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Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

$156.00 Est. at Amazon

from pcrow, www.newegg.com
just don't count on the purple ports to work for you (see the product photo).if you want audio to go over the hdmi cable under linux, you may have to struggle with the drivers quite a bit.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
on board graphics can handle any hd content that i have played on it.
from Shakyone, www.newegg.com
it looks like it would be the geforce 9m on the supported devices listing, however that download only gives you an hdmi audio option when you run the installer, and i'm not sure it was the right one.
from Francis, www.newegg.com
super stable and plays all hd content i throw at it.
from Mr. Nobody, www.newegg.com
i had to manually compile the latest version of alsa to get hdmi audio working, but i eventually got it going.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Excellent Reliability, Socket LGA775

2 RECOMMENDED by 33 people for HIGH DEFINITION

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from bobm, www.newegg.com
it is playing flawlessly.it automatically detected when i switched from my dvi monitor, to my hd tv via the hdmi (and even tho i believe you can only run one with the vga at a time, it is still very
from kolop1, www.newegg.com
it supports 1080p through hdmi and can even run sound through it.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
dual-bios is a plus, i'm using hdmi to my 37'' lcd-tv just the onboard graphic are quality, i'm also using windows7 beta os and booted with no problems, it installed all drivers only had to update a
from Chris, www.newegg.com
i don't have blu-ray drive yet, but the manual claims it will work with an old amd processor; my 7750 black edition is about twice the cpu necessary, according to the manual.lots of options to
from Jim, www.newegg.com
if you are using an existing hd for your os and raid for other drives, be sure to put your os drive on sata 5 so that you can configure it directly.you may want to download the manual first if you

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Positives: Good Performance, Easy To Install, High Quality, Socket AM2

3 RECOMMENDED by 22 people for HIGH DEFINITION

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H

$138.00 Est. at Amazon

from Rice, www.newegg.com
gtx 260 core 216 896mb 448-bit gddr3-antec nine hundred steel atx mid tower-corsair 650w tx series 80 plus certified power supply-gigabyte ga-ma790gp-ud4h am2+/am2 amd 790gx hdmi atx amd motherboard
from Rudi, www.newegg.com
i recently reinstalled windows and was not looking forward to doing it again, so i just installed the board and video card, 4 hard drives dvd burner and blu ray and 8 gigs of ocz ram and the machine
from Logan, www.newegg.com
the radeon hd3300 does it's job well.
from p1agu3, www.newegg.com
it's not uber-powerful, but it's got enough juice for some hd content.
from bobbyt2012, www.newegg.com
i also have an xfx radeon hd4890, so it covers up a lot of space.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Reliability, Great Performance, Socket AM2

4 RECOMMENDED by 37 people for HIGH DEFINITION

ASUS MBD UATX SOCK 775 1 PCIE-X16 2PCI VGA AUD

$151.00 Est. at Amazon

from eLuminx, www.newegg.com
xbmc works just awesome on it as well, i have it hooked up to my 60" sony dlp and the only problem i have is when hooked up via hdmi it has a bit of overscan.
from DammBoy, www.newegg.com
it is in my htpc which is what i think this board was designed for the graphics are great on my 46" tv and has no problems with blu-ray.
from CabinetMaker, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: *ms win xp pro.*$120 asus p5n7a-vm lga 775 nvidia geforce 9300/nforce 730i hdmi micro atx intel motherboard -- worked great.
from Dale1990, www.newegg.com
hdmi+optical+vga+displayport
from R1SENFA17H, www.newegg.com
hdmi output is great.

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Positives: Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium D, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM, Number of Memory Slots: 4 x DIMMs

5 RECOMMENDED by 17 people for HIGH DEFINITION

ZOTAC GEFORCE 9300

$140.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: for barely three hundred bucks it's mind blowing with hdmi capability.
from timm1, www.newegg.com
i cant say how well it works on vista but windows media center it worked great.the gpu is great and banked some of the best onboard scores i seen.had no problems with the hdmi hooked up to a 1080i
from rallysquirrel, www.newegg.com
hdmi, wifi (although i haven't yet used it)essentially the nvidia ion with a real processor.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
chip) has plenty of power for hd playback and moderate gaming.
from flunkat, www.newegg.com
quad-core compatibility is great, though i'm only using a dual-core.-the nvidia 9300 on board does a great job of decoding hd playback.

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Positives: Socket LGA775, Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM

ASRock A780GXH/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX

$94.00 Est. at Amazon

from Yuffiek133, www.newegg.com
hdmi works perfectly so no need for extra sound cables and it plays 1080p movies and games.
from Dark-Star, www.newegg.com
i was shocked by the performance of the onboard video (hd 3200) and how well it ran.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it comes with plenty of usb ports and even a hdmi port.
from Kyle, www.newegg.com
all sorts of onboard (sound, video, hdmi, etc) i don't use, but good to be there.2x pcie x16 @ 16 (crossfirex)phenom ii capability cons: pcie x16 2.0 slots are close together.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i doubt i will ever use the hdmi interface, but ya never know.

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Positives: Excellent Performance, Easy To Install, Good Reliability, Socket AM2

Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0

$73.00 Est. at Amazon

from Merv, www.newegg.com
the built on ati 3200 enables it to playback hd @ 1080 and play games fairly well within reason.
from Elliott78212, www.newegg.com
added ati 3450 for hybrid crossfire, and a week ago added a blu-ray drive from lite-on we use this pc daily as our home theater it's connected to our sony sound system and wireless network.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i use it for my home theater pc that will be most of the times playing dvd and blue ray videos and maybe some occasional games.windows 7 immediately recognized all the equipment, hdmi output works
from Peter, www.newegg.com
i needed hdmi.
from Jimmy, www.newegg.com
the onboard hdmi output works great and definitely is a great bang for the buck.

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Install, Good Reliability, Socket AM2

Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

$98.00 Est. at Amazon

from bbentley, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i see so many people have left reviews complaining about hdmi/dvi or that having these feature would make this product better.
from TheSmJ, www.newegg.com
the onboard video solution is only good for very light use (ie: will not cut it with hd video).
from Brewski, www.newegg.com
out of the box it cannot do hd resolution video.
from www.amazon.com
for hd, forget about it, it just laggs like crazy and the whole computer slows down way too much.
from www.amazon.com
it has enough power to decode most hd formats, at least those i've tested.

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Positives: Nice Performance, Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Socket 771

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

$145.00 Est. at Amazon

from TKO INCOGNITO, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: phenom 2 940 3ghz with a asus lion square, 8 gigs gskill pc 8500 4x2 gb and a sapphire radeon hd 3500 1 gb the one with ruby on it!!
from miguellt, www.newegg.com
wow, optical audio to hookup to my av receiver surround sound when i buy a bluray disk drive to add to this; 1394 firewire (for external hdd) and double esata bracket (will take one of your 7 slots).
from joRdmeister, www.newegg.com
supports am2/am2+/am3comes with a cool esata/bare external hd kitgaming/ocing straight for two months with no hiccups.got it from newegg!
from Mr. Nintendo, www.newegg.com
550 processorwestern digital caviar black 1tb hard driveasus eah3450 256mb 64-bit graphics card (i know it sucks, i'm upgrading to a dual radeon hd 4850 setup)patriot viper series 2x2gb pc2-8500 ram
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i love it cons: noneee other thoughts: computers a beastamd phenom x3 720 black edition(sick)gskill 4gigs @ 1066gigabyte ga-ma790x-ud4pgigabyte radeon hd 4850

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Performance, High Quality, Socket AM2

ASUS M3a78-cm 4719543162934

ASUS Motherboard M3a78-cm (4719543162934)

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from GMKosMos, www.newegg.com
would have really preferd a hdmi to the display port but i knew what i was getting :) other thoughts: really reliable so far, i have overclocked my 7750 to a nuts ratio with this board and it
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i haven't had a chance to hook up the hdmi to a plasma, but i am sure it looks great.
from augustas, www.newegg.com
i have stalker on this comp and the onboard hd 3100 ran it and ran it nicely.
from ellesar, www.newegg.com
i'm happy with it - it runs my raid 1 and raid 0 teams nicely, recognized the phenom ii 940 out of the box, and runs games quite nicely with my hd 4870
from Roachgod, www.newegg.com
940 be2 x 2gb ocz platinum 1066diamond 4870 1 gb ddr52 x 37 gb raptors in raid 0200 gb 7200rpm maxtorhp dvd lightscribe driveplextor dvd drivex box hd dvd add on drive600 watt psuantec skeleton case

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Great Performance, Socket AM2

Gigabyte AM2+ 780G MAX-16GB DDR2 ATX

$111.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
using a sapphire hdmi 4550, so i can't comment on onboard video, but this was so smooth i would recommend it for any type of build.
from Dave, www.newegg.com
i used to get stuttering and signal quality issues on hd (qam) channels pretty consistantly, but was never sure if it was my system or the hdhomerun or the signal.
from gemini, www.newegg.com
onboard video never quits and the hdmi gives a great picture i just put win xp 64 on it got even better this is a soild board buy it!!!
from Ronnie, www.newegg.com
the onboard video is pretty good for hd and basic game playing.
from Waterboy9010, www.newegg.com
i play conan with a dual core 4 gbs of memory and a radeon hd 4850 1g graphics card.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Nice Reliability, Socket AM2

Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

$110.00 Est. at Amazon

from ViralHack, www.newegg.com
perfect for a low end htpc where you don't need 1080p blu ray but i haven't tried it either.
from www.amazon.com
it has enough power to decode most hd formats, at least those i've tested.
from JWray, www.newegg.com
it supports a socket 775 cpu and has hdmi/dvi.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
faster.it only has 2 sata ports, plus a esata port would have been nice to add a sata drive, but usb will suffice.i would have liked to have 4 internal sata's, but i made my hd purchases accordingly.
from shaunskie, www.newegg.com
would be nice if it have dvi port, maybe even hdmi.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Great Reliability, Compatible Processors: Intel Core Duo, Intel Atom

Gigabyte P45 DDR2-1333X4 UD3 CPNT1PCIEX16 4PCIE

$119.00 Est. at Amazon

from Lgd3ndtd, www.newegg.com
running crysis on max settings no problems with saphire hd4850.gigabyte ga-ep45-ud3l lga 775intel core 2 duo e66004gb 6400 ddr2 gskill ramsapphire ati hd4850 512gb ddr3 truepower 550w power supply
from etcarroll, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: combined with an hd 2600xt and the intel cpu, made an excellant moderate level gaming rig for my 14 yr.
from Scott, www.newegg.com
the hd audio is great as well as the spdif.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: my build:ep45-ud3le8400 @ 3.6ghz4gb g-skill ddr2 800 ramhis radeon hd 4670rosewill 500w psuasus 22x dvd burnerraidmax smilodon case (the green one)wd 16mb cache 320gb hd
from Mattousai, www.newegg.com
a solid socket 775 board with great features and does not need raid/multi-gpus then look no further.running this board with an e6750 @3.4ghz, with 6gb of corsair xms2 ddr2-1066 and a sapphire hd3870.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, Excellent Reliability, Compatible Processors: Intel Celeron, Intel Core2 Duo, Intel Core2 Extreme, Intel Core2 Quad

ASUS Rampage Extreme

$345.00 Est. at Amazon

from The Fonz (AL Kensek), www.newegg.com
you just type in the new cpu fsb and off you go to 4.0ghz and beyond.running 2 hd4870s in crossfire abd get 23,400 in 3dmark06 score.
from Foad, www.newegg.com
lay out of the board is nice, although i wish they would have put the sata connectors in a different location, hd4870x2 is a long card and its right on top.easy to set up dual bios and very easy to
from Rampage Extreme, www.newegg.com
intel q9550, corsair tw3x4g1600c9dhx, evga 9800 gx2, (all from newegg) and two wdc hd sata raid 1.
from Airplane Builder, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: rampage extremeintel core 2 quad q9650corsair tx 850kingston 8500 8gbradeon hd 4870 1gbwd black 640x2
from N/A, www.newegg.com
the instructions were pretty helpful as well: they alerted me to use some fancy connectors for the power buttons, hdd leds, etc.

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Positives: Good Reliability, Excellent Performance, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

$186.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this motherboard has it all including dual gigabit lan, 6 sata ii ports, 10 usb ports,express gate, 8-channel high definition audio and all the over clocking features you could want.
from Ryan Gardner, www.newegg.com
this sucks because i want to use it to pass audio out through my video card's hdmi.
from Bigrey, www.newegg.com
i'm runnuing it with o/s xp pro on a 160gb 10,000 rpm hd( a little loud but ok)--(5) additional 1 tb hd (individual connection) no raid--(2) evga 8800 gts512--c2e x9650(3.0ghz) w/ fan asus v-60(o/c @
from dr_patso, www.newegg.com
throw an e8400 or better and an hd4870, maybe two and you are set for 2 years if not more, things seem like they are slowing down, the i7's didn't look nearly as good as hyped up to be, so broke down
from D.A.V.E., www.newegg.com
other thoughts: asus p5q-deluxeg.skill 4gb ddr2 1100intel core 2 duo e8400 o'c to 3.8 ghzsapphire hd4870 1 gb gddr5 gpuantec 900antec 750 watts psu

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Good Performance, Socket LGA775

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

$238.00 Est. at Amazon

from mking, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: with this many features, it's forgivable that my radeon hd 4870 x2 covers up several sata connectors and comes rather close to the cmos reset button.
from Tom, www.newegg.com
i have a xfx radeon hd 4870 video card - 1024mb gddr5, and due to it's length it covers the clear cmos button, no big shakes though.
from OC NOOB, www.newegg.com
i run wow and it is awesome on my hd4850 with this mobo and memory - highest setting and awesome fps.
from Weld387, www.newegg.com
temps are 31 c at idle 47c (prime95) ga-ma790fxt-ud5pamd 955 be @3.2/coolermaster520rator 150gig,500gig,250gigx2gskill 12800cl9d-4gbnq (4gigs) @ 1333mhz stablexfx radeon hd4870 1 gig ddr5 (catylist
from Furman, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: running:amd phenom ii x3 710ddr 3 g.skill 1666mhz downclocked to 1333mhz (haven't tried to oc up to 1600mhz yet)sapphire ati hd 4870 512mb2x 640gb seagate hard driveslg dvd-rw dl sata

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Socket AM2

Gigabyte G31 DDR2-800X2 VGA EES PCIE16 2PCIE PCI

$67.00 Est. at Amazon

from Fluffy, www.newegg.com
i'm running windows 7 rc with 2gb of ram and an e2200 dual core pentium and got it all running with a decent hard drive, a radeon hd 4650 and a nice case for just four hundred bucks.this motherboard
from Demz, www.newegg.com
=) i dont need 2 or 3 video cards, ill be fine with just one gtx 295, hd 4890 or if it comes out 4890 x2.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
if i had to find a complaint, it would be that the intel onboard video is vga output, i'd like to see atleast dvi or hdmi.
from sabbasaun, www.newegg.com
- built in video if you need it- gigabit lan to stream those hd movies - works with windows 7 64 bit for those who can't wait to ditch vista!
from Robustus, www.newegg.com
including the two im running as my main computers w intel 9550 and 6600(not this same board tho) cons: none other thoughts: case label and hdmi out would be the kicker

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Positives: Good Performance, Nice Reliability, Easy To Install, Socket LGA775

ASUS MB P5KPL-CM C2D LGA775 INTELG31 ICH7 DDR2

$56.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
it's a g31 board and is perfect for your integrated solutions (i'd recommend getting a hd capable board if doing htpc applications).
from bigdaddylee82, www.newegg.com
had to get a new sata hd and clone the old ide hd onto it, but no big deal.
from Depeche Modem, www.newegg.com
it doesn't have hdmi built in, but it's a good, solid, dependable little board for not too much money.
from Happy Camper, www.newegg.com
no dvi or hdmi onboard.
from baslip, www.newegg.com
anyway i got 55% improvement so i am not complaining a lot, i ust needed moe power for hd videos

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Positives: Good Reliability, Easy To Install, Great Performance, Socket LGA775

FOXCONN A74MX-K AMD 740G AM2+/AM2 Phenom

$51.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
no hdmi other thoughts: this is a great motherboard, but i would spend more money to purchase board that supports up to 8gb of memory if i've to make a purchase again.
from KTL, www.newegg.com
added a 4350 card with hdmi output and had no problems connecting to a lcd with just the hdmi cable, providing both video and audio.
from Kamaaina, www.newegg.com
gige lan, audio, vga hd 2100, all works fine.
from nvchad2, www.newegg.com
i could've ran my cd drive and hd as master slave, but this system is built for sata.
from Foxconn, www.newegg.com
so not a big dea) this is my rig:amd athlon x2 4600+ 2.4ghz @ 2.58foxconn 740g micro2gb ddr2 667500gb sata hdd80gb ide hddcd/dvd drivehd 2600xt 256mb gddr3 (awesome card!)hec mid-tower casewindows xp

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Reliability, Nice Performance, Socket AM2

M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

$171.00 Est. at Amazon

from Armali, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: it was a plus having onboard video with hdmi.
from Foxxchaser, www.newegg.com
windows 7)specswindows 7amd phenom ii x4 945 n82e16819103675asus m4a78t-e (duah) 4gb gskill ddr3 memory n82e16820231180onboard graphics (just to test)ati readon hd 5870 (1 gb memory) n82e16814102856
from N/A, www.newegg.com
if you don't plan on doing any high end gaming, it should be sufficient and can even be used for an hd htpc without additional video card.
from jurwilli, www.newegg.com
onboard hdmi for those whose graphics card doesn't support it, onboard spdif out.
from trebor, www.newegg.com
the hd 3300 chip is fantastic for normal desktop use and outputting hdmi to a 58" sammy plasma.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Performance, Great Reliability, Socket AM3

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Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H

ASUS MBD UATX SOCK 775 1 PCIE-X16 2PCI VGA AUD

ZOTAC GEFORCE 9300

ASRock A780GXH/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX

Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0

Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

ASUS M3a78-cm 4719543162934

Gigabyte AM2+ 780G MAX-16GB DDR2 ATX

Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

Gigabyte P45 DDR2-1333X4 UD3 CPNT1PCIEX16 4PCIE

ASUS Rampage Extreme

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P

Gigabyte G31 DDR2-800X2 VGA EES PCIE16 2PCIE PCI

ASUS MB P5KPL-CM C2D LGA775 INTELG31 ICH7 DDR2

FOXCONN A74MX-K AMD 740G AM2+/AM2 Phenom

M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

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