Guys, the title speaks for itself. I need a motherboard to put in my aria until the nforce 4 boards come out. I have a mobile athlon 2400 35 watt left over from a few trades that I want to put to good use. I need a board with SATA (raptor 74gb and plextor sata optical drive) and overclocking in MicroATX form factor - what do you suggest? I've been googling and searching through newegg all day and can't pick one out. I just got 1gb of OCZ platinum rev. 2 in hope of nforce 4 boards being out sooner and it is just begging to be overclocked to hell.
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In need of Micro ATX Socket A w/ SATA
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hardwarephreak
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I thought the plextor sata drives were only compatible with Intel Chipsets...hmm...I'll have to check that...
EDIT: Doesn't say anything on their website, however the MSI combo drive does.
As for boards, the MSI KM4AM has SATA, and I the Gigabyte GA-7VM400MF-S does as well
EDIT: Doesn't say anything on their website, however the MSI combo drive does.
As for boards, the MSI KM4AM has SATA, and I the Gigabyte GA-7VM400MF-S does as well
CrimandEvil
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The only Matx board that is available in the Americas that supports a Mobile Barton: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-138-234&depa=0
BUT only as of revision 7.2
BUT only as of revision 7.2
I don't know why the plextor wouldnt work with AMD chipsets, but if you find something out about that, please let me know!
I just called a friend, I can trade him my mobile barton for his 2500+ if need be, but I really need onboard SATA because I really dont want to buy a card (although I will if necessary)
I just called a friend, I can trade him my mobile barton for his 2500+ if need be, but I really need onboard SATA because I really dont want to buy a card (although I will if necessary)
CrimandEvil
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Haven't seen much Socket A with SATA but I there are a few for A64. This comes to mind: http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_Spec_GA-K8VT800M.htm
Thanks a lot for the help. I ended up getting the biostar board and a pci SATA card - best I could do with what I have. I'll be getting an nforce 4 board as soon as one comes out so this should hold me over until then.
also: I looked up the Plextor - it will work with AMD chipsets (atleast the nforce3) and with work with add-on cards.
also: I looked up the Plextor - it will work with AMD chipsets (atleast the nforce3) and with work with add-on cards.