Hi Everyone
I am in the proccess of desiging a Media Centre and ideally would like to chosse a Micro-ATX board. One problem, Im very quickly filling all its slots up.
MSI K8NGM-2-FID is the board im planning on getting.
First of all, I need TWO tuners, for obvious reasons. Windows Media Centre dosent seem to support any Dual DVB-T tunners, so will have to get two single tuners. So there goes my x2 PCI slots.
I am planning on using the onboard Graphics, Geforce 610. But upgraded to a better Graphics cards should always be an option (HDTV & Games) and im not sure if Media Centre will work on a Gefore 610. So goes the PCI-Express slot.
I need to buy a sound card which has a digital out, as my home cinema system only input which will do sorround sound is a digital in. So I am missing one PCI slot.
I have thought about possably getting one internal and one usb tuner. Would that be a realistic option?
Or does anybody know a Micro ATX board with all of this stuff onboard? Or should I give up and go for a full ATX board.
Any help would be apperciated!
I am in the proccess of desiging a Media Centre and ideally would like to chosse a Micro-ATX board. One problem, Im very quickly filling all its slots up.
MSI K8NGM-2-FID is the board im planning on getting.
First of all, I need TWO tuners, for obvious reasons. Windows Media Centre dosent seem to support any Dual DVB-T tunners, so will have to get two single tuners. So there goes my x2 PCI slots.
I am planning on using the onboard Graphics, Geforce 610. But upgraded to a better Graphics cards should always be an option (HDTV & Games) and im not sure if Media Centre will work on a Gefore 610. So goes the PCI-Express slot.
I need to buy a sound card which has a digital out, as my home cinema system only input which will do sorround sound is a digital in. So I am missing one PCI slot.
I have thought about possably getting one internal and one usb tuner. Would that be a realistic option?
Or does anybody know a Micro ATX board with all of this stuff onboard? Or should I give up and go for a full ATX board.
Any help would be apperciated!