what motherboard should i get

**PIE CJ** · 07-18-2004, 10:19 AM

just bought a case that needs a mini atx motherboard

any suggestions on what board i should go for ?

**kai445** · 07-18-2004, 10:38 AM

For an in-car pc, the EPIA M10000/M12000 boards are popular as hell. Personally, I'd use an Asus a7n8x-vm or a7n8x-vm/400, and pop a cheap athlon in it.

**srcstc** · 07-18-2004, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by PIE CJ

just bought a case that needs a mini atx motherboard

any suggestions on what board i should go for ?

If you mean a micro atx (mATX) then you should get my motherboard.

It's an Abit and it's new.

FS: 2.4Ghz Carputer & TRIPP-LITE 500 Watt PowerVerter

Abit IS-10 mATX Motherboard with SATA and onboard audio/Video

- CPU: Supports Intel Pentium4 800/ 533/ 400 MHz CPU
- Chipset: Intel 865G / ICH5
- Memory: 2 DIMM supports single/dual channel DDR 400/ 333/ 266 memory
- VGA: AGP 8X/4X (0.8V/1.5V)
- 2-channel Serial ATA150
- 2-channel IDE ATA 100/66/33
- USB: 8 ports USB 2.0
- 10/100 LAN Fast Ethernet
- 6-ch Audio on board with digital S/PDIF output

Rich

**PIE CJ** · 07-18-2004, 11:44 AM

oh forgot...

want use my athlon 1700xp processsor i got lying round

**kai445** · 07-18-2004, 12:29 PM

If you want to use onboard video. I'd once again reccomend the Asus A7N8X-VM/400, because it has an integrated GeForce MX400.

Otherwise, pick any board with the "nForce2" chipset. No matter what, I'd say get a board thats nF2. If you pick a VIA board, you'll be sorry, and the nForce1 was underpowered.

**MatrixPC** · 07-20-2004, 11:05 AM

Okay which one of these you guys recommended. They are all mATX nF2 board for Athlon with onboard Sound, Video, AC power loss restore. These board are all in the same price range (70~80)

Albatron KM18G-Pro
Chaintech 7NIF2
Asus A7N8X-VM/400
Epox EP-8RGM3I
Aopen MK79G-N

I have a Soyo K7VME as a deal package with a AMD Athlon XP-M 25K that I am going ebay after I get one of the board above. There is nothing wrong with the Soyo. The feature I want/needed is NOT there (At least 3 COM ports, and AC power loss resume). I can get away with the AC thing but adding 2 more COM ports cost me another 50 bucks. So I just want to go with the 2 COM port onboard with better onboard video.