P4 3.0Ghz Budget(ish) ATX Mobo recommendations?

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Fred Finisterre

Needs USB2, Firewire, 3 PCI slots, SATA not required, built in sound and
graphics.

I'm a bit out of touch.

PC is for office/general/multimedia use (not gaming). Will have 512Mb RAM,
120GB IDE HD, wifi via PCI, DVD Burner.

Cheers,

Fred.
 
" Needs USB2, Firewire, 3 PCI slots, SATA not required, built in sound and
graphics. "


Socket 478, mATX, 3x PCI, onboard video/audio, USB2, Firewire, 800FSB. You
only have a choice of the following two:

ECS 865G-M v5.0
Foxconn 865M01-G-6ELS

There are also loads of boards with the above specs, but without Firewire:

Abit IS-10
Abit SG-72
ASRock P4I65GV
ASRock P4S61
Asus P4P800-MX
Asus P4P800-VM
Asus P4R800-VM
Asus P4S800-MX
Biostar P4VMA-M
Chaintech MPM800
ECS 661FX-M v1.0
ECS PM800-M2
Foxconn 865M01-G-6LS
Gigabyte GA-8I865GVMK
Gigabyte GA-8TRS350MT
Intel D865GLC
Intel D865GLCL
Intel D865GLCLK
Jetway A350DMS
Jetway PM9MS
Mach Speed Matrix PM800DMS
MSI 661FM-L
MSI 865GVM2-LS
PC Chips M-955G
 
Fred said:
It's ATX not mATX I'm interested in.

Cheers,

Fred.
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When you say 3 PCI slots folks are naturally going to think mATX because
full size ATX generally has 5 PCI slots.

If 3 is what you want, what is wrong with mATX?
 
When you say 3 PCI slots folks are naturally going to think mATX
because full size ATX generally has 5 PCI slots.

If 3 is what you want, what is wrong with mATX?
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Sorry for confusion, I was forgetting how many your average ATX board has. 5
is good. I do want ATX.

Cheers

Fred.
 
Fred said:
Sorry for confusion, I was forgetting how many your average ATX board has. 5
is good. I do want ATX.

Cheers
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OK. Just wondered.

mATX fits in an ATX case too; just doesn't have as many PCI slots.
 
" Sorry for confusion, I was forgetting how many your average ATX board
has. 5 is good. I do want ATX. "


I use the filters at www.newegg.com to look up components with certain
characteristics, which is how I created the previous list. I can see you
are in the UK, like myself, but it is still a useful site to look up
available stuff.

The market for mATX motherboards with onboard video is quite high, as these
are used in most office PCs. There are fewer ATX boards with onboard video,
but if they don't have onboard Firewire, they always have more PCI slots for
an add-on card.

Socket 478, ATX, onboard video/audio, USB2, Firewire, 800FSB. You have a
choice of the following two:

Foxconn 865A01-G-6EKRS
Gigabyte GA-8IG1000 PRO-G

As above, but with no onboard Firewire:

Abit IS7-M
AOpen AX4SG Max II
AOpen AX4SG-UN
Intel D865GBF
Intel D865GBFL
Intel D865GBFLK
MSI 865G NEO2-PLS
 
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