Re: New Micro ATX mobo reccomendation

This Sony uses an ASUS MB. All the connectors are standard. But my limiting factor other than cash is that I have to use a micro ATX board. My reasoning in sticking with this case is that it is totally silent ( water cooled ) and the balance of the components are new / relatively new. Important for a desktop in a real quiet location to be as quiet as it is .

There is a microATX board plus the i7 will run me over $600.


<jim.zink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:21ca0074-68a8-440e-ab2e-fc70fdb03edb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You might find that the Sony uses a proprietary board layout and PS
connections and you may not be able to easily upgrade the motherboard.

I'd suggest checking out Dell Precision T3400s on the Dell Outlet
center. They have quite a few with Core2 Duo 2.6 GHz processors, 2GB
RAM and an FX 570 graphics card for $539. While not ideal, the C2D
2.66 would easily be twice as fast as what you have now and you can
upgrade to 4GB RAM for next to nothing.

I also see a quad core 2.4 GHz system with dual 80 GB hard drives, 4GB
RAM and the FX570 for $809 and several with dual 320GB drives for just
over $1k. Again, not absolute top performance, but MUCH faster than
what you have and MUCH less expensive than a Core i7 system - and
they're covered by a 3 year warranty.


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