Need a Crappy mobo with onboard graphics

[Maccer101]

Which has the best onboard graphics, a G31, nVidia 610i board, other for under £35? Can these handle a 1400x800 resolution, as I want to connect them to a 32" LCD TV using VGA or HDMI (no current plans for watching HD format). Its to make an ultracheap PC for my bedroom purely to watch TV & films off a network and to surf the net. Would be planning to run a Linux distro on it so cannot be a non Linux compatible board. want a socket 775 mobo, so it can be upgraded as my other intel PCs get upgraded.

[Webby]

If all it is for is surfing and watching non-HD content then have you considered the mini-ITX intel atom boards cost ~£55 but have board and processor all in one package.

If you already have the proccy then any recent chipset will do you perfectly well the ABit 610i is on Scan today only for less than £30.

If your not tied to S775 then a look at the AM2 boards could be useful. The Abit 780G board is £46 and you could get a duel core proccy from ~£31 this would be high def future proofed as well and would be my choice (well I would get a slightly more expensive CPU the 4850e for £43 for the lower power consumption).

[Maccer101]

I didn't realise the Atom mini itx board had onboard graphics, what would i do about making it wireless , use a USB one?

[Webby]

yeah wireless via USB or you could get a PCI wireless card if you are not using that slot for anything else.

Just in case you fancy it though the duel core Atoms are supposed to be released sometime around the end of the month if you can wait they may offer better performance although no prices yet.

[Maccer101]

Have time to wait and see with the dual atom. It'll either be worth me getting it or hopefully push the price of the single core down.

Only one PCI, want wireless and TV tuner (at a later stage), both available as PCI & USB, is there a preference for which type you should PCI and which type could USB?

[Webby]

Personally I would leave the PCI for the tv tuner will allow you to get a duel (or more) tuner and wireless via USB is perfectly good enough, in most if not all cases.

[Maccer101]

Thanks Webby