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I often read comments about how the size of an mATX mobo can cause cooling problems which is just. MATX simply suffers from a lack of promotion by mobo manufacturers, having long been a budget segment, and general lack of understanding by PC builders. mATX is the same width as ATX and because the ATX standard defines where the pci-e slots must be, the "upper part" of an mATX board is exactly the same as ATX unless the manufacturer has deliberately made changes. Which still leaves mATX with 2 full length pci-e slots and 1-2 pci-e x1 slots, more than enough for 99% of everyone building a computer. (There are cheap ♚TX of course but they usually sacrifice useful stuff like double DIMM-slots per channel.) miniITX is becoming more and more popular but usually induces a price premium for really good boards that still manage to pack in all the good stuff.Nah, ♚TX/mATX has the same features as ATX, just minus 1 full length pci-e slot and 1-2 pci-e x1 slots. ΜATX could have become more popular, but the ATX motherboard size turns out to provide good space for easy motherboard designs, making for cheaper production costs, I reckon.