I got the M3A and installed a video card. The M3A has the spdif out. In my case, I wanted SVideo out as well so that pretty well ruled out onboard video.<div><br></div><div>Asus makes most of the MBs for all the big PC makers so is a good way to go.</div>
<div><br></div><div>They make a version of this board that may fit your needs:</div><div><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131289">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131289</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>This is an ATX board, which is what I wanted. If you want a smaller board, do a search.</div><div><br></div><div>Allen</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Michael Drons <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mdrons@yahoo.com">mdrons@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I am looking to replace my motherboard/cpu.<br>
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it will be a fiontend/backend<br>
PVR250 installed<br>
PVR500 installed<br>
IEEE1394 for comcast connection<br>
SATA support<br>
play/record from hd homerun<br>
connect to plasma tv for hd & sd playback<br>
need spdif optical out<br>
prefer hdmi out (for video transport only)<br>
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Thanks, mike<br>
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