Recommend me a socket A motherboard for an HTPC/PVR

coolred

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Not to many requirments.

SPDIF output would be one, actually lets make that MCPT with soundstorm, stable is a must, underclocking options would be nice...

It seems like many of the boards offer much the same features wise, with the occasional diferance. So it seems liek most people decide based on either performance or price. I will nto be overclocking(well maybe bumping the FSB, but lowering the multi) and may even underclock my chip fro temps sake. SO performance isn't a huge priority. Price may be, but I am willing to pay more for a baord that offers more that i can use. Basically it looks like Abit, Asus, DFI, MSI, gigabyte.. all make some pretty nice top end boards. Just wondering if its worth it to pay an extra 50.00 bucks fro soemthing like the DFI lanparty or the gigabyte GA-7NNXP over say the Abit NF7-s which newegg currently has on sale. Or for that matter if I really even need that high end of a board.

I am basically looking for user opinions, what did/would you get for this situation?????
 

coolred

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Oh yeah, i forgot to mention, i want this to be a quiet rig, so I need to be able to install a quiet heatsink/fan. Would prefer the Zalman 7000 ALCU, but not sure if that will work in an antec overture, so I will keep looking. As long as it can handle a quiet heatsink of soem type, then thats fine.