Motherboards > Micro ATX Motherboards

Advantages: Cheap, Up to date, Loads of functions and features
Disadvantages: Onboard Graphic uses sytem memory

...new pc or and upgrade. Abit have very good software and hardware and are a company you should trust i have been purchasing from abit for ages and i have never had any problems. If you are wanting to build a decent stable and long lasting Media cnetre PC, then the abit AN-M2HD motherboard is a good purchase it sells for about £40-£50. Inside the box you find: 4x Locking SATA cables The backing plat 1x abit driver CD 1x HDMI to DVI cable 1x ...
...cable 1x IDE cable 1x Abit AN-M2HD To bring power to this motherboard, you'll need a 24 pin ATX plug, and a 4 pin plug. Both of these sockets on the board are near the top. The only down side i found with this Motherboard is that the onbord grphics uses sytem memory which is annoying and may slow it down. ... Read review

Advantages: Quiet, HDMI , optical out
Disadvantages: price

I bought this motherboard as i was after a high specification micro atx motherboard so i could build a HTPC (home theatre pc) to connect to my samsung hdtv. I was mainly after a board that had a hdmi socket to output an hd signal to my television and an optical output to connect to my 5.1 surround sound system which this has both. once installed i have found this board more than adaquate for my needs it provides a perfect picture to my tv and crystal ...
...being completley passive in design (no cooling fans) so makes no noise at all, which is ideal in a pc that is going to be based in my living room. I am using this board with a freeview tv card,intel e2140 dual core processor,2Gb Ram and a 500Gb Hard disk drive and i have had no compatability issues whatsoever. So even though this is quite an expensive board it is well worth considering as their will be no need to buy a seperate sound card and as ... Read review

Advantages: A nice board with fine VGA and sound on-board
Disadvantages: No paper manual

Intel Rocks again......... I bought this motherboard 3 months ago. Its awsome motherboard. First of all it has 6 channel sound speaker output system. Then Intel X3100 graphic media accelaretor. Which gives great gamin quality. Lots of usb ports. Supports core 2 quad, core 2 duo. I can use 8GB ram but i am using 4 GB now. It works too fast. This motherboard is better than MSI, Gigabyte, Asus. I work with server this motherboard gives me gigabyte ...
...- North Bridge - Intel G33 South Bridge - Intel ICH9DH Onboard Video Chipset - Intel GMA 3100 Audio Chipset - Realtek ALC888 Onboard USB 6 x USB 2.0 Expansion Slots - PCI Express x16 - 1 PCI Express x1 - 3 PCI Slots - 3 Max LAN Speed - 10/100/1000Mbps Form Factor - ATX Certified for Windows Vista ... Read review

Advantages: features and accessories rich; great overclocking potential; fastest mobo out there
Disadvantages: some bugs, but nothing that can't be dealt with if you're prepared

...However, after looking at the Asus forums, I was confidant that I could overcome any problems that I encountered. When I set up my new system, I was immediatly faced with the notorious 'CPU INIT' error when I attempted to power up the PC. However, as I had read the forums and knew about the problem, I could easily deal with it - as opposed to sending for a replacement straight away, which I've heard many people have done. I soon discovered the problem ...
...as I have said, the Asus forums, I had already prepared a USB stick with the latest stable bios version on it, so that the first thing I did after powering up the Striker was to go into the bios and update it, using Asus's brillliant EZFlash utility. After that was done I simply installed the OS and it was brilliant from then on. As I said, there is a reason I tolerated these teething troubles in such an expensive and high-end part. This is because ... Read review

Advantages: Well planned layout, good spec
Disadvantages: none really

...mainboard out (an aging p2 MSI variant) I needed something urgently to replace it - being mid program. So, off I went to my usual websites, and spotted this. It seemed to have reasonable reviews, so i purchased one not thinking it'd be hugely special, just reliable and simple. Boy, was I suprised! First off, its well laid out - everything is accessable, labelled and well explained in the manual. Second of all, its thoughtfully spec'd. rather than ...
...a bank of SATA connectors, and only one IDE for a floppy drive (should you install one!). Furthermore, the onboard chipset is cooled quietly, wires don't need a huge stretch to fit into the appropriate port, and the colour coding is clear, rather than all the same boring beige. In use, the board is, quite frankly, special. Its quiet, reliable and because of its thoughtful layout not prone to overheating. Without going into technical detail thats ... Read review