Budget board with TPM?

[Renegade23216]

I was looking for a budget board with a TPM module to use Windows 8 bitlocker. Is this a good option?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157397

System is i5 with integrated video. No overclocking. I can't find any other boards in this price range with TPM. Any suggestions?

 

[NTMBK]

Why would you especially look for a motherboard with an integrated NSA backdoor? D:

 

[Renegade23216]

Well what's the best way to utilize the hardware encryption features of my Crucial M500 SSD? I'd rather use hardware encryption over software encryption.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Why would you especially look for a motherboard with an integrated NSA backdoor? D:

1973: Kurt Vonnegut publishes "Breakfast of Champions," noting that in the real world, people all strive to behave like movie characters they'd seen at their local theater.

2001: Oh! The terr-riss' are comin' to kill my poodle Fluffy!

2012 [Ed Snowden]: "I AM . . . Aaron Cross, the Bourne Legacy! But I'll get extradited if I go to Manilla, so . . . I'll go to Hong Kong!"

2013: The NSA is listenin' in on mah phone sex with the girl at Christian Tingle up in Reno! Oh, no!!

Seriously, I see the quandary with the issue, but it was never anything that surprised me much. I was corresponding with distant relatives in Europe around 1997, who told me to use PGP for my e-mails. Then BBC aired their expose' on ECHELON in 1999. Heck! Back to Vonnegut: In 1993, we had the movie "Sneakers" with Redford, Akroyd, Poitier, River Phoenix and Mary McDonnell. Has everyone been asleep all that time?

 

[smakme7757]

Well what's the best way to utilize the hardware encryption features of my Crucial M500 SSD? I'd rather use hardware encryption over software encryption.

Rather find a motherboard supporting ATA Passwords. That way you can lock the device and be required to unlock it at boot time. Most workstation class boards will support this feature. Most business laptops also have it. I have it on my HP 6430b and Dell 6530.

Samsung and Intel utilize ATA password protection, so i presume it's standard for all SED devices.

Can read more here:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/ssd-520-aes-tech-brief.html