mATX for p965?

[jgigz]

I looked at gigabyte and abits websites to see if there is any production for p965 mATX board. Im curious to know if anyone has heard anything if they are going to make micro p965 boards or not. Any info on the subject will be greatly appreciated


TIA

 

[Zap]

I think any mATX board you see will have IGP, so look for the 945G and 965G chipsets. For some reason most motherboard manufacturers think that's what people want with mATX, integrated graphics and little-to-no overclocking.

There are some exceptions. Took a few years, but manufacturers eventually discovered that people buying AMD CPUs might... just might... be enthusiasts. Early on Foxconn made an Nforce4 chipset mATX board. Then, Jetway made an overclockable mATX board using the ATI IGP chipset. Following that, Biostar made the Tforce mATX board with the Geforce IGP chipset, then DFI finally made their appearance with a mATX ATI IGP chipset board. Finally, eVGA suprised everyone with a mATX SLI board. All these were for socket 939 except Biostar also made socket 754 versions. Oh yeah, somewhere along the line EPoX got into the game with a mATX Geforce IGP board that's overclockable.

More recently with socket AM2, EPoX, Biostar and... Abit have made their mark with overclockable mATX boards using the Geforce IGP. Indeed the Abit board (top end NF-M2 Nview model, not the other models) is as good an overclocker as any board. People have taken them to the 400MHz HTT cap.

Mentioning the P965 chipset makes me think that you're wanting an enthusiast/overclocker board. If not overclocking, then any of the IGP boards should work fine with a PCI-E video card.

 

[Heidfirst]

abit are certainly meant to have an 965G mATX in the works to join their existing SiS & VIA chipset boards.

 

[jgigz]

Yes, I am interested in an enthusiast/overclocking, i have looked at the g965 and from what ive read they have a faulty sata cap and none of them can support over 300mhz FSB. Intel makes a mATX board that is p965 and even though i haven't had any expiereince with intel boards, i know they're not meant to be overclocked. But seeing that board makes me wonder if other motherboard mfg's will follow and make a mATX enthusiast board.

 

[Skott]

Right now there arent really any Conroe mATX that overclock very well. 300FSB is the limit more or less. Abit does plan to make a Conroe mATX version similar to its new NF-M2 mobo I heard. Not till 2007 though. My guess is if ABIT's mobos prove popular you'll see ASUS and others make some as well. Its a growing market so ASUS and others will want a slice of the pie too.