Which Motherboard for this case? (1 Viewer)

[BeLLe]

I've decised to get a Hiper Media Center HMC-2K53A case for my frontend machine but which motherboard should I get for it? I have to be mini-atx as its the only size that will fit in the case

My demands are:

Onboard graphics able to play HD movies from .mkv files
HDMI port (DVI can be used)
S/Pdif out port (preferable optical)
Low noise and power consumption


Hope someone can help me

 

[pilehave]

If you can find any decent reviews of this board: Foxconn Cinema AMD 785G motherboard shown off I would look into something like this. Or, you can go the Nvidia/Intel way and find something with a 9400 onboard chip.

 

[BeLLe]

This board looks really interesting. But theres still a month or more before it is out

 

[pilehave]

Yeah...looks like 785G is due in mid-august. I have the 780G with 3200 HD chip and is hoping to exchange this to something else with more juice.

 

[BeLLe]

But if I cant wait that long is there then other suggestions for a board? What are people using right now?

 

[hkjensen]

I'm using a Gigabyte board in the same case, one benefit of the gigabyte board is that Gigabyte offers a simple backup solution, perfect for a mediaportal client
GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Overview - GA-MA78GPM-UD2H (rev. 1.0)

 

[BeLLe]

That gigabyte board looks nice too but its a bit in the expensive part of the scale

 

[hkjensen]

Depending on your what your need (Dolby Dital Live etc.) the price for a Gigabyte board with 780G chipset
ranges from 56 euros to 86 excl tax (prices in Denmark)

 

[scottieone]

I have three of these boards Asus P5q-em and they fit nice in the small cases and it has HDMI built in and if your using HDMI cable the audio goes right to your tv. ( just change in bios audio to hdmi) and it has 6 sata ports in it.
Newegg.com - ASUS P5Q-EM LGA 775 Intel G45 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards


Been using this for about a year with XP sp3 and MP and no probs.

 

[BeLLe]

Depending on your what your need (Dolby Dital Live etc.) the price for a Gigabyte board with 780G chipset
ranges from 56 euros to 86 excl tax (prices in Denmark)

Im in Denmark too so could you give me a link to a danish reseller that have those cheap boards? The cheapest 780G board I could find costs about €70