[mythtv-users] Seeking Motherboard Advice

[Brian Long]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Kenneth Emerson
<kenneth.emerson at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:
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>> There have been a couple discussions in the past about this.  The 2000
>> and 3000 should have enough OpenGL power for MythTV's video rendering
>> needs, but the drivers are lacking some of the convenience features of
>> the nVidia ones, such as being able to force an EDID block for when the
>> X server is started with the TV off.  I don't know what the status of
>> HDMI audio is off hand.
>>
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>
> I would like to thank all who have given there advice/opinions on this
> subject.  It looks like the Sandybridge graphics is not really ready for
> prime-time yet.  I've decided to go with the following:
>
>
>    - Silverstone SG05B Mini-iTX case
>    - i3 2105 CPU
>    - 2x2GB Patriot DD3 1333 memory
>    - Asus P8H61-I mobo
>    - Asus GT430 video card
>
> This shopping list comes in at about $410 without HDD (which I have plenty
> lying around). A bit concerned about fan noise.
>

Ken,
I prefer G.Skill RAM, but I think your components will make a nice, quiet
frontend.

/Brian/
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