Motherboard For HTPC

[richman]

Iam looking at building a HTPC using a AMD 3000 64bit (939) what motherboard would u reccomend.

Features i need.

No PCI-E
Sata
Agp 8x

Cheers
Rich

[alberto]

what cabinet you have atx, m.atx ?

[richman]

atx, sorry should have said that. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=137404

Rich

[philyau]

as you looking for an agp and 939 cpu, you might want to look at the msi neo2 NF3 mobo, great reviews, got everything you want and also o/cs as well which is a bonus.

phil

[herulach]

Id personally reccomend a 9NDA3+, but thats just cos im a bit of an epox fanboy. ALthough if you want it from scan your choices are very limited, and id go with the gigabyte (ewww, i feel all dirty saying that) mainly because of the passive chipset cooler

[BUFF]

You should be able to pick up a socket 754 combo cheap & I don't think that for use as an HTPC you will miss 939.

[YorkieBen]

if its a hptc you will want a motherboard with a passive chipset cooler i guess

[m0cea]

The P4's make better HCPC's as the intel chips handle compressed video better than the AMD stuff.

[gamesaregood]

Ok i am confused :S Have you purchased the CPU yet?

Otherwise would you like a S754 or S939 based board for a current cpu?

Thanks,

Michael