am3+ matx exist?

phill1978 · 21 Jan 2012 at 13:05

any ideas what am3+ matx boards or even itx boards exist? its been a while now and im not sure there are many if any out? :confused:

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cmndr_andi · 21 Jan 2012 at 13:09

Hi there,

I'm not sure about 900 series chipset micro-ATX boards, but there are certainly 800 series AM3+ micro-ATX boards available, like this one.

mickyflinn · 21 Jan 2012 at 13:09

There are plenty matx boards but which chipset did you want ? except the 900

phill1978 · 21 Jan 2012 at 13:12

well, im building a matx / atx rig and already have a case (fractal design define mini) i want to go amd cpu again (even though i know intel is a better option)

i would like support for piledriver? trinity? or whatever the next revision of amd cpu / apu is and i would ideally like 16x x16 lanes, but im sure only 8x 8x is avaliable and an apu would eat some of those right?

mickyflinn · 21 Jan 2012 at 13:15

Why would you go AMD when you Intel are streaks ahead?

phill1978 · 21 Jan 2012 at 13:20

mickyflinn said:
Why would you go AMD when you Intel are streaks ahead?

well, im primarily interested in the new trinity apu for a htpc and medium gaming with a passive cooled ati gpu in hybrid. i can build a relatively low cost system this way and still get the efficiency and quietness too.

but yes a 1155 matx intel on SB would also be nice i have not ruled it out. just seems a bit obvious and well.. boring tbh

cmndr_andi · 21 Jan 2012 at 13:27

Looking at wiki, it seems like Piledriver will use a revised FM1 socket (called FM2), so I wouldn't think the desktop Trinity parts would work in the AM3+ CPU socket. Since even the current top-end APUs don't work in it (as Llano uses FM1).

Looking at this, it seems unlikely that a current FM1 board would support one of the new FM2 APUs.

mickyflinn · 21 Jan 2012 at 13:37

phill1978 said:
well, im primarily interested in the new trinity apu for a htpc and medium gaming with a passive cooled ati gpu in hybrid. i can build a relatively low cost system this way and still get the efficiency and quietness too.

but yes a 1155 matx intel on SB would also be nice i have not ruled it out. just seems a bit obvious and well.. boring tbh

Your first points are sound statement and i agree up untill you say that you have not ruled out SB. "Boring you say" and a bit obvious but there lies the contradiction. Boring Sb is far from and its far superior, at a cost.

phill1978 · 21 Jan 2012 at 15:40

mickyflinn said:
Your first points are sound statement and i agree up untill you say that you have not ruled out SB. "Boring you say" and a bit obvious but there lies the contradiction. Boring Sb is far from and its far superior, at a cost.

true, boring was wrong. its a great chip

cmndr_andi thats the kind of info i was after really. so an fm2 socket is actually what i need doh!

cheers