I've been hanging around and trying to see if the Fatal1ty board works its bugs out, but I've got a week or so left before I need to start buying parts.
System is meant to be for half HTPC, half daily surfing. Maybe even some web and photo work. Gaming isnt important.
I can't seem to find much on the GIGABYTE GA-965GM-S2, especially around here. Any opinions on this board? It gets fairly good reviews on Newegg ..
Gigabyte GA-965GM-S2 reviews
I was totally sold on the Fatl1ty board, until that monster thread came out and people were having some really bad luck with them.
Overclocking isn't a HUGE deal, but squeezing a bit extra out of my CPU would be nice. But I'm definitely not the type who wants to squeeze every last bit of juice out of it.
I would like to stick with integrated graphics for now. If the onboard video turns out to be complete crap, I'll upgrade the video later.
So what to do? Please help a SFF newbie!
Other than the motherboard I'll be buying or already have:
e4300
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - 2GB
Microfly or Qpack II
System is meant to be for half HTPC, half daily surfing. Maybe even some web and photo work. Gaming isnt important.
I can't seem to find much on the GIGABYTE GA-965GM-S2, especially around here. Any opinions on this board? It gets fairly good reviews on Newegg ..
Gigabyte GA-965GM-S2 reviews
I was totally sold on the Fatl1ty board, until that monster thread came out and people were having some really bad luck with them.
Overclocking isn't a HUGE deal, but squeezing a bit extra out of my CPU would be nice. But I'm definitely not the type who wants to squeeze every last bit of juice out of it.
I would like to stick with integrated graphics for now. If the onboard video turns out to be complete crap, I'll upgrade the video later.
So what to do? Please help a SFF newbie!
Other than the motherboard I'll be buying or already have:
e4300
Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 - 2GB
Microfly or Qpack II