When is BTX form factor going to be standard?

[teH_tHirD]

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I've heard a lot about BTX and its benefits over ATX, and i have not seen any store locally that sells BTX stuff. why is that?

[stealthghost]

bro.. we're in a 3rd world country.. no one manufacture ANY of those kind of stuffs here.. order pa ka sa gawas.. takes you about 3-4weeks for shipment..

btw, if Cebu imu pasabut ngano wala, 3.5th world country ta diri Cebu.. agi pa sa manila kasagaran sa atoa diri.. wala ta'y direct dealer/supplier.. hehe.. if naa na, adto try searching sa manila.. peace :mrgreen:

[teH_tHirD]

im not only talking about Cebu or the Philippines, THE WHOLE WORLD (generally) is still on ATX. I have not seen a whole lot of BTX style motherboards made. I mean, its just a rearrangement of the stuff stuck on the motherboard, its components are just the same. So it is not really expensive to switch to BTX. The overclocker community would surely embrace this form factor because BTX focuses on cooling efficiency. And its been out since 2003, isn't that too long to adapt?

[stealthghost]

Intel has now decided that it won't be supporting BTX in 2007 with new SKUs in the channel with retail products, however it will of course keep supporting SKUs which are present on the market such as the DQ965-CO. So, whilst the standards are not being ditched - Intel will no longer be supporting them directly for the channel customers, but no doubt will, if the large OEMs request offer support.

Of course, the need for BTX has not spread to the enthusiast user, but big OEMs such as HP, Dell and others have adopted BTX and have been using this in their systems for a couple of years. Some people may not be shocked with this, since Intel has recently launched Core2Duo which offers crazy performance at half the TDP of previous generation parts, however you still have hot graphics cards, and hard drives. Of course thermals will again return to being key when we see Kentsfield (Intel's Quad Core part) later this year, which will come in at 130W TDP (Dual Core2Duo), will we see BTX raised from its ashes again?

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6685

i hope it helps bro.. ahihihi... did a little research..

[gossamer]

bitaw...

han-ay kaayo...
nya klaro kaayo ang air-flow.

nindot ni dah!

[spookey]

with the new case that will accompany BTX form factor. how can we fit 4 DVD drive and 8 SATA HDD drive in it?

[chocomai]

simple... a change in physical design makes you incompatible with existing CASINGS and those custom coolers and heatsinks, and probably cost of manufacturing is higher, and probably theres no clear distinct advantage, naay advantages pero i guess not really worth all the trouble. if cooling ang main advantage, there are other cooling options available, changing the MB layout is a drastic step to achieve better cooling.


risking market share, consumer awareness, etc.. for minor advantages

[[DSX]]

I've heard a lot about BTX and its benefits over ATX, and i have not seen any store locally that sells BTX stuff. why is that?

it's already been a standard for quite sometime. Dell has been using it on their newer Dimension series. When servicing the new Dells, you'll have to open the right side panel instead of the usual left side panel. Most BTX casings also support ATX motherboards.
main reason nga nihit sa pinas is probably because of little to no demand. I don't even see it advertised.