time frame for BTX on AMD platforms?

[Schadenfroh]

about how many more months untill BTX is available on the socket 939 in decent qualntity?

i know no one knows exactly, but what is the best guess?

 

[Schadenfroh]

i want to upgrade to btx/pci express/939 all at once

 

[Macro2]

I see little reason BTX should ever make it.

 

[gotsmack]

Let me know when BTX makes it big, I'll but the last ATX mobo so I can get a little more life out mf my kick as case I bought last year.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: Macro2
I see little reason BTX should ever make it.

well.. hasn't intel pretty much set that as the future standard? It somewhat makes sense... at least the case won't be top heavy. heh.

 

[Venomous]

Originally posted by: lnguyen

Originally posted by: Macro2
I see little reason BTX should ever make it.

well.. hasn't intel pretty much set that as the future standard? It somewhat makes sense... at least the case won't be top heavy. heh.

Intels days of calling the shots has ended...

BTW is going to be an Intel only standard until they get their heat problem fixed. AMD hasnt planned on BTX,

 

[ath50]

I bet it won't be this year. Anand's first look at Computex showed surprise at the lack of BTX form motherboards showcased there. I'm not doubting that it won't make it to the standard eventually seeing as its superior, just will take a while, especially with Intel's recent desktop processor cuts.

 

[Chaotic42]

I'll be on the ATX platform until they pry the board away from my cold, dead hands.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
about how many more months untill BTX is available on the socket 939 in decent qualntity?

i know no one knows exactly, but what is the best guess?

It's all up to the motherboard manufacturers, and so far, nobody's shown too much of *anything* for BTX. Intel's pushing it full steam ahead, but they seem to be the only ones. We'll have to see if that's enough clout to make it quickly become an industry standard, or if we're going to have two competing motherboard platforms for a while...

Best guess from me? You'll start seeing them widely available by the end of the year, but they won't be mainstream until next summer.

 

[MDE]

BTX may not work for Athlon 64

 

[Maverick]

Originally posted by: MDE
BTX may not work for Athlon 64

they have plenty of time to redesign around its short comings. All they need is to be able to fit into BTX form factor cases.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

That new Lian-Li case with the upside down MB mounting eliminates a large part of the benefit of BTX.

 

[SneakyStuff]

BTX, Intel isn't in a position to call the shots anymore, people want AMD, Intel is just going to have to figure out how to redesign their magma-hot processors

edit: and just like what was said above, reverse ATX is oddly similar to BTX......

 

[Mday]

read the writeups on BTX. there cannot be a mobo that adheres to the BTX standard for the AMD Athlon 64bit series processors. the placement of the CPU (with built in memory controller) is too far from the RAM.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I'll be on the ATX platform until they pry the board away from my cold, dead hands.

Yup that pretty much sums it up for me,nothing wrong with ATX.

I like my case & i dont want to have to go and buy a new one.

 

[SUOrangeman]

If you want/have to buy a new case, just get one that supports ATX and BTX.

I'm very intrigued by this one, even if the only benefit I'll see in the future is one of reduced noise.

-SUO

 

[Chu]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
about how many more months untill BTX is available on the socket 939 in decent qualntity?

i know no one knows exactly, but what is the best guess?

There really isn't a compelling reason to switch to BTX for AMD, plus the archetechical problems that others have mentioned (onboard memory controller puts strict restrictions on trace length, and BTX's positioning of memory and CPU make it a no go). I predict Jan05 at the earliest, if ever.