Been thinking about building a HTPC... something I've wanted to do for 5+ years now, heh
I would like to hear some other motherboard recommendations. I would like to stay under $75, and don't care if its used or refurbed.
My top criteria are:
- microATX
- gigabit ethernet, seperate from PCI bus
- AGP slot
- good audio
- everything must be well supported in linux!!!!!!!!!!
- made by a reputable manufacturer
- Intel chipsets preferred for Intel CPU
- no PCchips, SiS, etc
- a little overclockability would be nice!
This would run Gentoo linux and MythTV with one of those $40 leadtek bt878a cards. It would also be very useful as a distcc node (C compilation distributed over network, because with Gentoo you compile everything from scratch, again and again as new ebuilds are released)
A refurbed P4 is looking good. Athlon XP is not out of the question either if I can find a good board.
I am leaning towards the Intel "D865GLCLK" i865G Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU
Supported CPU: Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4(HT)/Celeron Processors
Chipset: Intel 865G + ICH5
FSB: 800/533/400MHz
RAM: 4x DIMM for DDR400/333/266 Max 4GB
IDE: 2x ATA 100 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 1x AGP 8X/4X(0.8/1.5V), 3x PCI
Ports: 2xPS2,1xCOM,1xLPT,1xVGA,1xLAN,8xUSB2.0(Rear 4),Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: Analog Devices AD1985 Codec
Onboard Video: Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Onboard LAN: Intel 82547EI 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet
Onboard SATA: 2x Serial ATA
Form Factor: microATX
This looks like a nice little board with the exception of overclocking. I imagine that being from Intel it has zero overclocking options in the BIOS. Would it be a reasonable expectaion to get a low speed 533FSB P4 to run at default multiplier at 666FSB, by insulating and rewiring pins to look like a 666FSB processor?
It seems there are not many choices with microATX and gigabit ethernet. I'd rather give up the small form factor before I give up gigE. With huge files I know I'd be kicking myself in the ass later if I don't go gigE, even tho I have no gigE elsewhere *yet*.
Any thoughts? Opinions on cool inexpensive horizontal cases would be appreciated as well.
I would like to hear some other motherboard recommendations. I would like to stay under $75, and don't care if its used or refurbed.
My top criteria are:
- microATX
- gigabit ethernet, seperate from PCI bus
- AGP slot
- good audio
- everything must be well supported in linux!!!!!!!!!!
- made by a reputable manufacturer
- Intel chipsets preferred for Intel CPU
- no PCchips, SiS, etc
- a little overclockability would be nice!
This would run Gentoo linux and MythTV with one of those $40 leadtek bt878a cards. It would also be very useful as a distcc node (C compilation distributed over network, because with Gentoo you compile everything from scratch, again and again as new ebuilds are released)
A refurbed P4 is looking good. Athlon XP is not out of the question either if I can find a good board.
I am leaning towards the Intel "D865GLCLK" i865G Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU
Supported CPU: Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4(HT)/Celeron Processors
Chipset: Intel 865G + ICH5
FSB: 800/533/400MHz
RAM: 4x DIMM for DDR400/333/266 Max 4GB
IDE: 2x ATA 100 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 1x AGP 8X/4X(0.8/1.5V), 3x PCI
Ports: 2xPS2,1xCOM,1xLPT,1xVGA,1xLAN,8xUSB2.0(Rear 4),Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: Analog Devices AD1985 Codec
Onboard Video: Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Onboard LAN: Intel 82547EI 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet
Onboard SATA: 2x Serial ATA
Form Factor: microATX
This looks like a nice little board with the exception of overclocking. I imagine that being from Intel it has zero overclocking options in the BIOS. Would it be a reasonable expectaion to get a low speed 533FSB P4 to run at default multiplier at 666FSB, by insulating and rewiring pins to look like a 666FSB processor?
It seems there are not many choices with microATX and gigabit ethernet. I'd rather give up the small form factor before I give up gigE. With huge files I know I'd be kicking myself in the ass later if I don't go gigE, even tho I have no gigE elsewhere *yet*.
Any thoughts? Opinions on cool inexpensive horizontal cases would be appreciated as well.
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