[mythtv-users] Motherboard help

jedi at mishnet.org jedi at mishnet.org
Fri Apr 20 16:53:43 UTC 2007


> Zitat von Alan Calvert <cal at graggrag.com>:
>
>> Dag Nygren wrote:
>>> Hi gang,
>>>
>>> My ears are getting tired listening to the noise from my Shuttle
>>> and I am getting myself a new system. Now I wonder if anyone out
>>> there has been able to find a motherboard with the following specs:
>>>
>>> - Dual core processor (As cool as possible)
>>> - Intergrated Geforce display controller (pref. DVI out)
>>> - Optical S/PDIF  on the back.
>>> - As many PCI slots you possible can get on a mATX board
>>>
>>> Doesn't seem too difficult, does it?
>>> But I haven't really been able to locate a board that fulfils all
>>> of the above specs.
>>>
>>> Any hint appreciated
>>
>> This is one I've been considering, with similar criteria to yours. It
>> takes Athlon X2 (inc the 65W version), has _5_ pci slots, but only
>> AGPx8 video. But then there's very good (and cheap) agp nvidia cards
>> around. It's not real new as far as I can tell, and I'm struggling to
>> actually source one in Aus ... dunno.
>>
>> <http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=AM2NF3-VSTA>
>
> Though that board may be has 5 slots, it is not microATX... ;-) So
> much slots won't fit on that such a small area...

    Plus, it doesn't have integrated GigE or Firewire. 2 of those
5 PCI slots may be immediately consumed just to make up for lack
of built in features.




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