Is this motherboard ATX

DaCheese · 07 Aug 2013

Packard Bell Imedia A3317 UK Motherboard | eBay <--- motheboard here

Wondering if this motherboard is ATX? and if it will fit an ATX case

paulpicks21 · 07 Aug 2013

Hi DaCheese, that looks to me like a MATX motherboard, which essentially means it will fit an ATX case.

I am almost 100% sure all ATX cases have mountings for both ATX motherboards and MATX motherboards.

What case do you have/ is it going into?

DaCheese · 07 Aug 2013

paulpicks21 said:

Hi DaCheese, that looks to me like a MATX motherboard, which essentially means it will fit an ATX case.

I am almost 100% sure all ATX cases have mountings for both ATX motherboards and MATX motherboards.

What case do you have/ is it going into?

Currently using the default case (Packard Bell Imedia A3317 case) however I am planning to put it into the CiT Vantage Gaming Case

paulpicks21 · 07 Aug 2013

It took me a while to find the specs online for that case, but I did in the end and it supports ATX,MATX and Mini ITX so you will be just fine.:)

DaCheese · 07 Aug 2013

paulpicks21 said:

It took me a while to find the specs online for that case, but I did in the end and it supports ATX,MATX and Mini ITX so you will be just fine.:)

ok thats good news, thanks for your help. Another question, if I upgrade the motherboard, will I have to reinstall Windows or buy another Windows copy. I don't have a copy of Windows on disc because it came preinstalled with the PC.

paulpicks21 · 07 Aug 2013

I am far from an expert on this, but I believe you will have some issues, the normal and best recommendation when installing a new motherboard is to re-install Windows and even if you did have a disk it would still run into problems as it would need re-activation and being an OEM licence I don't know if you could use it again.

I will leave that one to the experts, maybe ask in this section and you will get some good advice - Windows Updates & Activation - Windows 7 Help Forums

x BlueRobot · 08 Aug 2013

DaCheese said:

paulpicks21 said:

It took me a while to find the specs online for that case, but I did in the end and it supports ATX,MATX and Mini ITX so you will be just fine.:)

ok thats good news, thanks for your help. Another question, if I upgrade the motherboard, will I have to reinstall Windows or buy another Windows copy. I don't have a copy of Windows on disc because it came preinstalled with the PC.

You'll need to get another license.