{"id":1333830,"date":"2025-09-23T10:39:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f8AhmpnkewkA7JZXA7F6z3"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:39:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:39:58","slug":"pc-component-maker-maxsun-decides-the-time-is-right-for-a-new-motherboard-format-by-taking-a-hacksaw-to-an-matx-circuit-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pc-component-maker-maxsun-decides-the-time-is-right-for-a-new-motherboard-format-by-taking-a-hacksaw-to-an-matx-circuit-board\/","title":{"rendered":"PC component maker Maxsun decides the time is right for a new motherboard format, by taking a hacksaw to an mATX circuit board"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Innovation in the world of PC motherboards is surprisingly rare, as we&#8217;ve been using the same format, sockets, and connectors for a long time. Which is probably why one component maker has decided that a brand new design and format moniker is what&#8217;s needed to shake things up a bit. The only problem is that the whole thing is all kinds of wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More than ITX, this is YTX.&#8221; That&#8217;s the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaxsunOfficial\/status\/1970085416113201635\" target=\"_blank\">marketing tagline by Maxsun<\/a> for its new <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxsun.com\/products\/h770-ytx?_pos=1&#038;_fid=58cf214b1&#038;_ss=c\" target=\"_blank\">Terminator H770YTX D5 motherboard<\/a>. Unfortunately, the tweet also says &#8220;Innovative motherborad solution&#8221; and you can already guess what memes have appeared in the comments to the post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1More than ITX. This is YTX.Maxsun\u2019s exclusive form factor brings:-A wider layout for optimized performance-3 additional M.2 slots for maximum storage-A unique back-plug design for a cleaner, more efficient buildIt\u2019s not just a motherboard. It\u2019s an innovation in form\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/EXxpULZzaN<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1970085416113201635\">September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>So, what exactly <em>is<\/em> this new-fangled YTX form factor? It&#8217;s a board design that&#8217;s the same width as mATX but the same height as ITX. Or if you prefer numbers, YTX is 245 x 175 mm, whereas mATX is typically 245 x 245 mm, with ITX usually being around 172 x 172 mm.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it, there&#8217;s nothing else that&#8217;s particularly revolutionary about the whole shebang. The problem is that it&#8217;s not an evolution of any current design, either, as the total board area is 29% smaller than mATX, yet 45% larger than ITX. Worse still, due to its dimensions, it won&#8217;t fit in any ITX-sized cases, just mATX ones or larger.<\/p>\n<p>Maxsun claims that its YTX form factor is &#8220;space-efficient\u2026without compromising performance,&#8221; but so what? The design provides room for two additional M.2 slots compared to all the ITX boards I&#8217;ve seen, but that&#8217;s it. If you must have four SSDs, then just get an mATX board with three slots and use an <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=m.2+pcie+adapter\" target=\"_blank\">M.2 PCIe adapter<\/a> for the final one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery carousel-layout\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-wrap\" style=\"display:flex; flex-flow:row nowrap;\">\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 1 of 2<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:64.22%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"P3TZj8tXQG8NJMmiHiErUL\" name=\"maxsun_terminator_h770ytx_d5_motherboard_02\" alt=\"An image of the Maxsun Terminator H770YTX D5 motherboard.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pc-component-maker-maxsun-decides-the-time-is-right-for-a-new-motherboard-format-by-taking-a-hacksaw-to-an-matx-circuit-board.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1233\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Maxsun)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlinegallery-item\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto;\"><span class=\"slidecount\">Image 2 of 2<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:64.22%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"7QS9vkTtXH5CjmQ5GSwqUL\" name=\"maxsun_terminator_h770ytx_d5_motherboard_03\" alt=\"An image of the Maxsun Terminator H770YTX D5 motherboard.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pc-component-maker-maxsun-decides-the-time-is-right-for-a-new-motherboard-format-by-taking-a-hacksaw-to-an-matx-circuit-board-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1233\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Maxsun)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>So you&#8217;re not getting the benefits of ITX&#8217;s compactness, nor the increased space for connectivity options offered by the larger area of mATX. Which all seems a bit silly. Sure, it comes with a decent number of M.2 slots for SSDs, but there&#8217;s only one PCI Express slot.<\/p>\n<p>For reasons that I can&#8217;t quite fathom at the moment, Maxsun has also chosen to use <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/products\/compare.html?productIds=229719,229720,229721\" target=\"_blank\">Intel&#8217;s H770 chipset<\/a> in this odd mobo design. If you&#8217;ve never heard of it, I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised, as it&#8217;s the forgotten cousin that sits between the range-topping Z790 and the mainstream B760 chipsets for 12th\/13th\/14th Gen Core processors.<\/p>\n<p>The few H770 motherboards that you can find in stores aren&#8217;t any cheaper than decent Z790 ones, so you might as well just buy one of them. For example, the Asus Prime H770-Plus D4 is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/asus-prime-h770-plus-d4-atx-motherboard-intel-h770-lga-1700\/p\/N82E16813119629\" target=\"_blank\">$350 at Newegg<\/a>, whereas the Gigabyte Z790M Aorus Elite AX Ice is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/gigabyte-z790m-aorus-elite-ax-ice-micro-atx-motherboards-intel-intel-z790-lga-1700\/p\/N82E16813145503\" target=\"_blank\">$258 at Newegg<\/a>. The latter is also an mATX board, with two PCIe and three M.2 slots.<\/p>\n<p>Coming back to the Maxsun YTX, the one thing that it does have going for it is that it&#8217;s a &#8216;rear-plug&#8217; layout, i.e. all the power, fan, and header connectors are on the back of the board. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/asus-btf-back-to-the-future-system-the-future-of-gaming-pcs\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ve built a PC using such a format in the past<\/a>, and it is a great way of making the inside of your gaming PC look really clean and tidy. However, it&#8217;s not enough to make me choose the YTX over any other mATX or ITX Z790\/B760 motherboard.<\/p>\n<p>I have a lot of respect for Maxsun trying to do something new in the motherboard world, but taking a hacksaw to an mATX PCB and sticking M.2 slots in a funky position isn&#8217;t going to turn the industry upside-down. Top marks for giving it a go, some marks for effort, and zero marks for the end product.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/motherboards\/pc-component-maker-maxsun-decides-the-time-is-right-for-a-new-motherboard-format-by-taking-a-hacksaw-to-an-matx-circuit-board\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovation in the world of PC motherboards is surprisingly rare, as we&#8217;ve been using the same format, sockets, and connectors for a long time. Which is probably why one component maker has decided that a brand new design and format moniker is what&#8217;s needed to shake things up a bit. The only problem is that the whole thing is all kinds of wrong. &#8220;More than ITX, this is YTX.&#8221; That&#8217;s the marketing tagline by Maxsun for its new Terminator H770YTX D5 motherboard. Unfortunately, the tweet also says &#8220;Innovative motherborad solution&#8221; and you can already guess what memes have appeared in the comments to the post. \u26a1More than ITX. 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