Hey folks,
I'm nearing completion on my new setup. I'm about to order the "second half" of my htpc. I'm STRONGLY considering going with intel. I've tried watching DVD's with this duron I'm setting up for a friend and I'm running into some issues with freezing. I also like the overclock-ability of the 1.6A's.
Anyhow, I may have found the mobo for me. It has some digital sound on board which could prove to be better than my Fortissmo II for the mean time. I won't be upgrading my sound until later for $$ reasons. It's a new mother board made by Abit called the BG7.
http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjs...MODEL_NAME=BG7
I would obviously be disabling the on board video, however the onboard 24bit spdif I would like to take advantage of.
My requirements for a mobo are onboard LAN (I just prefer it that way) and a passive heatsink on the chipset. As for memory I want to use micron/crucial 512 ddr2100.
What I have so far:
Low profile black desktop from digitalconnection.com with silent mods
WD 80gig 8mb buffer
ATI radeon 7500
What I plan on buying:
Some mobo with above requirements / either intel 1.6A or XP 1800+
512 DDR2100 crucial
black Liteon 16X dvd-rom
black Liteon 32X burner
black floppy drive
Any help?
TIA,
Ross
I'm nearing completion on my new setup. I'm about to order the "second half" of my htpc. I'm STRONGLY considering going with intel. I've tried watching DVD's with this duron I'm setting up for a friend and I'm running into some issues with freezing. I also like the overclock-ability of the 1.6A's.
Anyhow, I may have found the mobo for me. It has some digital sound on board which could prove to be better than my Fortissmo II for the mean time. I won't be upgrading my sound until later for $$ reasons. It's a new mother board made by Abit called the BG7.
http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjs...MODEL_NAME=BG7
I would obviously be disabling the on board video, however the onboard 24bit spdif I would like to take advantage of.
My requirements for a mobo are onboard LAN (I just prefer it that way) and a passive heatsink on the chipset. As for memory I want to use micron/crucial 512 ddr2100.
What I have so far:
Low profile black desktop from digitalconnection.com with silent mods
WD 80gig 8mb buffer
ATI radeon 7500
What I plan on buying:
Some mobo with above requirements / either intel 1.6A or XP 1800+
512 DDR2100 crucial
black Liteon 16X dvd-rom
black Liteon 32X burner
black floppy drive
Any help?
TIA,
Ross