Finally a socket 939 Micro-ATX board is coming!

Prahella · Post by **Prahella** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:04 am

Hi all!

As many of us I was wondering when there will be a socket 939 Micro-ATX available.

While I was browsing an on-line computer shop, I found one! Look here:

http://komplett.nl/k/ki.asp?sku=305577&cks=PRL

The MSI RS480M2-IL! Not available though, but at least there seems to arive something... The board isn't listed on the official MSI site...

It features a ATI Xpress 200 chipset, which was recently in the news:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20039

USB problems? Let's see what happens...

I'm specially wondering about the power usage of this chipset.

Tyrdium · Post by **Tyrdium** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:29 am

*koff*

MSI site listing

I found it nice and cheap here (I found it with a couple places up to 30 bucks cheaper, but they don't look as reputable).

It looks like a damned nice board; I'll be getting it for my Aria system, assuming I get to build it.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:50 pm

Here's a review of the MSI board without VGA.

Prahella · Post by **Prahella** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:21 am

Tyrdium wrote:*koff*

MSI site listing

Hmm how typical! It's not yet on the global site...

Prahella · Post by **Prahella** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:28 am

Mats wrote:Here's a review of the MSI board without VGA.

Good find! But unfortunately:

ocworkbench.com wrote: The CPU used is a FX-53 (2.4G). Notice that the CPU speed is 2388MHz as the FSB was fixed at 199.00MHz. There are no options to change the FSB, multiplier, voltages etc.

So, no undervolting... well, at least no ordinary undervolting.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:07 pm

Prahella wrote:
ocworkbench.com wrote: The CPU used is a FX-53 (2.4G). Notice that the CPU speed is 2388MHz as the FSB was fixed at 199.00MHz. There are no options to change the FSB, multiplier, voltages etc.
:( So, no undervolting... well, at least no ordinary undervolting.

Yeah, I saw that. Thought you might be interested... Maybe it will change with a newer BIOS.

jonoc · Post by **jonoc** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:35 pm

Are there any other MicroATX 939 boards even in rumors? I am sitting on my hands waiting for one of these to come out!!! I can't wait!!!

Now I feel a little better... but seriously, I can't wait!

dis · Post by **dis** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:05 am

As a side note, has anyone seen a PCI express riser card anywhere? I'm thinking that a 939 mATX board would go very well in this case
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-lc11.htm
but it comes with risers, for AGP.

EDIT: Bit of an update Silverstone have no plans for a PCI-E riser

jonoc · Post by **jonoc** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:56 am

http://www.wiredzone.com/xq/asp/ic.3035 ... emdesc.htm

mczak · Post by **mczak** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:03 pm

Prahella wrote: So, no undervolting... well, at least no ordinary undervolting.

Well it DOES support Cool 'n' Quiet - so that there are no ordinary underclocking/undervolting options is IMHO no big loss.

grandpa_boris · Post by **grandpa_boris** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:46 pm

dis wrote:As a side note, has anyone seen a PCI express riser card anywhere? I'm thinking that a 939 mATX board would go very well in this case
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-lc11.htm
but it comes with risers, for AGP.

EDIT: Bit of an update Silverstone have no plans for a PCI-E riser

upside-down motherboard mount? will this allow for use of heavy heatsinks like zalman 7000Cu or will it place excessive stress on the board and the mounts?

dis · Post by **dis** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:44 am

jonoc wrote:http://www.wiredzone.com/xq/asp/ic.3035 ... emdesc.htm

Yeah, i should probably have mentioned that it needs to raise above 2 PCI slots as well.

As for the heatsink issue, i don't think it would be too big a problem. More of an issue is the lack of headroom, something like 7cm above the socket to mount a cooler.

Post by **MikeC** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:16 am

Actually, if you're seeking a small 939 system, there are 939 SFF barebones out already -- Shuttle & Soltek for sure, don't know who else. No integrated video, like the 915 chipset. With so much crammed into these SFF, I think they are actually a great alternative to pulling one together from scratch -- mATX boards so often have minimal BIOS & small case options are still not great...