Cheap motherboard for Phenom II X3 HTPC

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I have a spare Phenom II X3 710 and low profile Radeon 5550, and I want to stick them (and a spare 320GB hard disk) in an Enermax Laguna case and make that into an HTPC (which will be used for video viewing/capture and perhaps a little gaming).

I'm planning to buy a cheap micro-ATX motherboard and have several options (these are the options available at the store where I plan to buy the case):

1. Biostar A880G
Pros: newish chipset; HDMI slot nice as a backup (though not really necessary)
Cons: no info on the web (only A880G+); Biostar has a crappy site; no PCIe x1 (I might want to stick a video capture card there)

2. ASRock 960GM-S3 FX
Pros: PCIe x1 slot; ASRock utilities (XFast stuff in particular) sound nice; AM3+ so more future proof
Cons: PCIe x1 slot is adjacent to the graphics card

3. Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2P (rev 3.0, probably)
Pros: Two PCIe x1 slots, one not adjacent to the graphics card; I've owned several Gigabyte MB's and never had problems with them
Cons: Old chipset (lower HT speed, probably first gen PCIe)

I think that option 1 doesn't have any real benefit, so the choice is between 2 and 3. What do you think?


Edit: I'm leaning more towards option 3 because I found another store which sells the case and its prices are cheaper, and it doesn't have option 2.

 

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Went with the Gigabyte. I eventually found a store that was not only cheaper but also local, and that pretty much decided things for me.

 

[Charlie98]

That would have been my suggestion... I'm quite fond of my GB board and would buy another in a heartbeat.