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well back in the old days we used to have ISA and later PCI peripials to do those jobs. Think ISA IDE controllers etc. There used to be no Southbridges I don't think. So I guess it's just wishfull thinking on getting a sb less system. I'm kinda not wanting to get a nVidia nForce solution because...

It was only a mear example. Say you'd want a nother, better, performing card in there etc. And yes, the Opteron does get rid of the memory controller (allthough they are still in the NB) the NB also has your pci-express connect in it no? It used to house the AGP bus but that's gonna be a goner...

Hi, I was just wondering how you guys feel about a motherboard without a southbridge. The reason why i'm wondering about this is nowadays we have mobo's getting clutterd up with too much, and unnesasery stuff. Especially for some users. For instance, 6 USB ports, built in audio/lan/etc. Some...