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Need to buy a hard to find motherboard

I just bought an HP compute (a1120n pavillion media center) because I'm lazy and I like getting things fast (though I could have built it myself), and the ONLY thing that is wrong with the PC is that it lacks an AGP or PCI-Express card slot. So I can't upgrade it with a video card (onboard is actually pretty good so far, and no I'm not going to use PCI)

I have: ASUS PTGD-LA Goldfish3-GL8E motherboard http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00361570
I need: ASUS PTGD-LA Puffer2-UL8E motherboard http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00300023

All my current hardware should work on the new motherboard since it is so similar, although the specs for the puffer model are unclear about the ram type (diagram says DDR, specs say DDR2).

So my question is, where can I get this motherboard? I can keep checking ebay but that might take a while. Getting a different brand or anything with the ports lined up differnetly is not an option unless I make holes in the back (and it doesn't have punch out slots).
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Sigh.. I figured as much about the power supply after reading the upgrade manual that came with it.