new microATX boards

[septiroth]

are there any kt600 or nforce2 400 ultra boards that are micro ATX? the only newer microATX boards around have IGP, and i dont want that.

 

[mechBgon]

From consulting the list at nVidia, the only one they show in microATX format with the SPP northbridge is the Chaintech 7NIL1. But you could just ignore the onboard video of the IGP boards if you want to. Hope that helps

 

[septiroth]

none of those IGP boards directly support 200/400 bus speeds

 

[yodayoda]

you could buy a FN45 board when it becomes available at shuttle.com's online store. so far they only have the FN41 (the board inside the SN41 SFF) and it is $200! it would be a flexATX board with only one PCI slot, but pretty cool nonetheless and is an ultra400 chipset.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

there isn't that much of a difference in noticable means between the nforce2 and the nforce2 ultra 400 unless you are planning to OC a uATX board, (never heard of that one, uATX are generally not OC'd for soooo many reasons.) or if you plan to use a 400Mhz fsb Athlon. (most uATX boards don't have enough power supply ummph for that one anyway) Though if you want faster video, just get a faster video card. they support AGP8x, just like all the new systems.