[mythtv-users] ASRock H87M-ITX - Good for MythTV???

glen glenb at glenb.us
Tue Nov 26 01:14:00 UTC 2013


On 11/25/2013 04:58 PM, Jon N wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 7:47 PM, glen <glenb at glenb.us> wrote:
>> On 11/25/2013 04:40 PM, Jon N wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
> ---<snip>---
>>> Model: ASRock H87M-ITX
>>>
>>> CPU Socket Type: LGA 1150
>>>
>>> CPU Type: Intel Haswell processors (I'm thinking of either the faster
>>> Pentiums or slower i3)
>>>
>>> North Bridge: Intel H87
>>>
>>> SATA 6Gb/s, RAID 0/1/5/10
>>>
>>> Audio Chipset: Realtek ALC892
>>>
>>> LAN Chipset: Qualcomm Atheros AR8171
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jon
>>> _______________________________________________
>> i just put together an itx using a cheaper foxconn itx board 1155 chipset;
>> just for front end with celeron only works great w/nvidia card. wanted to
>> get asrock but was on a budget. boards get consistent good reviews on newegg
>> and i have used their boards for atx and i have been very happy with their
>> stuff. as for this specific board i would look at newegg reviews for a
>> better idea.
> I have a Nvidia card now, but hoping that the Intel video will work
> well enough.  The Hazwell H87 chipset should work OK (based on some
> articles on phoronix.com), but I'm not sure about the audio and
> network stuff.
>
atheros will be fine. with audio at worst you will have to tweak alsa 
with the realtek. nvidia card would eliminate any audio concern.


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