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I'm thinking of putting together an HTPC for my bedroom, and I wouldn't mind going AMD, but I've a spare E6750 sitting around. Would be nice if it were mATX but it doesn't have to be. thanks for any help...
There is none. If you're going Intel you need to get a video card because all of the Intel IGP options are piss poor.
Thanks, was also talking to two different people and totally missed that.Minor correction. Hope you don't mind.
Yeah, get a solid board that meets your needs.Cheapest intel that meets your other needs.
But no, the 2x00 HD series are god awful. Hell, the 2600 struggles to playback regular DVDs and the 8400 is only good for getting away from intergrated graphics (nothing much beyond that*).And get a second hand 2400 or 8400 ?
Or ebay the E6750 to completely finance the GA-MA78GM-S2H and amd cpu. Otherwise if you go intel you'll end up dishing out extra for a motherboard and graphics card.
If you're going Intel you need to get a video card because all of the Intel IGP options are piss poor.
Wasn't sure if i was clear in my original post, but if you went with the AMD 780G based setup you wouldn't need to buy a graphics card in the near future. That's extra dough to buy other goodies such as additional hard drive space etc etc. But if you're set on intel then that nvidia 8400GS 2.0 card Crim referred to looks interesting.I may end up selling the 6750 anyways, it would go a ways toward my build.
Crim, is this the the newer one you're referring to? (looks like it to me): http://www.xpcgear.com/en8400gsslnt5.html* The newer PCIe 2.0 8400GS is different and very HTPC friendly. It has a newer, Purevideo 3, video engine that offloads Hidef DVD and regular DVDs 100% to the GPU like ATI's 3000 series cards. It's very nice but it's a PITA to track one down. It'll list PCIe 2.0 and a higher clock speed (old 8400 was something like 4xx mhz, the newer one if something like 500 or 600 mhz).
Wasn't sure if i was clear in my original post, but if you went with the AMD 780G based setup you wouldn't need to buy a graphics card in the near future. That's extra dough to buy other goodies such as additional hard drive space etc etc. But if you're set on intel then that nvidia 8400GS 2.0 card Crim referred to looks interesting.
http://en.expreview.com/2007/12/04/born-for-hd-first-review-of-g98-8400gs/?page=3Crim, is this the the newer one you're referring to? (looks like it to me): http://www.xpcgear.com/en8400gsslnt5.html