blakespot wrote:
These are ATX form factor boards. It is "one slot longer" than a mini-ATX board, so some mini-ATX cases will work. (Maybe not if you need to add that serial daughterboard that sticks off the side.) A standard ATX case is the safest bet. A micro-ATX case would almost certainly not work.
Agh, just stumbled back to this thread, and I've been mistaken on form factors this whole time.
So, to quote from
this page,
Intel has also specified a "Mini ATX" motherboard size, which is slightly smaller than the full-sized ATX specification. These boards use the same ATX form factor power supplies and cases. The main difference is that full ATX motherboards have a maximum size of 12"x9.6", and Mini ATX boards have maximum dimensions of 11.2"x8.2".Whereas
microATX defines as part of its standard, maximum motherboard dimensions of 9.6"x9.6". And Mini-ITX manages to be tinier than the even-smaller FlexATX, etc.
Sorry about that!
As for form-factor of expansion cards...I think since the expansion slot is a PCI slot, PCI form factor will be observed there. The slot next to the PCI slot is a C64 cartridge port on the mobo.
Full-height PCI, though, not the 3" or so "low-profile" standard required by most pizza boxes or slim 1U-type things... which was the point I was trying to make.
(Now, if anyone needs a really *cheap* case, I can say I was just looking for something without a blowhole, and got a KG-201 off
these guys for $15 and free shipping... Perfectly servicable, but not exactly small, either. Just hit me that the stamp on the side panel could be painted into a fairly accurate Commodore chickenhead, or I would've kept my mouth shut. :-))
