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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lodger_001" data-source="post: 206215" data-attributes="member: 60548"><p>I've been researching putting together a micro-atx based HTPC and I'm planning on using an Asus P5K-VM mobo in it.  The only problem is that this mobo (and the majority of G33 matx boards i've seen) has 1 PCIe 16x, 1 PCIe 4x and 2 vanilla PCI slots.  After an add on vid card, this leaves me with only 1 PCIe slot for a tuner.  Is there a significant performance difference b/w PCI and PCIe tuners?  And is mixing PCIe and PCI tuners in the same machine a recipe for disaster?  I'm looking at the hauppage 1800 & 1600 if it makes a difference....</p></blockquote><p></p>