Mobo for budget hd-vistadream
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:29 pm
I'm planning to upgrade my htpc. The new one will be build around a E4300 or perhaps E4400 with 2 gb of A-tech ram (price being an issue). The gpu wil properly be a 7600 GT because of the purevideo functions. The machine is build for vista and HD. If I oc the 4300 it should run HD fine, but the 7600 GT will need to be upgraded, maybe to the 8300 that is rumored to come out later this year, and hopefully is capable of handeling full hd. But that is a different story.
So far I have narrowed it down to a P965 based mobo, as these seems to be resonably priced and still can oc the 4300. I would need at least three fan headers. The rest doesn't really matter all that mouch I guess.
P965 based:
ABIT AB9 - DKK910
ABIT IB9 - DKK860
ASUS P5B AiLifestyle Series - DKK950
ASUS P5B-E AiLifestyle Series - DKK1030
Biostar T-series TForce 965PT - DK920
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 - DKK970 (The gigabyte only sports 2 fan headers as I understand)
Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3 - DKK965 (cheaper than the above with onboard graphics...maybe worth to consider)
MSI P965 Neo-F -DKK835
Nvidia 650I based:
ASUS P5N-E SLI - DKK860
Any experience/recomendations with these boards? I haven't checked them for NB-fans and the like...
Rgds.
/Schroinx
So far I have narrowed it down to a P965 based mobo, as these seems to be resonably priced and still can oc the 4300. I would need at least three fan headers. The rest doesn't really matter all that mouch I guess.
P965 based:
ABIT AB9 - DKK910
ABIT IB9 - DKK860
ASUS P5B AiLifestyle Series - DKK950
ASUS P5B-E AiLifestyle Series - DKK1030
Biostar T-series TForce 965PT - DK920
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 - DKK970 (The gigabyte only sports 2 fan headers as I understand)
Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3 - DKK965 (cheaper than the above with onboard graphics...maybe worth to consider)
MSI P965 Neo-F -DKK835
Nvidia 650I based:
ASUS P5N-E SLI - DKK860
Any experience/recomendations with these boards? I haven't checked them for NB-fans and the like...
Rgds.
/Schroinx