Looking for an 815 MicroATX Board

[bex0rs]

I'm trying to make a "small" computer to put in an Enlight 7150. I've got most of the parts already, but I just need to find a decent board that will allow me to run my 550e @ 733+. It would also be _very_ nice to find a board with the integrated Intel LAN. I've only been able to find one so far, namely the MSI 815EM Pro for ~ $100. Does anyone know if this board supports FSB / voltage adjustments? Or does anyone know of another board? LMK, thanks.

~bex0rs

 

[AndyHui]

The only other board is the ASUS CUSL2-M

 

[bex0rs]

That is what I was suspecting. The Asus also costs $60 more. Does anyone out there have either of these boards and know whether or not FSB / Voltage is adjustable in the bios?

~bex0rs

 

[AndyHui]

Voltage and FSB is adjustable for the ASUS, it should be the same for the MSI board too.

 

[Dave]

Checkout the Aopen MX3S MB ... I've used quite a few and it overclocks OK ... you can tweak the bus speed and voltage ... takes FCPGA chips. Has onboard video, sound and Intel LAN. I just bought some for about $134 at AXIONTECH.COM ... MYAOPEN.COM has them too.

We use them mostly with the Celeron 600 for folks that are not into heavy video stuff ... business type apps it does just great, especially when you're moving up from a Pentium 90 with 32MB RAM.

Some of the specs (snip, snip):

Model: MX3S
Form Factor: Micro ATX
Memory Slots: DIMM x 2
Chipsets: Intel 815E(+ICH2) Chipset
CPU Bus Clock
Spec:133
Max: 166
Notes: AC'97 Audio, LAN and VGA onboard
ATA-100 / PC133 / 4X AGP
Key Features Support 66/100/133 MHz FSB for Intel Celeron & Pentium III Socket 370 CPU
Support PC133 SDRAM DIMM
Jumper-less Design
CPU clock ratio from 1.5X to 12.0X
Integrated 2D/3D Graphics Engine with Dynamic Video Memory Technology
- Integrated 24-bit 230Mhz RAMDAC
- Integrated H/W Motion Compensation Engine
And, One AGP Slot for 4X/2X/1X AGP Graphic Card Upgrade
Optional 4MB AIMM Display Cache Upgrade for Integrated VGA through AGP Slot
AC'97 2.1 Audio support / Audio Codec onboard
Intel 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet onboard
4 Channel USB Ports Ready
Support Ultra DMA/100 HDD(Additional Ultra DMA/100 Cable included)
Hardware Monitoring
Wake On LAN / Timer / Keyboard / Mouse / Modem
PCI Rev 2.2 Compliant
Resetable Fuse Providing Short Circuit Protection for Keyboard and USB Device
AC Power On Auto Recovery
Microsoft PC99 Logo
ACPI S3(Suspend to RAM) & S4(Suspend to Disk) support
Year 2000 Compliant
AOpen Bonus Pack CD (Norton Anti-Virus included)


Architecture: 3 PCI slots +1 AGP slot
Max. Main Memory: Max. 512MB SDRAM ( PC-100 or PC-133 ) for 168pin DIMM*2
DIMM Type: 8/16/32/64/128/256 MB
On Board VGA:
Integrated 2D/3D Graphic Engine:
-2D Resolutions & Colors(Max Refresh Rates)
640x480 256/65K/16.7M Colors(85/85/85Hz)
800x600 256/65K/16.7M Colors(85/85/85Hz)
1024x768 256/65K/16.7M Colors(85/85/85Hz)
1280x1024 256/65K/16.7M Colors(85/85/85Hz)
1600x1200 256 colors(85Hz)
On Board Sound: Analog Devices AD1885 AC?97 CODEC onboard
On Board LAN: ICH2 Integrated MAC+ Intel 82562ET/EM PHY onboard for 10/100Mbps Ethernet
BIOS: Award Plug and Play 4MB Flash ROM BIOS
On Board I/O:
1 Serial Ports (UART 16C550 Support)/ 1 Optional Serial Port via additional COM2 cable
1 Parallel Port (SPP/EPP/ECP Support)
2 Channel E-IDE (Mode 4 and Bus master Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Support)
1 Floppy Drive Connector (1.2/1.44/2.88MB)
2 Channel Universal Serial Bus Ports
1 PS/2 Mouse Port
1 PS/2 Keyboard Port
Game/Midi Port ,Speaker-Out ,Line-In , Mic-In,
Onboard Connector:
CD-Audio, Aux-In, IrDA , Wake-On-Lan , CPU Fan, Chassis Fan,GPIOx2
Additional 2 Channel USB Ports (via additional cable)
Battery: 3V Lithium Battery
Green Function: Yes
Board Size: 220mm x 244mm, Micro ATX Form Factor

 

[bex0rs]

Thanks for the feedback. I hadn't even considered checking Aopen's offerings. I think that I'll go with the MSI board because it appears to be the cheapest ($109 + shipping) board out there that has everything I need.

~bex0rs