the end of
2007 it might be nice to know whether any Penryn-compatible issues
surface on these latest-generation motherboards, such as yet-another
change of voltage-regulator design.

With the prohibitive costs of 65nm quad-core, many people are likely
to start off with dual-core and then want to migrate to quad-core with
Penryn -- the 65nm quad-cores are likely to be dropped by Intel very
quickly ( by Q1 2008 ) in favor of the far more cost-effective (and
far lower power) Penryn-based solutions. And who wants to pay out for
another $400 motherboard if it proves to be incompatible with
Penryn...

Right now, there is a big bunch of unresolved loose ends in PC
technology at the moment that create a big minefield for those
upgrading their PC hardware.

By Fall 2007, many of these issues will have been clarified or
resolved as follows:-

The issues:-

Intel or AMD... is AMD going to bring a surprise to the table with
their K8L dual and quad-core offerings ? If so, a high level of
competitive pricing. Should know by July 2007

nVidia ot ATi.... need to see what ATi brings in terms of Dx10/SM4
R600 and its derivatives. Also nVidia's second-generation mid and
low-range 8800-family derivatives. Once R600 is available, will put
price=pressure on nVidia... Should know by June 2007

Motherboards, maturity in the Conroe chip-set domain, quad-core issues
understood and resolved, BIOS maturity, wide competitively-priced
motherboard choices at the enthusiast-end of the market.. Motherboard
on-board audio -- directionless at the moment. Also, any early
indications whether the bleeding-edge new-gen motherboards are likely
to be forward-compatible with Penryn-base CPUs. The latter should
become clearer by September 2007.

Memory, far more competition at the enthusiast end in DDR2 with
significant resultant price erosion in the 2Gbyte-stick DIMM category.
On-going. I expect 20-30% price-erosion of the prices of
enthusiast-level memory by September 2007.

John Lewis

On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:24:00 GMT, (John Lewis)
wrote:

>On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:51:34 -0500, wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Is this board use a standard ATX case?
>>
>>The manual gives the dimensions but doesn't say it's a
>>"standard" ATX board size .... is this an extended ATX board and
>>need a case that handles extended ATX?
>>
>>Thanks
>

Yes ....... I've read that it apparently has some out of the gate
issues as you point out which I hope will be resolved with bios and
related software updates and yes it is expensive, comparatively
speaking. As for getting screwed on the tech curve .... I always am
.... every time I go reasonably current. In my younger days I would be
always waiting for the next best thing(s) that were coming down the
pike. Now, I try to go in the sweetest price/performance spot every
6-7 years regardless and forget about it for a while.

There were a number of coincident things that did it .... arrival of
a real intel dual core, next gen DDR, DX10 in vista (but not now .. it
will take them two years to get any decent drivers and all the bugs
out of that bloated thing), next gen SLI altogether basically at the
same time said it's time to hit the new system button. Unless the
board turns out to be an Asus poorly-engineered poorly-manufactured
piece of ****,

Thanks for your input and take on things though it is good stuff and I
appreciate your insights which are certainly good to keep track
of going forward.



>
>Striker may not yet be ready for prime-time. Google for all of the
>reviews if you have not already purchased. Seems an awful lot to pay
>for the third PCIe16 slot. Might want to look at the latest Gigabyte
>board when available and after a few BIOS updates. See:-
>
>http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2936
>
>I personally would wait at least 3 months for all issues with regard
>to BOTH quad-core and dual-core to be fully worked through on these
>so-called quad-core-capable motherboards, before committing to any
>purchase.
>
> Also with the 45nm Penryn schedule now being advanced by Intel to the
>
>second half of 2007, with the desktop version available by the end of
>2007 it might be nice to know whether any Penryn-compatible issues
>surface on these latest-generation motherboards, such as yet-another
>change of voltage-regulator design.
>
>With the prohibitive costs of 65nm quad-core, many people are likely
>to start off with dual-core and then want to migrate to quad-core with
>Penryn -- the 65nm quad-cores are likely to be dropped by Intel very
>quickly ( by Q1 2008 ) in favor of the far more cost-effective (and
>far lower power) Penryn-based solutions. And who wants to pay out for
>another $400 motherboard if it proves to be incompatible with
>Penryn...
>
>Right now, there is a big bunch of unresolved loose ends in PC
>technology at the moment that create a big minefield for those
>upgrading their PC hardware.
>
>By Fall 2007, many of these issues will have been clarified or
>resolved as follows:-
>
>The issues:-
>
>Intel or AMD... is AMD going to bring a surprise to the table with
>their K8L dual and quad-core offerings ? If so, a high level of
>competitive pricing. Should know by July 2007
>
>nVidia ot ATi.... need to see what ATi brings in terms of Dx10/SM4
>R600 and its derivatives. Also nVidia's second-generation mid and
>low-range 8800-family derivatives. Once R600 is available, will put
>price=pressure on nVidia... Should know by June 2007
>
>Motherboards, maturity in the Conroe chip-set domain, quad-core issues
>understood and resolved, BIOS maturity, wide competitively-priced
>motherboard choices at the enthusiast-end of the market.. Motherboard
>on-board audio -- directionless at the moment. Also, any early
>indications whether the bleeding-edge new-gen motherboards are likely
>to be forward-compatible with Penryn-base CPUs. The latter should
>become clearer by September 2007.
>
>Memory, far more competition at the enthusiast end in DDR2 with
>significant resultant price erosion in the 2Gbyte-stick DIMM category.
>On-going. I expect 20-30% price-erosion of the prices of
>enthusiast-level memory by September 2007.
>
>John Lewis

On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:51:34 -0500, wrote:

>
>
>Is this board use a standard ATX case?
>
>The manual gives the dimensions but doesn't say it's a
>"standard" ATX board size .... is this an extended ATX board and
>need a case that handles extended ATX?
>
>Thanks

Fits in a coolmater stacker 830.

8800gtx sli
4x 500gb seagate raid 0
1x 150gb wd raptor
1x sata pioneer 18x dvdr
1x pata pioneer 16x
4gb g.skill 4-4-4-12
E6600 oc 3.4gz
xfi music extreme
pinnacle capture card
800W silverstone psw

Only problem I found - the firewire connector to front
of case to the connector on the mainboard is right at
the bottom back of the case - and it is a very tight fit across
the xfi soundcard

It is pretty cool with all the onbard connectors for all 8 fans in the
case - so no more connections with extensions in spaghetti to molex
connectors.

The clear cmos button is very useful when overclocking hangs...it used
to be such a pain to reach in and move the jumper and battery on my
older asus p5nsli You need to be double jointed and have hands the
size of a barbie doll.


regards
rmd


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