Wish I had known about the S/PDIF bracket for the 7NIF2 and MSI boards. I picked the Abit AN7 for the S/PDIF (and it uses the slightly better audio codec, Realtek ALC658 compared to the RealtekALC650) and picked up a FX5200 video card.
Dan On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:35:41 -0800, Rei Toi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Gardner wrote: > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users