I've skimmed the archives and havnt' found an answer to my liking... so here's the question
I'm planning on building a myth Frontend/Backend box with some
hardware i have around
AMD 1200 Duron (could be Athlon if I need the power)
PVR 350
512 DDR
Will build either on SUSE 9.3 ( I work for novell ) or Fedora Core
What i'm looking for is a motherboard that won't break the bank, but just works. I had one with a VIA chipset that had a bunch of DMA errors :( But have had many good reports with nForce chipsets. Preferably the onboard sound should work.... Onboard video a plus but not required...
Thanks in Advance.
Hi Mark,
I use the MSI "K7N2GM2-LSR" motherboard which is currently $61.50 at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-477&depa=0
It has the nForce2 chipset and comes with the TV-out bracket (s-video & composite).
You can use the bios to reconfigure the 3 audio jacks (Line-in, Line-out, & Mic.) to be 4 or 6 channel audio; if your surround sound system requires this. (I haven't tried it; you *may* need to use their MS Windows utilities to configure this particular option.)
The board doesn't come with an S/PDIF bracket, but you can buy one (RCA & optical fiber) at CensusPC for $12.00:
http://www.censuspc.com/cart/product.php?productid=182&cat=46&page=2
Installing FC3 was fine, everything "just worked." Also, installing Myth in accordance with Jarod's guide worked out very well.
I also have a PVR-350 and have tried both it's TV-out and the on-board nForce TV-out. I like the PVR-350's TV output much better (on my standard def TV the picture quality is higher) but I have to admit that I didn't try too hard to see if I could tweak the nVidia video quality.
Having said that, X looks worse on the PVR-350 vs. the on-board nForce TV-out... I use the PVR-350's TV-out anyway though, as my box is 100% dedicated to TV watching so I don't play games, etc. with this unit.
HTH
-Rei.
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