Mother board with HDMI integrated

[dse879]

Hey guys! I am building a new system and I am looking for a motherboard with HDMI integrated port for blue ray content. I am interested in socket 775 gigabyte, but I am not sure if there is a socket 775 that supports HDMI. I also want to OC and I'll be multitasking, some gaming too.

Can any one gime any suggestions.

thanks!

 

[akhilles]

Budget? ATX or mATX?

 

[dse879]

ATX

 

[Kaldor]

Any current mobo can output HDMI as long as you use the right video card! Almost all current gen video cards come with HDMI adapters for a video card.

 

[dse879]

Doesn't the quality of the signal changes when you use an adapter? The only video card that has HDMI out put is the Nvidia 9800 GX2 which I find to expensive about $400 the rest of video cards have only DVI output, so the solution I thought could work would be to find a motherboard tha has HDMI port.

As far as I know HDMI to HDMI is better than DVI to HDMI.

 

[akhilles]

If you ask a techie, they'll tell you DVI is the same as HDMI minus the audio. So you can use an adapter that's just $10 on ANY gpu.

 

[dse879]

I did not know that. Thank you for your answer!

But no one has answerd my question so far, is there a socket 775 gigabyte motherboard with HDMI integrated or any good chpiset?

dse879

 

[techno79]

I'm also looking for the same recommendation (don't mind either mATX or ATX). I've checked ebuyer.com and have found the following mobos:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/170245
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167168
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167788
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/170244

I ruled out the ASUS P5G41-M because it has less connections on the back than the others (no DVI and less audio connections).

I ruled out ASUS P5QL-VM because it is £20 more than the others which doesn't add many features of value to me (E.g. I'm happy with only two memory slots).

Therefore it leaves it down to Asus P5QPL-VM and the Gigabyte GA-EG41MF-US2H. Both are very similar so I then tried to find some reviews about them. The only review I could find for the Asus was a user review here: http://reviews.cnet.com/motherboards/asus-p5qpl-vm-epu/4864-3049_7-33648990-1.html?tag=userReviews;summaryList

This does not put this mobo in a good light. I couldn't find any reviews for the Gigabyte board. I want to use the motherboard in a HTPC rig. The existing mobo in it died so I'm hoping to just replace the motherboard. The old one I had did not have HDMI which is why I'm keen for this motherboard to have it. I will not be using the rig for gaming at all. It will only be used for Windows Vista Media Center, playing DVDs and using Win7 Media Center when I get round to buying it. I may also use it for Blu-ray playback as well.

Are there any more recommendations for other suitable motherboards? Can anyone recommend or not recommend any of the motherboards I've listed above.

Many thanks