First post, by RandomStranger
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These days Athlon and Athlon XP are often dismissed for high-end Windows 98 or early XP PCs for their reliance of the 5V rail which is a weak point of modern PSUs. Some late boards however inherited the P4/s478 4pin 12V ATX power connector to offload the 5V rail. I think because of this these boards might be of interest to those who are concerned about aging PSUs. I didn't find any list about them so here is one of some of the boards I know to have that.
MOBO Chipset
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Abit AT7-MAX2 VIA KT400
Abit KD7 series (vanilla/-B/-G/-S/-RAID) VIA KT400
Abit NF7 series (vanilla/-M/-S/-S2/-S2G) nForce2
Albatron KM400A Pro VIA KM400
Asus A7V8X-LA VIA KM400
DFI KM266PRO-MLV VIA KM266
DFI LanParty NFII Ultra B nForce2
DFI NFII Ultra-INFINITY nForce2
ECS Elitegroup N2U400-A nForce2
Epox EP-8RDA3+ nForce2
EPoX EP-8RDA+PRO nForce2
EPOX EP-8VTAI VIA KT880
FIC AU13 nForce2
FIC AM39L VIA KM400
FIC K7M-NF18G nForce2
FIC K7MNF-64 nForce2
Gigabyte GA-7N400 (vanilla/Pro/Pro2) nForce2
Gigabyte GA-7NNXP nForce2
Gigabyte GA-7VASFS VIA KT600
MSI KM2M Combo-L VIA KM266
MSI KM3M-V VIA KM266
MSI KM4M-V VIA KM400
MSI KT2 Combo VIA KT266A
MSI KT3 Ultra2-C VIA KT333
MSI KT6 Delta VIA KT600
MSI KT6V VIA KT600
MSI KT880 Delta-FSR VIA KT880
MSI K7N2 Delta/Delta2/Delta2 Platinum nForce2
MSI K7N2GM-L nForce2
PC CHIPS M825G(/M825LU V7.2c) VIA KM266
PC CHIPS M863G SiS 741GX
PC CHIPS M848ALU (not all variants) SiS 748
Shuttle AN35N-Ultra nForce2
Shuttle MN31/N nForce2
Soltek SL-75FRN2-L/SL-75FRN2-RL nForce2
Soltek SL-KT600-RL VIA KT600
There are also some barebones with non-standard form factor boards from ASUS and Shuttle I know about, but those being non-standard, I ignored them. If anyone has other models to add to the list, feel free to do so.
Edit 08-24-22: List updated with new suggested boards. Also it looks like I missed an earlier topic with a similar purpose. I don't mind if the two get merged, but I think it's more readable if the first comments has a continuously updated list.