do all mobos....

fit in all cases? The reason why I am asking is that I am looking to upgrade my mobo, I currently have an ASUS M2N-MX SE PLUS, dont get me wrong its a decent board, but I am looking to upgrade to a better board, and possibly goto Intel for the I7....also, I have a quick fly case, where its not a tower but a box shape, and all the sides can be removed(I like it better then a tower)...thanks for the help!

No. But the current mainstream form factor ATX and most hardware will fit a mid or full size ATX case with no problems. If your planning on building a small pc you need to worry more about whether you need a MicroATX case or size limitations in some minitower atx cases. As far as I know, the i7 is currently only availiable with full ATX motherboards.

No. But the current mainstream form factor ATX and most hardware will fit a mid or full size ATX case with no problems. If your planning on building a small pc you need to worry more about whether you need a MicroATX case or size limitations in some minitower atx cases. As far as I know, the i7 is currently only availiable with full ATX motherboards.

stele29

To answer your original question, no. There are several form factors on the market, the most common of which are ATX and Micro-ATX. Most ATX compatible cases also support Micro-ATX simply because it's smaller, but a Micro-ATX case will not be able to run a full ATX motherboard. And from the way you've described your case and considering the fact that your M2N-MX SE Plus is a Micro-ATX board, I'd say there's a very good chance that your case only supports Micro-ATX motherboards. A quick way to tell is to look at how many expansion ports your computer has. If there are only four blanking plates available, it's a Micro-ATX case. If there are seven, it's probably ATX compatible as well which gives you a wider range of i7 motherboards to choose from. [QUOTE="stele29"]

No. But the current mainstream form factor ATX and most hardware will fit a mid or full size ATX case with no problems. If your planning on building a small pc you need to worry more about whether you need a MicroATX case or size limitations in some minitower atx cases. As far as I know, the i7 is currently only availiable with full ATX motherboards.

RayvinAzn

well as you can tell, I am not that par with computers. Are blanking plates the plates in the back, i.e video card plugins? if so, I only have 4.

Not all of them. They have different sizes so you have to be sure wich case you get before hand. Just check the dimensions of it and you'll be fine. Dont forget to have enough room for everything, you don't want to have everything all crowded up and keeping heat built up without any room to move around.