I am debating upgrading to an Abit KV8-Max3 and Athlon64 3400+. I was reading some reviews on the board, and noticed that the motherboard's back panel does not resemble traditional ATX form factor ...

I just installed an Asus motherboard into one of my workstations so I will have the same motherboard in both my machines. I had been putting this off for months, dreading the inevitable misery ...