A user would like to buy a new computer and will eventually add several more hard drives and possibly a second video card. Which of the following form factors should be recommended?

The correct answer is D. ATX. ATX (Advanced Technology eXtended) is the full-size standard desktop motherboard form factor and offers the most expansion capability. ATX boards typically provide 4–7 PCIe/PCI slots (supporting dual GPU configurations), multiple SATA ports for additional drives, and are housed…

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AITX
BMicro-ATX
CMini-ITX
DATX

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7% (2)
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3% (1)
D
90% (27)

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ATX (Advanced Technology eXtended) is the full-size standard desktop motherboard form factor and offers the most expansion capability. ATX boards typically provide 4–7 PCIe/PCI slots (supporting dual GPU configurations), multiple SATA ports for additional drives, and are housed in full-tower or mid-tower cases with plenty of drive bays. Mini-ITX supports only one PCIe slot and minimal drive bays. Micro-ATX offers moderate expansion but fewer slots than ATX. ITX is essentially the same as Mini-ITX-both are compact form factors unsuitable for heavy expansion. When maximum expandability is the requirement, ATX is always the correct choice.

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