Help finding a motherboard

[KurtisLow]

I'm helping my brother find a motherboard/processor combo for his Northgate computer.

He bought a motherboard/combo (celeron 2.8 ghz) for an ATX case from Microcenter & it didnt fit. He's thinking he needs a micro atx.

I'm going through the manual & it looks like it's a P4XMS main board.

My question is, how do you specify what type of motherboard he needs for the case he has.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Take the measurements of the current board and look for one with the same size.
The P4XMS from Elitegroup (or ECS) is of the MicroATX format.
Any other MicroATX mobo will fit.
Check that your current CPU and graphics card are suited for the new mobo.

 

[KurtisLow]

Take the measurements of the current board and look for one with the same size.
The P4XMS from Elitegroup (or ECS) is of the MicroATX format.
Any other MicroATX mobo will fit.
Check that your current CPU and graphics card are suited for the new mobo.

Thanks for the info.

Any suggestions on a mobo/combo?

I'm hearing abit & asus... but I'm not really sure which is better.

 

[ripken204]

well it might be hard to find good micros, might i recrommend just getting a new case for about 30-50$? then get the standard sized atx board?

 

[vnf4ultra]

What socket type does he need? It could be 423, 478, or 775. For socket 478, this is a pretty good matx board.
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128222

The mobo you list, do you mean P4VXMS? If so, that's a socket 423 ecs mobo.
Do you have more information, especially the socket type needed?

 

[KurtisLow]

What socket type does he need? It could be 423, 478, or 775. For socket 478, this is a pretty good matx board.
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128222

The mobo you list, do you mean P4VXMS? If so, that's a socket 423 ecs mobo.
Do you have more information, especially the socket type needed?

Thanks for the info.

He just went with a new Mobo kit. MSI 651M-L
Here is the link for the specs:
http://3btech.net/ince2almocom.html

The OEM motherboard does not include a backplate I/O shield.
I'm sure that wont be a problem though. A lot of computer
stores around here if we need to get one.