Tested/Source Chassis and Power Supplies List for Intel® Processors

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Tested chassis and power supplies lists:

FMB¹	Processor	Power Supply²	ATX (TAC)³	BTX³
04B 115W	Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition	ATX 2.0 or better CFX 1.1 or better SFX 3.0 or better TFX 2.01 or better	TAC 1.1 Tower, mid tower	All BTX All styles
05A 95W	Pentium® D processor 820, 920-930	ATX 2.2 CFX 1.2 SFX 3.1 TFX 2.1 FlexATX	TAC 1.1 Tower, mid tower, slim line, CE	All BTX All styles
05B 130W	Pentium® D processor 830-840, 940-955	ATX 2.2 CFX 1.2 SFX 3.1 TFX 2.1 FlexATX	TAC 1.1 that supports 05B Tower	All BTX All styles
05B 130W	Pentium® processor Extreme Edition	EPS12V (Source List only) Some ATX12V		All BTX All styles
05B 130W	Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor	ATX 2.2 CFX 1.2 SFX 3.1 TFX 2.1
06 35W	Celeron® processor 4xx	ATX 2.2 CFX 1.2 SFX 3.1 TFX 2.1 FlexATX	TAC 1.1 that supports 06 Tower, mid tower, slim line, CE
06 65W	Intel® Core™2 Duo processor Intel® Pentium® dual-core processor	ATX 2.2 CFX 1.2 SFX 3.1 TFX 2.1 FlexATX	TAC 1.1 that supports 06 Tower, mid tower, slim line, CE
05B 105W	Intel® Core™2 Quad processor	ATX 2.2 CFX 1.2 SFX 3.1 TFX 2.1 FlexATX	TAC 1.1 that supports 05B Tower, mid tower, slim line, CE

¹Flexible Motherboard Spec. (FMB), the first two digits represent the year the guide is introduced and 3rd digit stands for the market segment.
² Versions of Power Supply recommended for supporting the processors, not intended to be all inclusive. Please consult the tested list for details.
³ Typical chassis form factor and styles that can be used. It is provided only as a guidance, not intended to be all inclusive. Please consult the tested list for the supported chassis styles. CE is Consumer Electronics.

Thermally Advantaged Chassis Version 1.0 and 1.1 Explained
Thermally Advantaged Chassis can be offered in many design styles and with an array of features. Many of the chassis do follow a similar design concept to achieve a high level of thermal performance. These design concepts help a chassis designer and engineer to produce a chassis capable of providing the best performance experience with Intel^® Core^TM 2 Quad,Intel^® Core^TM 2 Duo,Intel^® Pentium^® D, Intel^® Pentium^® 4, and Intel^® Celeron^® D processors.

Chassis Design Guide version 1.0 [.pdf] is designed to provide 38°C by introducing an adjustable side-panel air duct with a diameter of ~60mm and using a 80mm rear fan exhausting the chassis. This design is found to be adequate for most low-end to mid-level systems built upon the Intel^® Celeron^® D processor. However, testing has shown that even greater thermal performance could be gained with some minor modifications to the version 1.0 design and Chassis Design Guide version 1.1 [.pdf] was created. This defines increasing the side-panel air duct to 80mm and the rear chassis fan to 92mm. The design also introduces a new side-panel vent opening above the graphics and add-in card slots. This is to provide additional cooling for high-end discrete graphics and peripherals.

Note: A chassis may be considered a Thermally Advantaged Chassis although it may not follow the design concepts defined in the Chassis Design Guide version 1.0 or 1.1. This is acceptable given that the chassis can maintain a 38°C temperature or less. The graphics card vent describes in chassis design guide version 1.1 may not be seen on all the chassis denoted as version 1.1 on the list below. Please consult with your chassis provider for the best chassis to fit your configuration needs.

Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) Explained
The Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) form factor is a scalable form factor that allows for a wide range of system sizes and profiles. A properly designed BTX based system can offer several benefits compared to designs from previous form factor specification generations. These benefits can include scalability in system design, improvements to system power delivery and power dissipation, acoustics, board layout and routing, high volume manufacturing costs, and structural integrity. See the Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) Interface Specification and the Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) System Design Guide, for more information.

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