[mythtv-users] MB for combined FE/BE: MSI 785GTM-E45

Christopher X. Candreva chris at westnet.com
Sat Mar 19 00:26:17 UTC 2011


On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, Christopher X. Candreva wrote:

> 
> Short question: Any downsides to using an MSI 785GTM-E45 as a combined FE/BE 
> for Myth ?
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130237
> 
> Long Story: I'm building a combined FE/BE for someone. After specing and 
> ordering what I thought was a really nice machine, I find I now have an ATX 
> motherboard and a Micro-ATX case. DOH!
> 
> So, to avoid RMAing the memory and CPU too, I'm looking for a micro-atx 
> board to use my AMD Athlon II X2 255 and 2 2gig sticks of DDR2 1066
> 
> I have always used Nvidia video, but the only AMD micro-atx boards I see 
> with Nvidio video only have VGA connectors, no HDMI/DVI. Double DOH !
> 
> Which leaves me with Radeon boards I know nothing about.
> 
> So any comments on this board and/or alternate suugestions would be welcome.

In the interestes of not making more stupid mistakes, this is the case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811204040


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