The venerable ATX standard was developed in 1995 by Intel, as an attempt to standardize what had until then been a PC ecosystem formed around the IBM AT PC’s legacy. The preceding AT form factor ...

Micro ATX, and Mini ITX. Intel pioneered the ATX and Micro ATX motherboard and power supply formats. However, companies like IBM, SSI, VIA, and AMD created many standardized motherboard form factors.

The ATX layout rotated the CPU and memory 90 degrees, allowing full-length expansions to be plugged into all sockets. The power supply blows air over the CPU rather than pulling air through the ...

Over the decades it has evolved from the original PC and AT into ATX, supplying an ever-expanding range of voltage rails at increasing power levels. There have been multiple different revisions ...

The ASUS Z97-A ATX offers one click total system optimization, M.2 & SATA Express, Crystal Sound 2, Intel Gigabit Ethernet, and ASUS HomeCloud. Get the most out of your motherboard keeping its ...