Shuttle advice..

[nintenjo]

I looking to build a beastly shuttle.. but i was wondering on a few questions..

• Will a shuttle be happy running a 8800 GTS ? I know most new shuttles have a 400watt psu is this going to be enough?
• Do any shuttle have a Dolby Digital LIVE! chip for 5.1 realtime encoding?
• Do any Shuttles have built in bluetooth support or will i deffinetly have to get an external USB adapter

Any info on those questions will be good, i just couldnt find the answer on the main shuttle site.

 

[nintenjo]

the main reason i've bought a sugo and matx board is that the sound on the shuttles are meant to be a little pants.

The sugo is a little bigger yes, but atleast i can get my DDLive sound card in there as well as more HDD's!

Ah yeah i was very keen on a SUGO at first.. although after looking into the mATX market i didnt really see any MOBOs that offered any benefits.. IE DDlive or built in bluetooth..

Unless you know of any

My current tower PC has a SB X-fi Fatlity in.. which is a nice card but dosnt offer 5.1 via digital in games which is somthing ive always wanted.. but saying that maybe its time i got a new amp which offers 5.1 analog inputs.. i just dont know

 

[nintenjo]

you won't find a shuttle or matx board afaik which will offer DD Live. You'd be better going for an M-Atx setup and getting a DDLive sound card and a bluetooth adaptor

Enen if you get a 5.1 amp with analogie inputs you'll only get pro logic from it and not true DD.

This is very true... hmmm i shall give it a rethink then maybe the Sugo is the way forward. What are they like for cooling / noise levels as id want a Pc that can be on 24/7 andnotdisturbe my slumber

EDIT: Saying that... ive just found this Intel® Desktop Board DG965OT Micro ATX and features DolbyDigital Live.. nice