754 u-atx

tinners · 13 Oct 2006 at 09:15

Been offered a Sliverstone LC11 case and wondering if any good Socket 754 / AGP boards exist now.

Seen these:

ECS K8M800-M2 V2.0
MSI K8MM3-V
Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M
Abit KV85 K8M800

These are discounted as they are PCI Express:

Asus K8V-VM K8M890
MSI K8NGM-V
Asus K8N-VM

Anyone got any suggestions ?

It's only for HTPC use so only needs SPDIF support and DDR and AGP really. And it needs to be cheap-ish!

Thanks

WJA96 · 14 Oct 2006 at 08:43

I think you've answered your own question really - buy the cheapest AGP/DDR board you can lay your hands on.

That said, I'd probably body-swerve ECS and my personal preference is to go ASUS as they do have an excellent reputation for stability. Don't ASRock do one? They usually have the same board as one of the ASUS at half the price.

tinners · 15 Oct 2006 at 22:51

Thanks for the info.

Couldnt find anything on the Asrock site though only PCI-E m-Atx mobos for S754

Initial search didnt bring up any obvious Asus boards either (all PCI-E) but I will check again.

Edit: Ah found one the K8V-MX .

Tute · 16 Oct 2006 at 00:03

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=900405

This is a good thread to read through for mATX board advice.

tinners · 16 Oct 2006 at 08:58

Thanks for the advice guys

The board needs to be AGP as I want to use 6800LE AGP Graphics in the HTPC so I'm a bit limited in the options.

Looks like the Foxconn 760GXK8MB (£32 inc post), Abit KV-85 (£32 inc post), MSI K8MM-V (£40 inc post) or the Asus K8V-MX (£35 inc post) could be the best options with some basic overclock capability and AGP support.

As the Foxconn has SPDIF out this could well be my choice.

WJA96 · 16 Oct 2006 at 12:24

All the boards listed in my post are AGP and DDR - the Biostar T6100 is supposed to be an excellent board with lots of features and good clocking options too.