I just bought a badass case for this new PC I'm building over the next 6-9 months....I was going to buy the MOBO, video card and RAM around this coming April. I figured if I bought the case, I would have a good incentive to really start building my dream gaming rig.
http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=&Language_s=&url_place=product_list&p_class=284
My concern is that the case I just picked up is, of course, one that fits ATX MOBOS (the coolermaster case). It will not hold the new BTX MOBO crap that I've been reading about today.
I am I going to be kicking myself in a few months for dropping $150 on a case style that is "obsolete?" Will I even want an ATX MOBO by Spring 2005?
In the end, come next Spring, I want to have a badass pure gaming AMD machine with an ATI PCI-Express video card that will pound the literal s#$% out of a game like Half-Life 2. I mean, I want FPS with details on ultra.
I guess my question is, do I return the case I just bought to NewEgg, or do I keep it and plan on having my next Rig (that's supposed to last me for a few years) be based on ATX technology?
OR, is BTX likely to be resisted by gamers who like the ATX form?
My biggest fear is that I f@$k up again like I did when I ordered a Willamette 423 pin P4 with RDRAM from Dell. Can you say "obsolete."?
Please help me....what would you do if you were trying to piece together a gaming rig over the next 9 months and had @ 3,000 to drop?
Thanks!
http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=&Language_s=&url_place=product_list&p_class=284
My concern is that the case I just picked up is, of course, one that fits ATX MOBOS (the coolermaster case). It will not hold the new BTX MOBO crap that I've been reading about today.
I am I going to be kicking myself in a few months for dropping $150 on a case style that is "obsolete?" Will I even want an ATX MOBO by Spring 2005?
In the end, come next Spring, I want to have a badass pure gaming AMD machine with an ATI PCI-Express video card that will pound the literal s#$% out of a game like Half-Life 2. I mean, I want FPS with details on ultra.
I guess my question is, do I return the case I just bought to NewEgg, or do I keep it and plan on having my next Rig (that's supposed to last me for a few years) be based on ATX technology?
OR, is BTX likely to be resisted by gamers who like the ATX form?
My biggest fear is that I f@$k up again like I did when I ordered a Willamette 423 pin P4 with RDRAM from Dell. Can you say "obsolete."?
Please help me....what would you do if you were trying to piece together a gaming rig over the next 9 months and had @ 3,000 to drop?
Thanks!
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