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<blockquote data-quote="Berns" data-source="post: 536976" data-attributes="member: 96677">Luna96, steffenjones,The MP S2 is in fact a Micronas MicSidewinder(r) 2D-X. It is not a PCI card. It is a PCI Express card.To avoid compatibility errors this is where you have to decide on a motherboard again.One of the reasons I voted for the floppy-DTV S2 is that they are firewire, so will work with virtually any mobo (eventually equipped with a cheap firewire card). It gives me flexibility to change my media server when I would have some budget for it.The MP S2 goes at over € 150.So, steffenjones, when you have 2 PCI slots available, and no PCI-Express, you could go for 2 TechnoTrend TT-Budget S2-1600. (available at under €60 in Germany)Before buying a card, you could check on this forum if other users have good results on the card you would want to shoot for.Indeed, deciding what hardware to go for, is a puzzle to solve. This is a point where the choise of motherboard is important as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Berns, post: 536976, member: 96677"] Luna96, steffenjones, The MP S2 is in fact a Micronas MicSidewinder(r) 2D-X. It is not a PCI card. It is a PCI Express card. To avoid compatibility errors this is where you have to decide on a motherboard again. One of the reasons I voted for the floppy-DTV S2 is that they are firewire, so will work with virtually any mobo (eventually equipped with a cheap firewire card). It gives me flexibility to change my media server when I would have some budget for it. The MP S2 goes at over € 150. So, steffenjones, when you have 2 PCI slots available, and no PCI-Express, you could go for 2 TechnoTrend TT-Budget S2-1600. (available at under €60 in Germany) Before buying a card, you could check on this forum if other users have good results on the card you would want to shoot for. Indeed, deciding what hardware to go for, is a puzzle to solve. This is a point where the choise of motherboard is important as well. [/QUOTE]

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