ASUS Micro ATX A7N266-VM question b4 I buy

[cisco]

I was thinking of buying one of these motherboards because it only cost $73 and includes lan, sound and a 64meg geforce2 mx .
But will it fit OK in a regular ATX case ????
is micro ATX backwards compatible with ATX???
also the problems listed in the motherboard forums are a concern.
can someone please post a link to some reviews for this asus motherboard & your coments on this board, + possible comparable options at this price range (with Lan, audio and geforce onboard for $73)
thanks for any info!!

 

[mechBgon]

It fits standard ATX cases fine.

I have 19 of them at work, they seem to be good boards. Got a 20th in the works Make sure to use a name-brand power supply of at least 300W, preferably with at least 200W on the 3.3V + 5V rails (this is advice for Athlon systems in general, not this board in particular). I would recommend Antec SL300 or SL350, Enermax 351 or Sparkle Power 300 or 350W. Hope that helps.

 

[osage]

quite a bit of info, comments over here, and here, some links to review as well on the sites.

 

[cheapgoose]

where did you get 64 meg of video? isn't it 32 shared? even with two sticks of ram.

anyway, I got me a refurb from newegg to play with, gonna do the jumper mod to enable fsb selection. it's gonna be fun building a new case for it. oh yea, and I only had a pos 250watt PS to test this baby, and it worked just fine. 1600xp.

 

[cisco]

thanks for answering my questions, & I guess it may not be 64meg (I'll ck newegg again tommorrow ) sleepy time here zzzzzzzzzzzz
thanks again

next day:
the person I was helping upgrade his computer doesn't want an intergrated MB , so he got an all in wonder 7500 video card for starters and is upgrading his CPU also .. till he can afford a killer system down the road,
I may try the A7N266-VM myself inmy next system...!