The DD-24AX looks interesting - I like the idea of some regulation to protect my components! I am not 100% clear on the connectors on the board though. It seems to come with a 20-pin ATX power cable and nothing else. Can I connect my molex power cable directly to the board? And do the same with the ...

I have put together a media centre PC with the following components: Intel DH67BL motherboard Intel Core i3 2100 CPU 2 x 2GB Kingston Value DDR3 1333MHz RAM Crucial m4 64GB (Boot) 2 x 1TB WD green hard disks (media storage) SATA DVD-RW drive This is currently powered by an old Antec Earthwatts EA-38...

Bonestonne -- thanks for your advice! I hadn't heard of an RCA -> S-Video cable, but that sounds like it might be a good solution. I had a look at some Asus boards based on the 780G chipset, but unfortunately they only do VGA, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort. These are all great for monitors and flat pane...

Hi there, could anyone offer some advice on a system build? I'm looking to put an HTPC together. This will be a dedicated box that needs to output to a old-school CRT TV via S-Video. Because of that, HD playback isn't an issue but performance should be enough to keep Vista Media Centre ticking along...