Re: tlug: Motherboard recommendations?

[Totoro <riley@example.com>]

>>>>> "JB" == Jonathan Byrne <- 3Web <jq@example.com>> writes:

    JB> I'm very happy with GigaByte boards, and these are widely available in Japan.
    JB> However, any motherboard that you attach to a 115v power source is gonna be
    JB> toast really, really fast :-)

Ooohh, wize guy, eh???  Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!!


    JB> I've also heard that some boards now have both AT and ATX connectors, although
    JB> I have not seen one myself.  Seems like it would probably raise the price,
    JB> though, so you might want to buy a board that's one or the other.

I saw some cases today (www.jdr.com) that can hold either board, too, though I
don't see any particular advantage in that. Seems as though it's made for the
undecisive buyer who might want to get an ATX board in the future.

Thanks!

-- 
David Riley

Hachinohe Institute of Technology
88-1, Myo, Ohbiraki
Hachinohe-shi Aomori-ken  031-8501  JAPAN

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