What do you guys think of this MB?

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VRMan

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Would this be a good motherboard for an HTPC?

ASUS LGA 1156/ Intel H55/ DDR3 2133OC- mATX Motherboard P7H55-M Pro

I figured I'd throw an i3 or i5 into it.

Thanks!!
 
Not a bad looking MB VR, What video card are you figuring on throwing at the system?
 
I was thinking about starting out with the onboard video. I was thinking of throwing in a couple Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner cards in that would give me the ability to record 3 and watch one show. Hmmm, looks like it only has one pcie-x1 though. Can I use the pcie-x16 for a x1 card?
 
VRMan said:
I was thinking about starting out with the onboard video. I was thinking of throwing in a couple Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Dual TV Tuner cards in that would give me the ability to record 3 and watch one show. Hmmm, looks like it only has one pcie-x1 though. Can I use the pcie-x16 for a x1 card?
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yea no problem
 
Awesome. What do you guys recommend for a micro-atx case for the living room?
 
I definitely don't want one of those that has a blaring blue display that distracts you from watching the boob toob. Price wise, any are fine and it doesn't have to be "fancy". ;)
 
I like the layout of the board. Looks nice and roomy for your needs.

Me personally, I went for an small case and didn't like it. In my situation, I needed a case that would hold three 1TB drives and two 2TB drives and the NZXT Rogue couldn't do it...I then got a Thermaltake V4 and found it much better for my needs than the Rogue case
 
Wow, big case! I have a media server that I keep all my movies on, so I don't need one that has a lot of space for drives. I like the looks of some of the DH series, but they all look like they are as big if not bigger than my Denon HT amp.

I was hoping for a smaller one that can hold a BD drive, a couple WinTv cards and a 2.5" hard drive for just the O/S and misc applications. I want it to be able to have enough cpu power to decode the movies from my media server and occasionally rip a dvd to the server.

What jitter issue? Have a link to a forum where they talk about it? I'd want to know about any issues with it before purchasing it!

Thanks for all the great input so far!
 
VRMan said:
Wow, big case! I have a media server that I keep all my movies on, so I don't need one that has a lot of space for drives. I like the looks of some of the DH series, but they all look like they are as big if not bigger than my Denon HT amp.

I was hoping for a smaller one that can hold a BD drive, a couple WinTv cards and a 2.5" hard drive for just the O/S and misc applications. I want it to be able to have enough cpu power to decode the movies from my media server and occasionally rip a dvd to the server.

What jitter issue? Have a link to a forum where they talk about it? I'd want to know about any issues with it before purchasing it!

Thanks for all the great input so far!
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there are discussions on AVSforum about jitter issues with BD playback with the i3/H55 IGP combo. I've seen it mentioned here too plenty of times, but never in much depth. Not having experienced it personally, I can't say how bad it is.
 
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