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> You can’t say something is like a standard, it either is compliant or not,

Ok, deep mATX isn't mATX compliant. It's been said. But still, it is like mATX, but longer. I tend to prefer bigger cases, but mATX boards fit in them, and deep mATX would too.

> HEDT is also a make believe standard to run a pricing ladder against desktop processors for those who can’t afford workstation parts

There are no current gen AMD workstation parts either.

What a strange hill to die on. Just don't buy the boards?

Well it’s a variant of bait and switch and the impression that they fitted the design into a standard small form factor is false. Anyone who buys this is in for a world of hurt

Having been that very person several times, I guess my anecdata is different from yours.