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randals   10-14-2009 at 10:23:59 PM

I'm (re)putting together a home theater PC, I already have the case (don't remember the brand) for a micro ATX setup. I'm on a tight budget. Looking for a good mo-bo with HDMI onboard; preferably AMD. Also need a dependable PSU for it as the one it had in it is toast. Suggestions?

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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   10-14-2009 at 10:30:31 PM
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DDR2 or DDR3 based? For an AM2+ processor i suggest this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128395
the am3 board will run you $5 more
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128399

As for the PSU, a corsair 400CX should do quite well as long as you dont plan to run a mid-high end GPU in there without upgrading it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139008

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Silver Home Brew badge shortstuff_mt   10-14-2009 at 10:39:01 PM
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+1 to hunter315's suggestions.

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randals   10-16-2009 at 07:07:52 PM
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You guys are great... And those Mo-Bos are the ones that I was looking at! That PSU is full size tho, isn't it? I need a good dependable Micro ATX PSU, like for a short horizontal HTPC case....

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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   10-16-2009 at 11:49:49 PM
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What case in particular are you looking at? I wouldnt trust any of the microATX ones on newegg, and many microATX cases can take a normal ATX PSU so link to the case and we will see, if it needs to be long and skinny there is one from seasonic but most of the small PSUs are crap.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817151070

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