Help - m-ATX, Athlon64, PCI-E, and 1394?

[dortega]

Trying to avoid going the Intel route.

Would like a motherboard available in microATX form, can support an Athlon 64, and offer PCI Express and IEEE1394. With the nForce4 apparently lacking 1394, I wonder if this is even possible?

What's out there--or what should I be looking out for?

 

[Dahak]

May have to wait a little longer, as there is none at the moment but nvidia,ati, and via all have announced new motherboard that support pci-e on the amd side, which should be hitting retail probably by december.

the nforce4 just does not support 1394 natively as part of the chipset, but any other board maker can add a additional 1394 controller to the board

 

[dortega]

Thanks for the response. I'll keep my eyes glued...