[mythtv-users] Motherboard Recommendation needed

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Sun Jul 20 15:26:52 UTC 2008


On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Duncan Brown <mythtv at duncb.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> I'm looking to upgrade my rather old myth box, and am getting very tired
> and frustrated trying to find a suitable motherboard!
>
> I'm not bothered whether I go for an intel or amd processor.
>
> The specs I am looking for are:
>
>    * Onboard graphics good enough for HD - guess that means an nVidia
>      chipset?
>    * 3 PCI slots - this is the most important bit, and the hardest to
>      find it seems
>
> If anyone has any recommendations I'd be very grateful, I really need
> the 3 PCI slots minimum for all my tuner cards
>
ASUS M3N78 PRO AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8300 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard -
Retail $104.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131320

Pair that with a
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800+ Brisbane 3.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2
89W Dual-Core Processor - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103274 $95.00

And a
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail  $25.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125

John


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