[Pc_Support] ASUS announces AM2 mobo details

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 14:49 -0400, Damien McKenna wrote:
> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2292
> and
> http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/1415_large_asus_am2_roadmap.png
> The graph shows that the new motherboards will only have one regular IDE
> port, definitely a sign that the industry is finally moving away from it
> and keeping around just one port for ATAPI devices.

Since I like MicroATX, I've still been sticking with the nForce 4x0
series.  It has (2) ATA and (4) SATA channels -- more than enough in a
cube or mini-tower.

I only need the PCIe x16 and then one additional PCIe x1.  I have SB
Audigy2 for audio, so I could care less about the on-board audio.


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