No AMD socket 939 MicroATX mobos?

**athlon** · April 17th, 2005, 08:03 AM

Where are the socket 939 MicroATX motherboards for the AMD64 Winchester/Venice cores?

I'm posting this after alot of googling. The only one I found was by PCChips. But no way in hell i'm going to by a PCChips mobo. what are all these other manufactures doing??? Epox, asus, gigabyte, msi...

**TechZ** · April 17th, 2005, 09:52 AM

Socket 939 microATX:

http://www.savastore.com/productinfo...2A57A3A970EC5F
http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard...-K8A480M-9.htm
http://www.sparendes-shoppen.de/prod...roducts_id=831

I'm guessing this is for a small form factor pc? If so, then there are good systems that come with the motherboard.

I guess there isnt that much of a market for a Socket 939 microATX board.

**athlon** · April 17th, 2005, 11:39 AM

Thanks for the links but I forgot to mention one minor thing: its got to be a VIA chipset.

**TechZ** · April 17th, 2005, 12:37 PM

What system is this for? And why does it have to be a VIA chipset?

**athlon** · April 17th, 2005, 03:20 PM

well... IMHO I think via makes the most stable and compatible chipsets.

**Ferrit** · April 17th, 2005, 08:58 PM

Nforce 3 is very stable as well
I know I have both chipsets in systems running here now and have been for awhile.
KT-800 and nforce 3 and I dont have issues with either one

**athlon** · April 19th, 2005, 08:51 AM

So does anyone know who makes a VIA chipset socket 939 MicroATX mobo?

**Ferrit** · April 19th, 2005, 11:13 AM

Tons
MSI
Abit
Asus
Gigabyte
Soltek
ECS (ewwww)
Pick your posison but
I listed in what I felt was order of best preformance

**Vip2** · April 19th, 2005, 11:47 AM

As others have already pointed out VIA is not the best choice for A64 939 processors. Via is way behind in A64 chipsets, this motherboard is the first with PCI-E on a VIA.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mai...ve-deluxe.html
And compared to a nForce 4 it is still kind of dated.

You are better of with an ATI or NVIDIA chipset motherboard. VIA is notorious for having bad first chipsets then updating them to make good chipsets (eg. VIA KT133 vs. KT133A).

This is a good board, it has 1 PCI-E and a decent Radeon 9200 Integrated Graphics Processor. Makes a great DVR box or a good upgradeable game PC. I have used this one a few times with no problems.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...130-485&depa=0

I have no experience with this one but I have used other Foxconn Motherboards before.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...186-052&depa=0

And if you want to save money have an AGP slot and be able to run an Sempron 754 then upgrade to Athlon 754 or 939, check this one out:
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...157-035&depa=0

**athlon** · April 19th, 2005, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Ferrit

Tons
MSI
Abit
Asus
Gigabyte
Soltek
ECS (ewwww)
Pick your posison but
I listed in what I felt was order of best preformance

ahhh.... no. None of them make VIA chipset Socket 939 microATX mobos. I went through all of them listed and not one of them had it. I already explaned why I insisted on VIA. Now i'll explain why I insist on 939. Its the new standard PGA for the Athlons. Winchester and Venice cores are much cooler than the Newcastle and clawhammers, and this becomes very important in a small commpact HTPC that's going to sit in the living room. Elminate the heat, and you eliminate the need for more faster and louder fans.

**TechZ** · April 19th, 2005, 01:02 PM

We found microATX socket 939 mobos, so youre request for 939 was satisfied, now getting it in the VIA flavor is a abit tricky.

well... IMHO I think via makes the most stable and compatible chipsets

Do you have another reason you really want VIA? nForce chipsets are very, very good, esp. for A64.

**Vip2** · April 19th, 2005, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by athlon

ahhh.... no. None of them make VIA chipset Socket 939 microATX mobos.

Ahhem... (Asus does):
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/sock...d/overview.htm

**TechZ** · April 19th, 2005, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by Vip2

Ahhem... (Asus does):
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/sock...d/overview.htm

not its not microATX, http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=...eluxe&langs=09
its an ATX Form Factor, 12" x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm)

The ones I mentioned in Post#2 of this thread are microATX and Socket 939.

**Vip2** · April 19th, 2005, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by TechZ

not its not microATX, http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=...eluxe&langs=09
its an ATX Form Factor, 12" x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm)

The ones I mentioned in Post#2 of this thread are microATX and Socket 939.

OOPS... Stupid PCI-E slots make it look like a MATX I should have looked at the size. Anyway, the other three I posted are also MATX 939 (and one 754/939 combo) boards.

So, at the moment there are no MATX 939 VIA boards except for a PCCHIPS.
http://www.pcchips.com.tw/PCCWeb/Pro...=Specification

**athlon** · May 2nd, 2005, 08:58 AM

Okay this becoming really disappointing! Atleast where are the socket 939 microatx AGP boards by either via, nforce or radeon???? And after repeated googling everyday for the past 3 weeks, I realize alot of others are frustrated as I am.

I have all the aparts waiting for that one critical part.

Antec Aria Case
AMD64 "Winchester" 3000+
---(MOBO Missing In Action!)---
Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu
1GB Crucial "Dualchannel" PC4000 DDR RAM
Radeon 9600 256MB "AGP"(fanless)
ATI DVI to HD Component Adapter & Quality Component Cable
SMC Gigabit NIC for my Jumbo Frame gigabit network
250GB Harddrive
NEC 16x Duallayer DVDRW
Windows MCE 2005

And a 57" Sony RPTV supporting HDTV to finish it off.