On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 11:52 -0800, tomsi42 wrote:
> dem Wrote: 
> > But you can put a Mini-ITX board in an ATX case if you need more space.

> I agree.But then it's much cheaper to by a cheap micro-ATX motherboard
> and cheap CPU. Here in Norway the M-1000 costs 1400 kroner (>$200), and
> I can get a decent Socket 754 MB and a Sempron 2800+ for NOK 1200! The
> difference buys a reasonably silent fan.

And you can underclock your 2800+ and have it be much cooler
and allow a slower fan speed.

The whole miniATX/microATX stuff is so common that it is so cheap,
it is hard to get excited about the competition.

I kinda wish there was more, that BTX, etc. took off, as
there are lots of issues with the decades old ATX design.


-- 
Pat Farrell
http://www.pfarrell.com


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