[mythtv-users] Motherboard Recomendation

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Thu Mar 31 20:47:35 UTC 2005


On Thursday 31 March 2005 14:53, Matt wrote:
> this is the board I use.  No complaints.  I think what it comes down
> to is tons of people like the nForce2 chipset :)

See, this is why top-posting is bad, because it totally disrupts the 
flow of a conversation... when you say "this is the board I use", I 
have no idea to which board you're referring.  There are three boards 
mentioned in the thread:  7NIF2, Abit AN7 & MSI K7N2GM2-LSR.  Only by 
going back through my email and reading the message that this was in 
reply to was I able to surmise that "this" board refers to (I think) 
the Abit AN7.  Please trim your posts & don't top-post to avoid 
confusion.

Of course, in this case the problem was confounded by the fact that the 
post was itself responding to a top-poster, while most of the thread 
was bottom-posted... I can't follow the conversation at all without 
using my own email archive as a guide to who said what, when.

Please don't take it personally; I normally try to refrain from sounding 
like a jerk, but I just wanted to point this out as an example of why 
top-posting is bad.

Oh, and I'm intentionally not trimming this post so folks can see what 
I'm talking about.

-JAC

> On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:06:42 -0600, Dan Littlejohn
> <dan.littlejohn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wish I had known about the S/PDIF bracket for the 7NIF2 and MSI 
boards.
> > 
> > I picked the Abit AN7 for the S/PDIF (and it uses the slightly 
better
> > audio codec, Realtek ALC658 compared to the RealtekALC650) and 
picked
> > up a FX5200 video card.
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:35:41 -0800, Rei Toi 
<rei_toi at walkingmountain.com> wrote:
> > > Mark Gardner wrote:
> > > > I've skimmed the archives and havnt' found an answer to my 
liking...
> > > > so here's the question
> > > >
> > > > I'm planning on building a myth Frontend/Backend box with some
> > > > hardware i have around
> > > > AMD 1200 Duron (could be Athlon if I need the power)
> > > > PVR 350
> > > > 512 DDR
> > > > Will build either on SUSE 9.3 ( I work for novell ) or Fedora 
Core
> > > >
> > > > What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, 
but
> > > > just works.  I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of 
DMA
> > > > errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets.
> > > > Preferably the onboard sound should work....
> > > > Onboard video a plus but not required...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in Advance.
> > > Hi Mark,
> > >
> > > I use the MSI "K7N2GM2-LSR" motherboard which is currently $61.50 
at Newegg:
> > > 
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-477&depa=0
> > >
> > > It has the nForce2 chipset and comes with the TV-out bracket 
(s-video &
> > > composite).
> > >
> > > You can use the bios to reconfigure the 3 audio jacks (Line-in,
> > > Line-out, & Mic.) to be 4 or 6 channel audio; if your surround 
sound
> > > system requires this. (I haven't tried it; you *may* need to use 
their
> > > MS Windows utilities to configure this particular option.)
> > >
> > > The board doesn't come with an S/PDIF bracket, but you can buy one 
(RCA
> > > & optical fiber) at CensusPC for $12.00:
> > > 
http://www.censuspc.com/cart/product.php?productid=182&cat=46&page=2
> > >
> > > Installing FC3 was fine, everything "just worked."  Also, 
installing
> > > Myth in accordance with Jarod's guide worked out very well.
> > >
> > > I also have a PVR-350 and have tried both it's TV-out and the 
on-board
> > > nForce TV-out.  I like the PVR-350's TV output much better (on my
> > > standard def TV the picture quality is higher) but I have to admit 
that
> > > I didn't try too hard to see if I could tweak the nVidia video 
quality.
> > >
> > > Having said that, X looks worse on the PVR-350 vs. the on-board 
nForce
> > > TV-out...  I use the PVR-350's TV-out anyway though, as my box is 
100%
> > > dedicated to TV watching so I don't play games, etc. with this 
unit.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > -Rei.
> > >
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