Important: Micro-ATX boards with video and sound: MS-6340M (MSI), M7VKG (Biostar) or any other???

[paspeur]

Hi. I'm seeking some feedback from users that have a MS-6340M ( MSI ) or M7VKG ( Biostar ).

There are socket A 200/266 fsb micro-atx boards with built-in integrated sound and video ( Chipset KM133A ), a agp4x port ( may be usefull one day ) and other standard features like U-DMA100. Unfortunately they don't have integrated Ethernet but it is not needed for now ( dial-up ).

This board is not for intense computation tasks: This PC is exclusively dedicated for: Web surfing, 2D games, watch DVD, and may be burn CD, no more. Size matters a lot since this PC needs to be moved from time to time by a small person, therefore the lighter and the fewer add-on cards ( don't want to open the case too often to check if the cards still have good contact after transportation ), the better it is.

However, before I get any of these, I just want to make sure people did not get problems with it. I'm planning to buy it soon therefore I cannot wait for a new board to come around. If I missed some that already exist, that would be nice to let me know.

The MS-6340M seems available in two versions 3.0 and 5.0. I couldn't find any differences in functionnality. Anybody knows?

Thanks for reading.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

<< The MS-6340M seems available in two versions 3.0 and 5.0. I couldn't find any differences in functionnality. Anybody knows? >>



]The pro5 model supports the XP series CPUs and the Integrated S3 Savage 4 3D Graphics Core has good DVD playback.Here's the link to check the boards specs against the other versions link

 

[Athlon4all]

ECS K7SEM is a mATX board that have On-board Video and Sound. There's a PC CHips version of this board that includes a AMR Modem also.

 

[Peter]

hey, that's my line

Best available all-in-one: PC-Chips M810LR. SiS 730S chipset, 3D VGA, 4-channel sound, LAN onboard, AMR modem included, AGP and two PCI slots, 100 and 133 MHz (x2) CPU and SDRAM support.

Coming soon: 841LR. Will be faster thanks to new SiS 740 chipset w/ new 3D VGA engine and DDR SDRAM support. No AGP slot on that one, 3 PCI and an AMR for the modem.

regards, Peter

 

[rondeemc]

We use this board at church for workstations and the children's lab. Has worked fine for us. The liveupdate works well and not a bad board yet. The video is not the strongest but was better then previous units and as you say it can be upgraded. Been getting ours at tcwo.com