<p>My dedicated front end is a big old full tower box running MythBuntu and I'm just tired of it's size. I've read a bit about the Nvida ION and it sounds like the way to go. I just don't want to fall into buying the wrong thing and having a mess on my hands. I'd like a recomendation on either what motherboard to buy or one of the barebones setup. I'll probably use just a regular hard drive in it or maybe NFS boot. </p>
<p>I use the front end solely for a front end - no encoding / other work. No HD video yet but having that as an option would be ideal. I do play various encoded videos on it H.264 mostly some divx (TV shows I've converted over the years).</p>
<p>I just need to be pointed in the right direction with something that has had a good success rate.</p>
<p>Thanks for any guidance.</p>
<p>Jason</p>
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