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<blockquote data-quote="Tech Geek" data-source="post: 39794" data-attributes="member: 18181">The MSI brand is good.&nbsp; The 6150 is fine for everything but possibly HDTV.&nbsp; Someone would need to confirm it's use for that.&nbsp; If you don't care about HDTV right now it will do what you need you can always add a card later for HDTV.Hi-Def Audio on board... same chip as my desktop and HTPC.&nbsp; About as good as you'll get for on board audio chip wise.&nbsp; I can't say how good the analog portion of the circuit is.&nbsp; The board has lot's of video out options.&nbsp; TV output varies so much I'm not sure what to tell you. There's nothing wrong with mATX.&nbsp; I have a mATX in my main desktop, a full size ATX in my HTPC and ATX in my server (with only 1 PCI slot used btw).&nbsp; Figure out what cards you will need, then decide if mATX will work for you.I chose ATX for my HTPC because I wanted a WiFi card, at least 2 tuners and graphics fast enough for HDTV.&nbsp; That would fill a mATX, probably requires a graphics card anyway and would leave me no other expansion options but USB.&nbsp; My choice was obvious.If the board has any drawbacks it's that you need places to mount the video and audio connectors as well as any plug in cards you get.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tech Geek, post: 39794, member: 18181"] The MSI brand is good. The 6150 is fine for everything but possibly HDTV. Someone would need to confirm it's use for that. If you don't care about HDTV right now it will do what you need you can always add a card later for HDTV. Hi-Def Audio on board... same chip as my desktop and HTPC. About as good as you'll get for on board audio chip wise. I can't say how good the analog portion of the circuit is. The board has lot's of video out options. TV output varies so much I'm not sure what to tell you. There's nothing wrong with mATX. I have a mATX in my main desktop, a full size ATX in my HTPC and ATX in my server (with only 1 PCI slot used btw). Figure out what cards you will need, then decide if mATX will work for you. I chose ATX for my HTPC because I wanted a WiFi card, at least 2 tuners and graphics fast enough for HDTV. That would fill a mATX, probably requires a graphics card anyway and would leave me no other expansion options but USB. My choice was obvious. If the board has any drawbacks it's that you need places to mount the video and audio connectors as well as any plug in cards you get. [/QUOTE]

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