Good LGA775 mATX mobo for HTPC

[roguerower]

Like the title says, I'm looking at moving my current setup in the sig to a HTPC and am exploring putting it into a mATX instead of the full ATX it is now.

What would be a good, reliable mobo to go with?

 

[bigsnyder]

EDIT: Sorry totally missed LGA775 part

http://detonator.dynamitedata.com/c...16813128432&cm_re=785G-_-13-128-432-_-Product

 

[roguerower]

Don't need it now, but I would have thought that the LGA775 in the title would mean something, i.e. not AMD.

 

[WT]

Gigabyte G31M ES2L -> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128357

 

[bigsnyder]

My apologies, missed the LGA775 part.

 

[Zap]

I recommend these boards because they have SPDIF (coax for Foxconn, optical for Intel).

If you need cheap
Foxconn G41M-S

If you need EIDE
Intel BOXDG43GT

If you need RAID
Intel BOXDG45ID

 

[BTA]

My older Foxconn G33 board works great. I use it in my server but don't see why it wouldn't work for an HTPC.

 

[Zap]

Any motherboard will work, of course, but unless going with a discrete sound card I would recommend one with SPDIF-out. That is, unless you don't use a decent receiver or your receiver picks up audio through HDMI (instead of just passthrough like mine).

 

[TheBeagle]

For what it's worth, I have built about a half dozen PCs utilizing the ASUS P5Q-EM mATX boards, and each build worked just great. That board handles a wide variety of memory and 775 processors with great stability and is very easy to setup. MWAVE.com still has some of those boards in stock if you're interested, @$99.99 each with free shipping. Enjoy. TheBeagle

 

[Blazer7]

+1 for the P5Q-EM.

I've built 4 PCs based on this a couple of months ago. They 've been working since then problem free. Great mobo, stable and as TheBeagle said easy to set up.


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