Motherboards come in various standard sizes, but for most of us, the choice boils down to ATX, micro-ATX, and mini-ITX, from largest to smallest. But that’s mostly variations on how many PCIE cards it can hold. There’s now a new standard that swaps a few things around, assuming you only want a graphics card and maybe fewer RAM DIMMs, traded for more M.2 storage options.

It’s called “YTX,” from Maxsun, a lesser-known brand based out of mainland China. The promotional material positions the YTX form factor as a more powerful alternative to the smaller ITX, widening it out past the area that usually holds the RAM DIMM slots in order to fit in three easily-accessible, full-length M.2 2280 slots. The first board that uses the size is the MS-Terminator H770 , an Intel-branded LGA 1700 board w

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