I have narrowed down my motherboard choice to the GIGABYTE GA-M78SM-S2H because I have been told that its nVidia 8200 will pass 7.1pcm to my receiver via the HDMI. Please correct that info if it is wrong.
In addition to HTPC (blu-ray, music, and dvd) duties I would like to be able to run a few games off of it. Nothing too fancy though.
With that in mind here are the contenders:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition Processor
AMD Phenom 8650 Toliman 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Triple-Core Processor
Like I said, what would you pick and why?
In addition to HTPC (blu-ray, music, and dvd) duties I would like to be able to run a few games off of it. Nothing too fancy though.
With that in mind here are the contenders:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core black edition Processor
AMD Phenom 8650 Toliman 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Triple-Core Processor
Like I said, what would you pick and why?