Tom's choice of AMD hardware is a bit shortsighted in my opinion.
There exist a lot more options that the matx board of his choice.
Let me name some of the MINI-ITX boards there are for AMD AM2 AM2+:
- Albatron KI690-AM2
- AOpen NMCP68ST-LA
- JetWay NC62K-LF
- MSI Fuzzy 690T
Allricht they...