What mobo do I use

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Big Jun

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I want to know what would be the best mobo to use.
Does the mobo need to be a mcp-t or can it be any chipset family?
:p
 
First a few questions


Which cpu/platform did you have in mind?
Do you have a cpu already or are you starting from scratch?
Total budget?
 
I have already:
Processor: AMD XP 2600+
Soundcard: Audigy® 2 ZS and Audigy Gamer
Video Card: Ti4200 and Nivida 5900xt 8x
Memory: 512 kingston valueram
OS: Windows 2000 pro and XP pro
:p

Thats all I have for now.
What would be a good AMD mobo to use for HTPC
 
Personally I'd go with a DFI Infinity. I'm using an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe which is also good but I'd rather have that DFI. ;)
 
Does anyone actually use the VIA EPIA mobos for their HTPC? I [H]eard somewhere that they are gonna be able to scale up to around 2GHz which is far more CPU power than is needed to run a good HTPC setup (as far as the onboard components being able to perform well... that might be a whole other story). Any info / links would kick arse
 
Rune75 said:
Does anyone actually use the VIA EPIA mobos for their HTPC? I [H]eard somewhere that they are gonna be able to scale up to around 2GHz which is far more CPU power than is needed to run a good HTPC setup (as far as the onboard components being able to perform well... that might be a whole other story). Any info / links would kick arse
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Easy, you can't do this with an Epia. ;)

For the cost of an Epia board you could get a Mobile Athlon and a good Nforce2 board and do that. While indeed scaling those Epias to 2Ghz sounds nice and all you have to remember that currently the 1Ghz version performs on par with a 500Mhz P3.
 
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