Motherboard for Broadcom Crystal HD

[spicemuseum]

I'd like to build a small HTPC (something along the lines of a Zotac / ASRock / Revo) on which to run X8MC as a fun project/experiment...

As an alternative to an Atom+Ion solution, I'm considering using a Broadcom Crystal HD mini-pci-e card to deliver the HD performance required.

I can't find a suitable small (mini-ITX ?) mainboard which has onboard graphics and HDMI as well as a suitable mini-pci-e slot aside from those already fitted with an Nvidia Ion (which somewhat defeats the point).

Do any of you know whether there is such a thing knocking around, and whether it can be done at a sensible price (under a hundred quid for the mainboard) ?

 

[entireweb]

I'd like to build a small HTPC (something along the lines of a Zotac / ASRock / Revo) on which to run X8MC as a fun project/experiment...

As an alternative to an Atom+Ion solution, I'm considering using a Broadcom Crystal HD mini-pci-e card to deliver the HD performance required.

I can't find a suitable small (mini-ITX ?) mainboard which has onboard graphics and HDMI as well as a suitable mini-pci-e slot aside from those already fitted with an Nvidia Ion (which somewhat defeats the point).

Do any of you know whether there is such a thing knocking around, and whether it can be done at a sensible price (under a hundred quid for the mainboard) ?

The new low profile - the D945GSEJT.

http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GSEJT/D945GSEJT-overview.htm

This has a dvi output, a single core atom and a MiniPCIe for the broadcom card. It also comes with external DC power adaptor. There is only analogue audio on the back plain but there is an sddif header on the motherboard.

This board with the broadcom card would probably give you a silent 13w HTPC. Not bad!

But will it work with the broadcom crystal HD???

I just bought a crystal HD card, and tried it in my zotac ION board and the card is not detected by the broadcom driver, hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[nightmare99]

It should work, anadtech tried it on the D510MO.