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Antec Aria ANd mobile XP

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Well I just saw this case and fell in love with it. My plans for a HTPC were first to simply get an NF7-S and mobile 2400XP and overclock. This is what I have now in my atx case and it runs awesome. Now however i run into the problem of micro-atx boards.

Now I need a micro-atx that will let me overclock the mobile processor. It also needs to fint he Zalman 7000, or the Thermalright SLK-947u which I now have. Guys any advice please? Will this combo work or do i have to go there more expensive amd 64 toute which i really do not want to since I get aweosme performance from the 35Watt mobile 2400XP. Thanks
 
From what I've read, the Zalman 7000 series on a S462 setup will clear the PSU. You gotta stay under ~65mm height on the heatsink. The 4 mounting holes around the socket are required, which narrows down the mobo search quite a bit.

I've been trying to find a good mobo for this exact purpose for a while now. Someone suggested a Biostar mobo in another thread, since it has LOTS of overclocking options. I'm not sure about stability or how often bios updates show up.

Another option is the Shuttle mATX mobos, but I haven't found many sources for those (let alone up here in Canada).
 
That probably narrows it down to this Chaintech motherboard. However, the socket is still awfully close to the edge of the motherboard... and the Aria puts the edge of the motherboard awfully close to the edge of the case... which doesn't look very good for adding a Zalman 7000.

I got the Biostar nForce 2 mATX motherboard for my brother's computer. It has decent overclocking options; I just wasn't able to overclock his system very far. 2x Samsung PC3200 DDR and a 2500+ barton could only get up to 190 on the front-side bus. Still got up to 2.2GHz overall though. Perhaps it was the RAM.
 
oh man it seems like these boards are impossible to find that can change the multi. I hope I dont have to go with a big case just because of this reason. The Aria looks sooo good!
 
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