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Why do you want to have a MATX board.? Is that the only option for you because of your case.? 
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Ahh lol yeah they are cheaper, but that is for a reason
Did you have a budget in mind you would like to stick to.?
Yeah I have a very very tight budget lol of £30
the specs of that mobo are
CPU
LGA 775 for Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Pentium Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors
Compatible with all FSB1600*/1333/1066/800MHz CPUs
Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
Supports EM64T CPU
Chipset
Northbridge: Intel G31
Southbridge: Intel ICH7
Memory
Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology
2 x DDR2 DIMM slots
Supports DDR2 800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB*
BIOS
4Mb AMI BIOS
AMI Legal BIOS
Supports "Plug and Play"
ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
Supports Jumperfree
SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
Supports Smart BIOS
Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0
Max. shared memory 384MB
Audio
5.1 CH Windows Vista Premium Level HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)
LAN
Realtek PCIE x1 LAN 8103EL / 8102EL
Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Expansion / Connectivity
Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
2 x PCI slots
Connector
4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (No support for RAID and "Hot Plug" functions)
1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
1 x Floppy connector
1 x Print port header
CPU/Chassis FAN connector
24 pin ATX power connector
4 pin 12V power connector
CD in header
Front panel audio connector
2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
Rear Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
1 x Serial Port: COM1
1 x VGA Port
4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
1 x RJ-45 LAN Port
HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
That sounds like a good deal plus quite a few good reviews on it
the specs of that mobo are
CPU
LGA 775 for Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Pentium Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors
Compatible with all FSB1600*/1333/1066/800MHz CPUs
Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
Supports EM64T CPU
Chipset
Northbridge: Intel G31
Southbridge: Intel ICH7
Memory
Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology
2 x DDR2 DIMM slots
Supports DDR2 800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB*
BIOS
4Mb AMI BIOS
AMI Legal BIOS
Supports "Plug and Play"
ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
Supports Jumperfree
SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
Supports Smart BIOS
Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0
Max. shared memory 384MB
Audio
5.1 CH Windows Vista Premium Level HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)
LAN
Realtek PCIE x1 LAN 8103EL / 8102EL
Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
Supports Wake-On-LAN
Expansion / Connectivity
Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
2 x PCI slots
Connector
4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (No support for RAID and "Hot Plug" functions)
1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
1 x Floppy connector
1 x Print port header
CPU/Chassis FAN connector
24 pin ATX power connector
4 pin 12V power connector
CD in header
Front panel audio connector
2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
Rear Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
1 x Serial Port: COM1
1 x VGA Port
4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
1 x RJ-45 LAN Port
HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
That sounds like a good deal plus quite a few good reviews on it
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ASRock micro boards are some of the best budget boards I have ever used, we must keep in mind that ASRock are owned by Asus.
ASRock are ASUS budget brand. It's not a case of being 'owned by'. They are made in the same factories as ASUS boards and are generally just rehashes of old ASUS designs.
They are excellent value for money, buit they are not popular with resellers because the margins are low. If you sell a £60 motherboard you'll probably make £15 on it, but you'll only make £5 on a £30 motherboard. What would you sell?
They are excellent value for money, buit they are not popular with resellers because the margins are low. If you sell a £60 motherboard you'll probably make £15 on it, but you'll only make £5 on a £30 motherboard. What would you sell?
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I wouldn't think many resllers are able to get those kind of margins.
ok ive installed new mobo and psu, and with using the onboard vga i get a signal on my monitor now ( hurrah) BUT it wont use the 260gtx, even if i leave it in the pci-e slot with the power cables but disconnect the vga from it, it will still gimie a black screen, i have to completly remove it before it boots up on on the onboard vga, it doesnt seem like a faulty card, i must be doin something stupid?????
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I think you need to disable the on-board graphics via the bios, then power off and install the 260.
My understanding, and things do change, is that ASUS own a manufacturing company called Hua Ching, which makes motherboards. Hua Ching's 'own brand' is ASRock. The Hua Ching factories can make many more boards than ASRock sells, so what brand(s) are the other ones it makes? My guess is ASUS, seeing as how they own the company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASRock
And to quote from the link.
Type Public
Founded 2002
Headquarters Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan
Industry Computer hardware
Products Motherboards
Parent ASUS
Website http://www.asrock.com
And to quote from the link.
Type Public
Founded 2002
Headquarters Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan
Industry Computer hardware
Products Motherboards
Parent ASUS
Website http://www.asrock.com
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WJA96 is correct, but funnily enough some of Asus's top end lines were (& maybe still are) being manufactured by Foxconn. not at all surprising, as Foxconn manufacture for a number of well known brands, Apple being among them, (the iPhone, iTouch etc are manufactured by Foxconn)
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