best mobo/cpu for antec micro fusion ?

TALON1973 · 14 Feb 2009 at 15:56

need a few recommendations for this case as i bought it a few days ago from here ( first part of build )

to be many used as media centre .. with some light gaming ( old et ) tribal wars .. no real advanced games except the odd play of half-life 2 .

using a dell 2408 .. but will mostly used for hd/blu ray playback ( once i get aroudn to it )

hdmi is i would say is a must, unless someone can give a good reason for mobo not to have one

any help would be great

TALON1973 · 14 Feb 2009 at 21:14

2nd time ive asked for help on this ... and 2nd tiem 0 response ....nice

sastusbulbas · 14 Feb 2009 at 21:19

I have been looking at a similar idea, not sure where I want to take my next build or what budget, I have found posting on the Home cinema page helpful.

Steve

95thrifles · 14 Feb 2009 at 21:38

Well it would depend on your budget, but sometthing like this

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £149.49 (£129.99)
Asus P5Q-EM Intel G45 Micro-ATX (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £106.94 (£92.99)
Sub Total : £222.98
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £7.99
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £34.65
Total : £265.62
If you need cheaper you could drop the CPU down as far as an E5200 if you wanted, though obviously you are losing performance in doing so

TALON1973 · 15 Feb 2009 at 14:25

what about :-

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

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£73.59 inc VAT

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000 3.10GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail

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£68.99 inc VAT

is that any good as an amd alternative ? plus a lot cheaper

TALON1973 · 15 Feb 2009 at 14:33

95thrifles said:
Well If you need cheaper you could drop the CPU down as far as an E5200 if you wanted, though obviously you are losing performance in doing so

isn't the e5200 a good overclocker ? sure ive read that .. how much of a performance hit really would there be ?

95thrifles · 15 Feb 2009 at 14:38

Yes it is a good clocker and you can clock it back up, however I assume this is a HTPC and they dont handle too much OC'ing very well as they have poor cooling

TALON1973 · 15 Feb 2009 at 14:46

hmm good point .. wont be much room for the air to move about ... i take it i'll be stuck with the stock cooler for the cpu, as no room for anything else ?

probably better if i went higher spec as it should last me longer ... on 2nd look the original mobo looks the business ... how good is the onboard graphics ?