Possibly a dumb question - mATX mobo in mid-tower case

[GodlessAstronomer]

I'm planning a build at the moment. This isn't my first build by a long shot, but I've never used a mATX motherboard before. What's the deal with mATX motherboards in mid-tower cases, specifically the Antec Nine Hundred Two. There happens to be a mATX mobo that I'm really keen on. I'm fairly sure they should fit with no issues, just making sure. Do mATX motherboards look funny in mid-tower cases?

 

[CrankyMcStank]

Do mATX motherboards look funny in mid-tower cases?

IMO yes. The mobo just looks so tiny.

 

[rudder]

I bought a mATX board for my mid tower. For one I did not have a need for more than 1 PCI slot and secondly when I upgrade, I will move this motherboard to a smaller sized case for the kids room.

But the bottom of my case it pretty empty. But I don't have a window on the case so it does not matter anyway I suppose.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I put a matx motherboard in an antec 1200. Doens't look terrible at all maybe because the power supplies in the bottom so it doesn't look so void.

 

[PCTC2]

It's not too bad. It was nice for my HTPC to have a little extra room in the small case vs having the full ATX board with horrible cable management.

All ITX/mATX/ATX/EATX boards have wholes derivative of each other in reverse direction so all ITX boards will fit in any ATX case.

 

[Meghan54]

Works and doesn't look bad at all. I've currently got a mATX board in a full size Lian-Li case.

 

[taisingera]

It works pretty well, and there is a lot of empty room at the bottom. I am personally trying to find a mATX case (to replace a NSK4400, which is one of the smallest that supports ATX) though because I don't game (no big, dual slot video cards), have 1-2 hard drives and an optical.

 

[ekoostik]

I've got an mATX board in a mid-tower case. Never thought about it looking funny before. I was grateful for the little extra room to work with, better for airflow and at one point ran a cable down through there. Plus the board was $40 cheaper than many alternatives!