Comrade_Jerkov Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 Is there a real difference between the two? If there is. Which is better? Quote
CreepingDeath Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 Never had a cube system. ATX and Cube systems are different form factors. An ATX system consist of an ATX case, a ATX power supply and ATX motherboard. All the components are made to fit each other. Some reasons for changing to different form factors in one example is cooling. In the AT form factor the cpu was located in the lower right hand section of the motherboard. When the ATX form factor was developed the cpu was moved to the upper left hand corner near the power supply fan to help with cooling since new processors were coming out that need better cooling. The IDE connectors were moved for shorter distance to hard drives and cd-roms. One reason of change was due to changing I/O ports. The cube cases use a different motherboard and power supply than the ATX. My knowledge of the cube case is little due to the fact that I never cared for one personally. It seems the reasoning for this form factor was that it is a more low profile case and is great if you like modding. I would think that ATX case would be easier to cool when running off air. ATX components seem to be easier to obtain as well, but the cube systems are normally sold as barebone systems that usually include the power supply and the motherboard at least, and sometimes the processor, so it's fairly easy for a beginner to build one of these systems. Quote
Sam.Gen. Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 Never had a cube system. ATX and Cube systems are different form factors. An ATX system consist of an ATX case, a ATX power supply and ATX motherboard. All the components are made to fit each other. Some reasons for changing to different form factors in one example is cooling. In the AT form factor the cpu was located in the lower right hand section of the motherboard. When the ATX form factor was developed the cpu was moved to the upper left hand corner near the power supply fan to help with cooling since new processors were coming out that need better cooling. The IDE connectors were moved for shorter distance to hard drives and cd-roms. One reason of change was due to changing I/O ports. The cube cases use a different motherboard and power supply than the ATX. My knowledge of the cube case is little due to the fact that I never cared for one personally. It seems the reasoning for this form factor was that it is a more low profile case and is great if you like modding. I would think that ATX case would be easier to cool when running off air. ATX components seem to be easier to obtain as well, but the cube systems are normally sold as barebone systems that usually include the power supply and the motherboard at least, and sometimes the processor, so it's fairly easy for a beginner to build one of these systems. That's all you're going to write? Come on, I expected atleast 8 pages once you started going... Quote
CreepingDeath Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 LOL, I felt my reply was sufficient. Quote
Comrade_Jerkov Posted August 25, 2004 Author Posted August 25, 2004 I have a medium sized ATX case. I'm building it tomorrow. All the parts have come through fedex. Quote
Sam.Gen. Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 I have a medium sized ATX case. I'm building it tomorrow. All the parts have come through fedex. Fedex... Newegg?? Quote
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