Silverstone appear to be very flexible with the LC11, first adding a 300W PSU and then an option for a PCI-E adaptor for its AGP/PCI/PCI riser card.
However, we are now at the stage where AMD mATX boards get really interesting with the advent of the low-power dual cores, but the majority of the nVidia AMD mATX boards come with a 1x/16x/PCI/PCI configuration, which is specifically disallowed by Silverstone as incompaitable.
take a look:
http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/forums/viewthread/91660/
even the majority of older s939 nVidia mATX boards had a 1x/16x/PCI/PCI configuration, it was only a few of the early 61x0/4x0 boards produced by the likes of Foxconn that had a 16x/PCI/PCI/PCI configuration and could therefore be used in a LC11 case. I myself have an MSI K8NGM2-FID board in my Sugo Evolution case with a s939 dual-core 3800+, which has the 1x/16x/PCI/PCI config.
I am now in the market for a dual-core mATX HTPC and reckon the LC11-M would fit the bill perfectly, but i am a bit hamstrung by the problems with expansion cards outlined above.
What i would suggest, and would be delighted if SST implemented would be a new riser card that had a 1x/16x/PCI configuration, as this would be usable with the majority of the newer s939 boards, and most AM2 boards that i have so far identified. I don't know how common this motherboard configuration is on intel mATX motherboards, but i have already seen a few that are the same as the AMD boards, perhaps it is becoming a standard?
anyone got any info on this?
regards
R3MF
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