Media PC

Livzz

Livzz

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I'm trying to plan a media pc, and thought i had finally finished my shopping list of components, when i realised the case i want only houses micro-atx mainboards.. very frustrating...

I want the Antec Fusion case (website), but i'd looked at the Asus P5K3 mainboard, which is too big.

My folks want to be able to record one channel while watching another, on both analogue and HD digital (we live in the country, not all channels are on digital yet), so we need two hybrid hdtv/analogue tuners, which take up precious pci slots...
and we want to be able to play some games in the lounge too, so we want a semi-decent graphics card too.
I'd like a decent sound card aswell...

so thats 3 PCI slots, and a PCIex x 16 slot... can you get that on a micro atx?
I'm looking at an intel E6600 or something like that, can someone please suggest a micro-atx board that can fit all of that on it?
 
hey thanks! i'm getting closer to 'the one', but still not quite there...

i found a gigabyte board (GA-945GME-DS2) with exactly what i want but the reviews shot it down so i dont think i'll try it...

if it helps, heres some criteria:

preferrably using an intel E6600 cpu, 2Gb (might upgrade later on to 4Gb) DDR2 667 ram, 2 tv tuners, X-fi elite pro, and 8800gts.

so its cramming a fair bit in, so would be awesome if i can find the right board.
 
yeah thats what i'm getting - two tuners that handle both high definition digital and analogue (we live in the country so not all of our channels are on digital yet)... that way we can record one and watch another, regardless if they're on digital or not.

That MSI board looks perfect, but still short by one PCI slot... haha man this is getting frustrating!
 
I'm beginning to think i'm gonna have to get a different case - i just cant find a mATX board to suit my criteria...

so looking at a standard ATX board, what do people think of the GigaByte P35C-DS3R?
 
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