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<div class="gmail_quote">On 14 February 2012 08:08, Tim Draper <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:veehexx@gmail.com">veehexx@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="h5">On 14 February 2012 00:59, Rajil Saraswat <<a href="mailto:rajil.s@gmail.com">rajil.s@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi all,<br>><br>> I have been running mythtv on a regular desktop (using Gigabyte M57SLI-S4<br>
> ATX motherboard) and decided to get a decent case. J-e-f-f-A on<br>> #mythtv-users sold me the idea of getting an Antec Fusion Remote case which<br>> is now on its way from Amazon.<br>><br>> I was hoping to reuse my current computer parts ( AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core<br>
> Processor 4200+, DDR2 ram), but unable to find a decent matx motherboard. By<br>> the way my ideal board would have been Asus M3N78-EM. I have looked into<br>> <a href="http://ebuyer.com/" target="_blank">ebuyer.com</a>, <a href="http://scan.co.uk/" target="_blank">scan.co.uk</a> and even ebay but all boards seem to be missing<br>
> either of the two:<br>><br>> a) Gigabit ethernet<br>> b) 5.1/7.1 analog audio out.<br>><br>> Does any body know whether such a motherboard exists? If not is there any<br>> recommended motherboard which is available to buy in the market. I would<br>
> like to keep costs which i guess will limit the choice to AMD.<br><br></div></div>would <a href="http://www.ebuyer.com/196402-gigabyte-ga-m68m-s2p-geforce-7025-socket-am2-vga-out-8-channel-audio-matx-ga-m68m-s2p?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products" target="_blank">http://www.ebuyer.com/196402-gigabyte-ga-m68m-s2p-geforce-7025-socket-am2-vga-out-8-channel-audio-matx-ga-m68m-s2p?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products</a><br>
fit the bill?<br>problem is it has an nforce chipset (which i'm not fond of for<br>long-term usage), but since your using a 'legacy' am2 system, then<br>your options are slim.<br><br>have you also checked out asrock website? asrock seem to cater for<br>
some hybrid type motherboards, so you might be able to find a current<br>AM2 based system that suites your needs.<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>
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<div>I did look into that board and had two issues with it. Firstly, it only has stereo output (analog) rather than 5.1 output. I have a soundblaster kicking around for which i can waste a PCI slot. But more importantly the ethernet chipset on the board is Realtek RTL8211CL. I dont know if this supported in linux at all. Googling did not give any useful links (eg <a href="http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=218098">http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=218098</a>) </div>
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<div>If i were to start afresh, what board and cpu will be a good option?</div>
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