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Any MicroATX Boards take Northwood CPUs?

Yup there are. Asus has the p4b266m. Its like a p4b266 but its a microatx form factor. Abit also has the bd7m, also like the bd7 but micro atx formfactor.
 
if you go DDR, go SIS 645 - it performs slightly better than the i845 and certainly costs less...the board is rock solid as well and most 645 boards are awesome overclockers.

if you go Rambus, well, there's only one option - i850...at higher clock speeds, the i850 is faster than the SIS 645 when running on equivalent FSB speeds....still not worth the price premium if you ask me (board prices of course, not rambus vs. DDR), unless you plan on takikng your chip well over 2.2ghz.

check out the MSI-6533 - good board.
 
checking around, one of the smallest ones i could find that would accomodate the future flexATX case i want (8.75" Width for mobos) was few and far between...

ASUS' SIS 650 board can (the P4S333 mATX version...P4S333-M?)...in fact, it's the smallest...probably due to the placement of the IDE/floppy connectors...strange lookin
ECS' SIS 650 board can as well (the L4S5 something or other...)

the MSI and AOpen boards are too large....PCChips doesn't list the physical dimensions and their site is ass...others might exist too, but I've no time, nor do my local retailers really carry anything over the above mentioned....and i stay away from Abit at all possible costs.
 
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